On 04/30/2016 05:07 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org
wrote:
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From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 13:28
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Issue 125954 unhiding "hidden" content on e-mail
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On 04/26/2016 03:39 AM, Carl Marcum wrote:
[ ... ]
I think If there is one Email command, the user should then be
presented
a choice. It could just be a choice of 2 buttons.

The checkbox I was thinking of would be in a dialog after the email
command was selected to include or remove hidden content prior to
continuing.

Thanks,
Carl
The feedback is really appreciated.I haven't tested the patch yet. I'm
hoping to get to it soon.
In any case, what would anyone think about using the checkbox approach
but have it NOT saved with the document if that is possible. This way,
it would need to be rechecked each time it is needed, as opposed to
accidentally cause security issues.
[orcmid]

There's a little more forensic work at the issue itself now,
<https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125954>.

​Yes, there has been and it is very interesting to say the least. Thanks
for the extensive testing on this.
​


This can be done with a check box rather than two radio buttons.  If we
take this route, which I feel works against the dominant community of
casual users, the choice to remove hidden content should be pre-selected.

Also, will this choice be required whether or not there is hidden
content?  That can have its own usability and user-confidence consequences
with respect to casual users and might still be an annoyance to expert
users.

This might be something worth polling the users@ list about.

​I think that might be worthwhile. I don't really have any idea how often
"hidden content" is used in OpenOffice, or what users' expectations are
about it.
​

My experience with hidden content in an enterprise environment is that the hidden content is often "help" type information and should stay with the document as it is moved around the organization for review or approval.

Our wiki has many examples of such documents with this type of content that were the original specifications by Sun where they include a toolbar and macros for hide/unhide, add sections, etc. Removing this content will break this functionality.
Here are a few examples:

http://www.openoffice.org/specs/ui_in_general/menus/Menus.odt
http://www.openoffice.org/specs/appwide/packagemanager/simple_extension_license.odt

Thanks,
Carl


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