I believe the use of the word 'sidebar' in the start center isnt correct as the sidebar should only be used for the right tab panel found in the apps.
@Jay, * Not seeing an issue. The string gets translated for localization, and it is completely unambiguous in a Start Center empty of thumbnail previews what is being referred to. As that is the only time the Welcome message shows, it is not a UI/UX issue.
I'm asking what the app launcher panel on the left of the start center should be called, as i dont think it should be called a sidebar.
(In reply to Yousuf (Jay) Philips from comment #2) > I'm asking what the app launcher panel on the left of the start center > should be called, as i dont think it should be called a sidebar. Why would we change it, what else could it be called? It is a sidebar, just not our SideBar GUI mashup that is only present when one of the modules is active. I guess we could say -- "Use the **menu buttons** to open or create a document", but do we really gain anything doing that?
I would change the text to avoid referring to the button bar of the Start Center. That is what I did when I translated it into Spanish (as I have never liked its wording in the first place).
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=cf9d9a3348a951df0a1261a0daee7e98fd8f28a4 tdf#93060 Start Center: Update this string to dodge problematic term It will be available in 5.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
(In reply to Commit Notification from comment #5) > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/ > ?id=cf9d9a3348a951df0a1261a0daee7e98fd8f28a4 > > tdf#93060 Start Center: Update this string to dodge problematic term I've mixed feelings about a change to the welcome screen's subtext becoming "Drop a document here or pick an app from the left side to create one.". It seems overly busy and there really was no issue with referring to the button bar as a sidebar, but guess it is a mute point now.
To mitigate the “busy-ness” you mention, I would do away with that “Welcome to LibreOffice” thing… It’s another example of UI copy text introduced as a mere decoration (is it really that people forget what program have they just opened? To me, that label is superfluous).