[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Jun-26

Present: Rohit, Wodsfort, Ilmari, Mihai, Heiko, Sahil
Comments: Stuart, Jan, Regina, John, Andrii

Tickets/Topics

 * First launch welcome dialog: example animated bitmap looks grainy,
   request new SVG artwork?
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166596
   + some acceptance to drop the animation (Ilmari)
   + might trigger motion sickness
   + simple and easy design touch, tab is just a welcome (Heiko)
   + click on the image to start the animation (Mihai)
   => remove it (easyhack: cui/source/dialogs/whatsnewtabpage.cxx
     drop m_pGraphic.StartAnimation() and all around)

 * add a visual preview dropdown widget to the notebookbar
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166924
   + object picker with nice visualizations are welcome
     in general (Stuart)
   + PP provides access to the animations and its settings in the ribbon
     while we do the same with the sidebar; adding images that more
     clearly show what the animation does sounds great, of course,
     but beyond it's not much of an improvement (UX-wise; design is
     clearly nicer on PP) (Heiko)
   + bullet-like picker would be too crowded and limited (Mihai)
   + Sidebar is powerful, and by default closed (it opens per
     click on Layout > Animation); suggest to keep it minimized
     visible (Mihai)
   + icons in the list maybe (Wodsfort)
     + might be too small but could be combined with an (animated)
       preview changing on hover (Heiko)
   + could also imagine a widget showing a list of recently used
     animations (Heiko)
   => comment

 * UI label: Toggle Print Preview or 'Toggle Preview'
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166935
   + keep "print" (Jan)
   + issue exists (Eyal)
   + uno:PrintPreview goes with the label "Print Preview" (shown under
     File in the main menu) and the tooltip "Toggle Print Preview"
   + against changing it (Mihai, Heiko)
   + alternatively "show print preview" (Sahil)
   => resolve wf

 * In-cell pictures
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167017
   + perhaps possible without ODF modification (Regina)
   => nothing to add for the functionality

 * LibreOffice Writer (Tabbed Compact) – Interface Redesign
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166894
   + totally unrealistic (Stuart)
   + make the black border lines a bit less obtrusive (wodsfort)
   + if implementation isn’t possible it makes sense to go into detail (Andrii)
   + in general improvements to the Tabbed Compact notebookbar are needed, make
     sense, and should be done (John)
   + appreciate a toolbar dedicated to simple tasks with the least possible
     number of controls, eg. focusing on direct formatting (Heiko)
   => resolve WF

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