https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168624
--- Comment #16 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Jonathan Clark from comment #6) > (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #5) > > First, a question What are "proofing languages"? > We call them "default languages for documents". Oh! Please don't call them "proofing". The "languages" (actually, locales) are used for more than that. E.g., for hyphenation, and for the locale used for numbers, currencies and dates in text (like in fields). (In reply to Jonathan Clark from comment #4) > > And in general, what is the actual advantage of hiding UI for part of > > functionality? IMO, it would be better to just drop the checkboxes > > altogether, and have all the UI exposed all the time. > The argument in favor of hiding them is they're confusing or seem buggy to > users who don't understand their purpose (especially the Western-only > majority). RTL paragraph direction, for example, is close enough to > right-align that it does bait users into using it as one, only to get > confused/angry when they're confronted with the feature working correctly. > Vertical right-to-left also only really works for East Asian text, but is > another case of being close enough to text rotation that people will try to > use it that way and will be surprised when it seems to break. > > I'm not strongly in favor of one or the other, just outlining the argument. > Currently, we get bug reports from users who are missing features. If we > change this, expect bug reports from users who are using features > incorrectly. It is inevitable anyway. I am still in favor of imply showing the UI always - and then, it would likely make large part of the problem that Eyal mentions go away. People manage to make these errors even in the current setup, e.g. inserting RTL characters from special characters dialog, the precautions don't stop them... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
