Re: [libreoffice-design] "Document Saved" indicator

Hi Alex, all!

Am Mittwoch, den 30.05.2012, 16:42 +0200 schrieb Alexander Wilms:
> actually, the save icon in the top toolbar should be enough, don't you 
> think? It's greyed out if there's nothing to save and makes the 
> indicator superfluous.

Well, that was the case some versions ago - then the current behavior
(save icon is always active) has been introduced. Reason: There has been
customer feedback targeted at the Sun OOo UX Team that people wish to
press that button at any time - just to be sure that the document is
really saved. So here its not about real logic, but about people to feel
"safe".

Concerning using of the asterisk in the title bar - also that issue has
been discussed from time to time. From my (personal) point-of-view, this
indicator does not reveal its meaning clearly. Almost the same is true
for the current status bar indicator - but of course it's just there
because of the cool TDF symbolism ;-)

So, finally, if there is a need to further cleanup the status bar, then
I'd propose to go with "(unsaved)" instead of the asterisk for the title
bar. Example for unsaved changes:
        Strategy Document (unsaved) - LibreOffice Writer

Of course there are plenty of alternatives - introducing stuff like a
proxy icons (similar to Mac OS X), or extending the "Save Icon" by an
own indicator. Or ...

Cheers,
Christoph


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