Can you put "(BETA)" in the menu, and people will understand that it is still under development? Do you thing the general public understands that BETA means something might not be fully functional?
Gordon Bates [email protected] github.com/jdoes On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 5:04 AM Olivier Hallot < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Steve, All > > I am ok to inform that we are working on the issue. > > Olivier > > Em 03/07/2020 06:55, Steve (GMail) escreveu: > > All, > > > > I realise that there is a tension here - while we want to avoid > > confusing our users and readers, we would also prefer not to advertise > > our problems. > > > > In the context of extended tips and the What's This? function, what do > > people think of including a simple note that reads as follows: > > "The What's This? facility and extended tips are currently being > > improved and so in LibreOffice 7.0 they are not fully functional." > > > > Regards, > > > > Steve > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Jean Weber" <[email protected]> > > To: "Olivier Hallot" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Kevin Berry" <[email protected]>; "Steve (GMail)" > > <[email protected]>; "Documentation Team" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: 30/06/2020 00:51:28 > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Extended tips and the "What's > > This?" menu option > > > >> I think we should mention in the guides (where the Help and the > >> Options dialog are descrived) that those features are not working in > >> this release, to save people thinking they are doing something wrong. > >> Jean > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 4:10 AM Olivier Hallot > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> The extended tips are not solved yet in the Help for LibreOffice. > >>> > >>> It may be removed in the Guide, but it will return when we fix the > >>> issue. > >>> > >>> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118148 > >>> > >>> Olivier > >>> > >>> > >>> Em 29/06/2020 14:51, Kevin Berry escreveu: > >>> > If they aren't functional, should they be removed? > >>> > Gordon Bates > >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> > github.com/jdoes <http://github.com/jdoes> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 2:54 AM Steve (GMail) > >>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > Good morning Olivier, > >>> > > >>> > Before I joined the project, I understand that these options did > >>> > something useful. (I can't define exactly what or when!) > >>> > > >>> > As reported in bug 120538, they have not worked for some time, > >>> since > >>> > the > >>> > Help system was upgraded. > >>> > > >>> > In Calc, the Help > What's This? option on the Menu bar > >>> appears to be > >>> > available (not greyed out) but doesn't appear to do anything. > >>> Similarly > >>> > the Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Help > Extended > >>> tips > >>> > option isn't greyed out but doesn't appear to do anything. > >>> > > >>> > In the latest Calc Guide, the text implies that these options > >>> will do > >>> > something useful. The 6.0 Writer Guide gives the same > >>> impression and I > >>> > haven't checked others. I am uncomfortable ignoring the fact > >>> that these > >>> > options don't anything and running the risk of confusing > readers. > >>> > > >>> > Do we have an agreement about how cases like this should be > >>> > addressed in > >>> > the guides? > >>> > > >>> > Regards, > >>> > > >>> > Steve > >>> > > > > > > > -- > Olivier Hallot > LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator > Comunidade LibreOffice > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 > http://tdf.io/joinus > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
