Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Alexandro Colorado]

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 07:11:24 -0600, Valter Mura   
wrote:



In data lunedì 15 novembre 2010 17:39:08, Mirek M. ha scritto:

> > It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord,  Gnumeric, Ease,  
and

>
> all
>
> > the other open-source editors worked together to set  standards.
>
> It's called Open Document Format (ODF) and LibO/OOo support it.
> It's managed by OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/)  
and

> has
> been accepted
> as an ISO standard as well.

I know that ODF is a standard. I meant set other standards, such as
keyboard shortcuts, default websites for content (fonts, templates,
clipart, ...), symbolism, command names, default fonts (as I explained,  
if

all the open-source projects agreed on a triad of default fonts, these
fonts could easily gain the widespread usage as Times-Arial-Courier have
enjoyed for years), etc.


This is an interesting point of view...

So, what about joining efforts to create a bigger open source office  
suite
project? I mean, LibO, KOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric et als all together  
against

closed and commercial products...

:-)

Regards,


Please read 'why dont we merge gnome with kde to see if we can go against  
windows'.


I am not sure the goal is really to go against anybody. Goal is to provide  
the best solution for users. Joining too projects doesn't really mean we  
will have twice the resources. This is not a merge and acquisition  
environment like HP buying compaq to go against dell.


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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Luis E Vásquez r]

Medellin, dic 5 2010

Hi, guys & girls

This is an interesting idea, all the software open source office suite in a
super combined, but not to go against anyone, just to deliver a highly
productive tool that "... listen to essential information on the user .." and
only this one dedicated to usability and performance.

Learning from Mozilla, now the "... king of the browsers .." on the world
market.

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2010/12/5 Robert Derman 

> Valter Mura wrote:
>
>> In data lunedì 15 novembre 2010 17:39:08, Mirek M. ha scritto:
>>
>>
>>
>>>  It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord,  Gnumeric, Ease, and
>
>
 all



> the other open-source editors worked together to set  standards.
>
>
 It's called Open Document Format (ODF) and LibO/OOo support it.
 It's managed by OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/)
 and
 has
 been accepted
 as an ISO standard as well.


>>> I know that ODF is a standard. I meant set other standards, such as
>>> keyboard shortcuts, default websites for content (fonts, templates,
>>> clipart, ...), symbolism, command names, default fonts (as I explained,
>>> if
>>> all the open-source projects agreed on a triad of default fonts, these
>>> fonts could easily gain the widespread usage as Times-Arial-Courier have
>>> enjoyed for years), etc.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This is an interesting point of view...
>>
>> So, what about joining efforts to create a bigger open source office suite
>> project? I mean, LibO, KOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric et als all together
>> against closed and commercial products...
>>
>>
> This is an interesting idea, all the open source office software combining
> to go up against M$ Office.  Perhaps being big enough might just do the job,
> it certainly has for Mozilla, which has taken a BIG bite out of Internet
> Explorers market share.
>
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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Robert Derman]

Valter Mura wrote:

In data lunedì 15 novembre 2010 17:39:08, Mirek M. ha scritto:

  

It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord,  Gnumeric, Ease, and


all

  

the other open-source editors worked together to set  standards.


It's called Open Document Format (ODF) and LibO/OOo support it.
It's managed by OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/) and
has
been accepted
as an ISO standard as well.
  

I know that ODF is a standard. I meant set other standards, such as
keyboard shortcuts, default websites for content (fonts, templates,
clipart, ...), symbolism, command names, default fonts (as I explained, if
all the open-source projects agreed on a triad of default fonts, these
fonts could easily gain the widespread usage as Times-Arial-Courier have
enjoyed for years), etc.



This is an interesting point of view...

So, what about joining efforts to create a bigger open source office suite 
project? I mean, LibO, KOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric et als all together against 
closed and commercial products...
  
This is an interesting idea, all the open source office software 
combining to go up against M$ Office.  Perhaps being big enough might 
just do the job, it certainly has for Mozilla, which has taken a BIG 
bite out of Internet Explorers market share.


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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Valter Mura]

In data lunedì 15 novembre 2010 17:39:08, Mirek M. ha scritto:

> > > It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord,  Gnumeric, Ease, and
> > 
> > all
> > 
> > > the other open-source editors worked together to set  standards.
> > 
> > It's called Open Document Format (ODF) and LibO/OOo support it.
> > It's managed by OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/) and
> > has
> > been accepted
> > as an ISO standard as well.
> 
> I know that ODF is a standard. I meant set other standards, such as
> keyboard shortcuts, default websites for content (fonts, templates,
> clipart, ...), symbolism, command names, default fonts (as I explained, if
> all the open-source projects agreed on a triad of default fonts, these
> fonts could easily gain the widespread usage as Times-Arial-Courier have
> enjoyed for years), etc.

This is an interesting point of view...

So, what about joining efforts to create a bigger open source office suite 
project? I mean, LibO, KOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric et als all together against 
closed and commercial products...

:-)

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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[BRM]

- Original Message 

> From: AG 
> On 14/11/10 11:25, Mirek M. wrote:
> > "In addition, each  single module of LibreOffice will be undergoing an
> > extensive rewrite,  with Calc being the first one to be redeveloped around a
> > brand new  engine - code named Ixion - that will increase performance, allow
> > true  versatility and add long awaited database and VBA macro handling
> >  features."
> Yep - that  +does+ sound interesting.  Any time-lines given for this or the 
>other  improvements?
>

What I am interested in is what is TDF going to do to support VBA?
And how are they going to get around issues like parts of the language being 
patented by Microsoft?

There's a reason that the makers of Star Office and most everyone else do not 
support Visual Basic or VBA
in their applications. So I'm quite curious how TDF is going to resolve that 
supposing they do implement it.

