I agree with you Donnie. I am trying to learn and use Scribus primarily because its a free software and whatever its limitations are (I don't mean it has any), I will be happy to use it as long as I don't have to pay for it. Then, the better its features the happier I will be. Which means the more I will talk about it and promote it. All the best! Joji
On 11/6/06, Donny Phillips <donnyp at slb.com> wrote: > > Why should a layman use it? > > Uh???? it is free software. In this case, free as in freedom and free > pizza. > > That was the catty re-mark, the more profound reason is the more input, > the better the program can become. The more bugs removed and more features > added (in time). That makes it better for everyone. > > I work for an org that really appreciates the ability of this program and > the cost. > > If I had to pay 400$ for Scribus, I'd probably look into Adobe products. > However, we do not have the money to spend on this. > > > > Cheers > > Donny > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* scribus-bounces at nashi.altmuehlnet.de [mailto: > scribus-bounces at nashi.altmuehlnet.de] *On Behalf Of *Joji Kaden > *Sent:* Monday, November 06, 2006 1:13 AM > *To:* scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > *Subject:* Re: [Scribus] Windows booklet printing > > > > I am not a programmer. I came across the Scribus recently as I was loking > around for a free software for laying out the pages of a book that I am > planning to do. I have used the Adobe PageMaker, MS Publisher and other > Windows programs on PCs. I would like to experiment with Scribus as it seems > interesting to me. > > However, I too have faced some issues like page numbering, common headers, > etc. for the book, and was looking around here for solutions. This forum has > been encouraging and very informative. I appreciate all those who take time > to answer and give their valuable suggestions. > > > > I think Calum has a point. Techies are not the only people who use > computers these days and the more userfriendly your program is the more > proponents you will win. For an average user it is time and convenience that > matters. If Scribus can't give him what he wants, naturally he will look at > other options and particularly userfriendly ones. The question to be > answered is why should a layman choose to use Scribus from among a host of > other similar programs? > > > Joji > > > On 11/4/06, *Calum Polwart* <scribus at wittongilbert.free-online.co.uk> > wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 14:35 +0000, Calum Polwart wrote: > > OMG! I opened a whole can of worms! > > > > My view (right or wrong) is that scribus should be able to produce a > > print ready pdf file that I can walk into a cheap print shop and say > > print that double sided and have to think no more. > > > > If I have to say to them that it needs to be bookleted, or imposed or > > whatever then that's OK if its me - I can do that - but my colleagues > > seem to struggle - they want the chance to print the PDF at > > home/work/wherever and check it as it will really look. > > > > I completely accept that I haven't paid for Scribus. But even if my > > printer can print double sided, booklet etc I can't gauruntee that every > > > printer can. > > > > I've just had a conversation with someone (windows user) who is using > > PowerPoint (yes you did read that right!) as a DTP program. I suggested > > he looked at Scribus after he was really impressed with what he'd > > achieved InkScape - he's come back to me to ask how he gets it to print > > the layout he set up on screen. When I said he couldn't he wanted to > > know why i thought this was any better than powerpoint... I'm still > > thinking up an answer! > > > > Perhaps if linux had a suitable application that wasn't really a fudge - > > it could be supplied in a Windows format to do the same for windwos > > users. > > > > Calum > > > > On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 13:13 +0100, Peter Nermander wrote: > > > I changed the subject to reflect the topic. > > > > > > > For Scribus to be a success, I am indeed of the opinion that the > > > > Windows build cannot be considered secondary. For all his mistakes, > > > > his low blows, his tricks, let's not forget Bad Billy has also > > > > made some clever choices. > > > > > > Scribus is a page layout tool, not a booklet printing tool. Why should > Scribus > > > be the tool to give Windows support for booklet printing? Isn't the > lack of booklet printing in Windows a > > > weakness of Windows? > > > > > > In the *ix world there is one application for each task. That way > nobody will > > > have to invent the wheel twice. > > > > > > Under Windows some programs have booklet printing support, others > don't. Some > > > printer drivers have booklet support, others don't. If your printer > driver does > > > not support booklet printing, why don't you contact your printer > manufacturer > > > and ask them to add that feature? You PAID for your printer, you > didn't > > > pay for Scribus. 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