Re: [libreoffice-design] [DISCUSS] Proposal to improve style workflow in writer

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Laurence Jeloudev <ljeloudev@gmail.com>wrote:

> Mockup link doesn't work.


It "works for me"! I wanted to avoid joining it to the message but here it
is.


On 14/06/2013, at 5:56 PM, Aurélien Naldi <aurelien.naldi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been an irregular user of LibreOffice since the old staroffice
> days,
> > but also a LaTeX user for longer texts. I would like to share some ideas
> on
> > realistic improvements for people who want to use styles exclusively.
> >
> > My main gripe with the current GUI is that everything encourages ad-hoc
> > formatting instead of reusing styling. I feel that the use of style
> should
> > not require using the crowded style dialogs more than ad-hoc formatting.
> To
> > address this, I propose two main changes: a "style toolbar" to replace
> the
> > formatting toolbar, and a redesign of the stylist to let us edit common
> > properties from the stylist directly (along with some other changes).
> Some
> > of the proposed things may not be easy to implement now, but I feel that
> a
> > partial implementation would not be problematic and would greatly improve
> > my workflow in LibreOffice.
> >
> > I'm also a newcomer to this mailing list or to design work, thus let me
> > know if I'm doing this wrong!
> > Should I open an enhancement request instead of (or in addition to) using
> > the mailing list?
> >
> > You can find a mockup here:
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/p2vqqmlj1k4msjx/LO_wireframe.pdf Excuse my
> poor artistic skills!
>  >
> > PS: I'm willing to contribute code if there is interest in this kind of
> > changes, but would need some guidance.

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