Bug 492597 - Print dialog has usability issues
Summary: Print dialog has usability issues
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: printing (show other bugs)
Version: 24.08.0
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
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Reported: 2024-09-03 13:49 UTC by John van Spaandonk
Modified: 2024-09-03 13:51 UTC (History)
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The print dialog window I discussed in this bug report (95.38 KB, image/png)
2024-09-03 13:49 UTC, John van Spaandonk
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Description John van Spaandonk 2024-09-03 13:49:45 UTC
Created attachment 173275 [details]
The print dialog window I discussed in this bug report

SUMMARY
Print dialog has usability issues

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
I have a number of issues that I collect here.
I encounter these issues when using the print dialog from Okular.
I cannot find a generic print dialog, perhaps a kind developer could correct
this bug report to point to the correct component if necessary.

0. I normally press C-p to print a document
   There is a surprisingly long waiting time of 3 seconds on my new desktop computer
   before the dialog window opens.
   I would expect opening of a small window to be instantaneous.
  As a result I suspect something is wrong with my (default) configuration.
1. To be able to adjust or even review the print settings I am forced to click open "Options."
   Why? 
  I want to print something, I need the options and 
  I have enough screen real estate. There is no need to emulate the
  terrible (IMHO) behavior of eg Chrome where you feed the user a new bit of the print dialog one click
  at a time.
2. After clicking open Options I see a tab Options.
   What? I just clicked open "Options"
 3. To make things worse I see a third tab, this one called "PDF Options".
    Both effectively hide the options from sight, forcing me now to click 
   through the whole print dialog tab collection.
   Unfortunately I did not find the desired option - see next point.
4. I need to print 2 pages per sheet.
    This most definitely is not a property of the printer itself, yet I have
   to find this option not under any of the 3 options collections mentioned
  before, but under the properties of the printer.
  
 At this stage I decided I encountered enough oddities to justify a redesign of this
 dialog window.
  I imagine that, since the print dialog is often used aspect of KDE, it taints a user's experience
  of the whole desktop environment.

  So perhaps there could be a revisit of this dialog, where it could be made
  to behave according to some sensible user interface guidelines.
 
Thanks a lot!   


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