Re: [libreoffice-design] GSoC'17: Customization

Hello world, 

> I strongly advice for a simple dialog (variant 1). We make it
> over-complicated with functions split over various controls just for sake
> of accessibility. 

I also tend to prefer variant 1, but this is to be taken with a grain of salt 
since I'm an able-bodied person AND a developer ( =very clumsy user, bad 
reference frame :))

The strongest argument for variant 1 from my POV is having all information and 
data points in one place i.e. 
* I have an overview of all available commands 
* as well as UI elements (toolbars, [context] menus) I can assign them to
* I can edit command's features (such as, assign keyboard shortcuts) without 
the need to switch to a new dialog or a tab page

There are however 2 points which variant 1 doesn't address, in particular:

1) Events tab i.e. the place where we assign macros to misc events such as 
opening, closing or printing the document -- this is an important feature for 
corporate/professional users, especially when they deploy macros massively

Events tab doesn't really fit into the concept of variant 1 nicely so it'd 
either have to become a separate dialog, or a separate top-level tab

2) The visibility of means to edit items of command list, or the structure of 
menu, toolbar respectively, is rather low. Were there no context menus laid 
over the mock-ups, I'd likely have to ask myself, how on Earth am I supposed 
to change those items ... double-click, right-click, something else? Why are 
there no action buttons?

Is activating context menu really supposed to be the only way to do those 
tasks? It means that the user has to figure out there is SOME context menu in 
1st place and that they can use it.


> But the dialog is for customization of the UI, a task
> rarely done be disabled users.

[citation needed] :)

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