2012/5/21 Jean-Francois Nifenecker <jean-francois.nifenecker@laposte.net>
Le 21/05/2012 11:33, Mirek M. a écrit :
Hi everyone,
I'm wondering -- is there a good reason for creating a spreadsheet with
three sheets by default instead of with one sheet?
I feel that creating three sheets by default unnecessarily increases the
document size and confuses readers of the document, as they have to look
through all three sheets to see if there is additional content -- and
they often don't anymore, as they're used to those two sheets being
empty. That means they're potentially missing out on data should the
creator have chosen to actually use those two additional sheets.
Could we make the default one sheet?
As for the file size, here's a test I've just done (Lib0 3.3.4):
Open LibO Calc. Enter "A" in Sheet1.A1,
then
Save as-is (3 default sheets), the file size is 7,413 B
Delete the 2 unused sheets, then save. Now the file size is 7,398 B
-> is a 15 B difference such a big deal?
No, not really. But it is unnecessary.
As for the users' confusion: yes, it might be.
I personally have experience with this -- someone sent me a spreadsheet
which did use the second sheet and I was not aware of it, which of course
lead to some confusion and frustration.
OTOH, I think it might also help users understand a spreadsheet can hold
more than one sheet.
I disagree. A user should realize that just by looking at the bar with
sheets and seeing the plus button next to "Sheet 1".
Browsers open with one tab by default -- users don't have a problem
understanding that you can have several tabs. And I definitely think
browsers should NOT open with three tabs by default.
Or take a look at Impress -- it opens with one slide by default, and people
have no problem understanding that they can create another slide, despite
the fact that the "+" button is quite far from the slide pane.
As a result, I'd stay with the current 3 default sheets scheme.
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