Re: Menu layout changes

Robert Staudinger wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Hubert Figuiere<hfiguiere@teaser.fr> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Another thing that have been bugging me is the menu layout.
>>
>> Each time I want to insert a table I look in the Insert menu.
>> Each time I want to format the table, I look in the Format menu.
>>
>> Both fail.
>>
>> I'm proposing a slight reorganisation of the menu layout.
>>
>> Table>Insert>Table is moved to Insert>Table
>>
>> Table>Format Table is move to Format>Table (with a label change).
>>
>> The Table>Insert submenu now change state under different conditions:
>> only if in table, like the others.
>>
>> Also the insert menu is a bit messy so I re-shuffle things around. See
>> attached http://www.abisource.com/~hub/newlayout.png
>>
>> Any comment?
>
> I totally agree that insert table is really hidden from the user.
>
> On the other hand I think it would be better to group menu entries by
> object rather than by action (like "File", "Table" and the new
> "Collaborate").
>
> In my opinion this leads to more obvious lines of thoughts for the users, e.g.
> <<hmm, i need a table, let's look under "Table">> vs.
> <<i need a table, this is an insertion operation, surely it must be
> under "Insert">>
>
> Anyhow, just my $0.02,
> Rob
>

I hardly count as a normal user, but I always look under Insert first
when I want to insert a table. I'll ask some people for a quick
usability test.

What do other word processors do? OO.o has a simple "Insert Table"
under the Insert menu in addition to having a full Table menu. (No
Format Table in the Format menu, which FWIW isn't where I look - I do
the table menu right for that one.)

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