Re: [libreoffice-design] Minutes from the design meeting 2018-May-30

It's a pity I wasn't present to make my case. :(

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:08 AM Heiko Tietze <tietze.heiko@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 31.05.2018 10:58, Pedro Rosmaninho wrote:
> >       * Gridlines on zoom
> >        + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117348
> >        + different color (dark grey) (Pedro)
> >          + available as option (see c15) (Regina)
> >        + adjust dot's distance depending on zoom factor (Heiko)
> >        + dots should remain a reasonable size and shift in conjunction
> with zoom (Stuart)
> >        => change it similar to dashed line of text boxes; zoom in goes
> with smaller distance and larger dots
> > ​Since I was traveling home and couldn't join:
> >
> > As Regina said, it is possible to change color now (and I changed the
> color in my instalation) however LO needs sane defaults that make it usable
> by most people.
> > It's a bit silly to keep a default color for the dots with terrible
> contrast and visibility from the time of Open Office...
> > The grid is turned off by default already. Anyone that turns it on, is
> because it needs to use it as an auxiliary tool. If it's barely visible,
> because it is Light Gray on White Background then it becomes nearly useless.
> > Also the steps to change its color require the user to really dig deep
> into the options menu. Should we expect that from a novice user or even an
> intermediate user?
>
> You are the only advocate of a darker color and we agreed in the meeting
> to keep the light grey. It works perfectly at 100% and just needs
> adjustment for other zoom levels.

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