Re: [libreoffice-design] The Sidebar Problem

07.02.2014 20:41, Jean-Baptiste Faure kirjutas:
> I think it is not a good idea because with a single place where to look
> for commands you are sure that an important part of the users will not
> be able to find these commands easily. On the contrary, if you design
> several ways to access to the commands, then you multiply the chances
> for each user to find them and to memorize where they are in order to
> find them quicker next time.
Following is mostly off-topic, feel free to ignore if you are not into 
literature.

Jean, you made me giggle :)

Let me explain what is wrong with your picture with an analogy.
First your case: a person walks around the city, reaches the park and 
hey, how convenient, finds a hammer on top of the fountain. Later under 
the bridge, hey, what a surprise, a nail. Off we go, got some work to do!

Now let's assume the person actually want's to find a hammer and a few 
nails. First place to look for both is a hardware store. Where is the 
hardware store? Probably the best one is where all the building material 
stores are. There might still be one hammer in the park and a few nails 
under the bridge but these are useless.

The same is true for software.

> My proposition is to transform the sidebar into a container in which the
> user can dock the toolbars she want. The idea is to increase the
> versatility of the UI so that the user could configure the UI in the
> best way for her.
Not opposed to that, seems like a good idea :)

Best regards
Mattias

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