On 23 June 2011 22:40, Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, this is just a teaser to entice people into a discussion of the > following proposal. > > There is talk on the documentation list of the formats made available to > users of our documents (manuals, reference books, etc). These for now are in > .odt (ODF) and .pdf (Adobe) and possibly .html (being discussed on the > documentation list). > > The purpose of this particular thread is NOT to continue the documentation > thread on the merits of providing particular formats. If you are interested > in taking this up, it is already being discussed on the documentation list. > > This thread is really about proposing, to the devs, the possibility of > creating a "LibreOffice Reader" similar to the "Adobe .pdf Reader". The idea > is that, we are in a particularly advantageous position of providing an > excellent popular office suite with a solid and well documented format (ODF) > and, if we were to promote a "quick and dirty" "LibreOffice Reader", very > much like the "Adobe Acrobat Reader", whose sole purpose is to provide the > ability to "read" ".odt" files, there would be no need to carry .pdf > formatted files. > > I would like to propose the following for discussion: > > The "LibreOffice Reader" would have the following characteristics: > > * small footprint > * capable of reading ODF formatted files ONLY and .odt in particular > * only capable of reading and form filling, NO editing capabilities (these > are left to the expertise of the LibreOffice suite) > * be able to interpret any of the LibreOffice "highlighting" effects and > "weblinking" abilities > * as much as possible code should not stray too far from the LibreOffice > code in order to avoid a new divergent branch of software > * TDF adopt "LibreOffice Reader" as its first secondary software project > > If, such a project were adopted, LibreOffice could then be adapted in such > a way as to complement the "LibreOffice Reader", very much like the > relationship of the Adobe Acrobat list of software ("Acrobat X Pro" etc.) > and their relationship with "Acrobat Reader". The LibreOffice suite could > have added functionality that would be compatible with the "LibreOffice > Reader" and offer interested users, an opensource alternative to the .pdf > format. > > Cheers > > Marc >
Main problem is you are effectively competing with MS Office readers that do a similar job wit .doc but have never displaced pdf. So I think the chances of a LibO reader displacing pdf are not very high. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
