[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 3.5 - Can't see page margins in Writer

On 02/14/2012 11:17 AM, noibs wrote:
...
> Frankly, I view the elimination of visible margins as part of the dumbing
> down of user interfaces that I'm seeing in Mac OS Lion, Ubuntu 11.10, and
> now LO.  It's the "let's make it pretty to look at even if if compromises
> the usefulness" school of thought.  Clearly, LO Writer is not as pretty to
> look at with margin guides showing.  But, for me, it's more useful. 
> C'mon--this is a "View" menu option if there ever was one.
...

> From what I gather, it was/is based on a Microsoft Word & OpenOffice 'me
too' design:

<http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboard/Writer_SpecialIndicators#Document_Margin_Design>
[Document Margin Design]
--> <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DocumentBorder>

Maybe also of interest:
<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/msg03155.html>
[libreoffice-design] [Info] Whiteboard page for Special Indicators in
Writer (Header / Footer, Document Border, Page Break)
<http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/DocumentBackground>
<http://www.digipedia.pl/usenet/thread/11689/3242/>
[Some ideas to improve the look & feel of LO]
<http://www.mail-archive.com/design@global.libreoffice.org/msg03279.html>
[same thread - different format]
<http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-ux-advise/2011-July/000078.html>
[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Header and Footers separators design
(looks to be the initial start of the change)

Unanswered request on the Design list:
<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/msg03578.html>
[libreoffice-design] Text boundaries like 3.4.x

I tried searching for a bug report about the change but couldn't find
one. I'm surprised that a change like this doesn't have one. The only
thing I could find is:
<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31251>
[Bug 31251 - [EasyHack] Make the default page look better ]
But that seems to be only related to the entire page background/shadow.

FWIW: I agree that this is a regression & that a user option to turn the
margin lines on/off should be added. I'd recommend filing a bug report
so that the issue gets documented & into the report system.

Gary



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