Same goes for supporting .Net/Mono, OOXML, and the various other technologies 
Microsoft has there that they
seem to be pledging to add - as there is a lot there that Microsoft does not 
relicense for use or
implementation.

Ben


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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[timofonic timofonic]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:38 PM, AG  wrote:
> On 14/11/10 11:25, Mirek M. wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I've been meaning to write this e-mail for a while now, but haven't gotten
>> around to it until now -- I hope it's still relevant.
>>
>> The Next Decade Manifesto and the recent press release (available at
>> http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/announce/msg00016.html for those
>> who
>> haven't read it yet) open up a lot of question and comments:
>>
>> "TDF founders foresee a completely different future for the office suite
>> paradigm, which - in the actual format - is over 20 years old, to be based
>> on the document (where the software is a layer for the creation or the
>> presentation of the contents)."
>>
>> What exactly does that mean for the internal structure of LibreOffice?
>> Does
>> this mean that LibO will be more object-oriented?
>>
>> "In addition, each single module of LibreOffice will be undergoing an
>> extensive rewrite, with Calc being the first one to be redeveloped around
>> a
>> brand new engine - code named Ixion - that will increase performance,
>> allow
>> true versatility and add long awaited database and VBA macro handling
>> features."
>>
>> Great.
>>
>
> Yep - that +does+ sound interesting.  Any time-lines given for this or the
> other improvements?
>
>> "Writer is going to be improved in the area of layout fidelity and Impress
>> in the area of slideshow fidelity. Most of the new features are either
>> meant
>> to maintain compatibility with the market leading office suite or will
>> introduce radical innovations."
>>
>> Can't wait to see it. I'm very curious as to what the "radical
>> innovations"
>> will bring.
>>
>
> Ditto.
>
>> "The Document Foundation is going to be at the heart of the Free Software
>> universe, where users want to build a different future for office suites,
>> working together with developers."
>>
>> It'd be great if TDF focused on integration and interoperability with
>> other
>> open-source projects.
>>
>
> +1

I agree too, this is extremely important. Let's focus on similar goals
of all these projects instead the differences and collaborate strongly
on that. The real enemy is the propietary software and non-standards,
no other free software.

I propose another idea: What about convert the file support of LibO
into a portable, resource efficient, well designed and multiplatform
library for all FOSS projects? I would imagine it like the WebKit of
document file formats, but governed in a less corporate way. This
library would have it´s own site into backed or being a TDF subdomain
(or both), and improved between all friend projects.

Of course this idea would need lot's of PR, negotiate with different
projects and probably even deep changes in the original source code.
This could make not only more interoperability, but FOSS projects
having a lot stronger file type support. It could be used easily for
non-interactive document converters too.

A strong official alliance about this and other interoperability stuff
could be very good for the FOSS productivity suite.

>> I'd really like to see Linux become the primary platform to focus on (yes,
>> Linux has a much smaller user base than Windows, but that will never
>> change
>> if software companies keep favoring Windows). For Linux, OpenOffice.org
>> (going forward LibreOffice) is vital.
>>
>
> +1
>
>> It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord, Gnumeric, Ease, and all
>> the other open-source editors worked together to set standards. It'd be
>> great, for example, if you could choose a standard open-source font triad
>> that
>> was bundled with all (relevant) open-source software (and closed-source
>> software too) to counter MS's Times-Arial-Courier triad (and the rising
>> Calibri-Cambria-Candara triad). Or if you could agree on the same keyboard
>> shortcuts.
>>
>
> Personally, I couldn't care one way or another - I just want crisp and clear
> fonts and a suitable range.
>
>> 
>>
>
>> "Users read, write, modify and share documents, and are focused on
>> contents
>> rather than software features. After 20 years of feature oriented
>> software,
>> it is now the right time to bring back content at the centre of user
>> focus".
>>
>> Does this mean that the ribbonesque UI that came out of OOo Renaissance
>> will
>> be abandoned in favor of a more efficient and less distracting UI?
>>
>>
>
> +1
>
> This is a great aspiration: the art of software design would be similar to
> the contribution the drummer makes to a song: reliable, robust, and not too
> much in the way of the rest of the music.[1]  In the same way, in order to
> help the user focus on the content, the workspace needs to be paramount with
> the tools and options accessible and intuitive so that the user can get on
> with the work and not worry about how things work and how to accomplish
> common tasks.
>
> And what I would really appreciate is a help guide that suggests *why*
> someone might want to use a particular tool (especially 

Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[AG]

On 14/11/10 11:25, Mirek M. wrote:

Hi everyone,
I've been meaning to write this e-mail for a while now, but haven't gotten
around to it until now -- I hope it's still relevant.

The Next Decade Manifesto and the recent press release (available at
http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/announce/msg00016.html for those who
haven't read it yet) open up a lot of question and comments:

"TDF founders foresee a completely different future for the office suite
paradigm, which - in the actual format - is over 20 years old, to be based
on the document (where the software is a layer for the creation or the
presentation of the contents)."

What exactly does that mean for the internal structure of LibreOffice? Does
this mean that LibO will be more object-oriented?

"In addition, each single module of LibreOffice will be undergoing an
extensive rewrite, with Calc being the first one to be redeveloped around a
brand new engine - code named Ixion - that will increase performance, allow
true versatility and add long awaited database and VBA macro handling
features."

Great.
   


Yep - that +does+ sound interesting.  Any time-lines given for this or 
the other improvements?



"Writer is going to be improved in the area of layout fidelity and Impress
in the area of slideshow fidelity. Most of the new features are either meant
to maintain compatibility with the market leading office suite or will
introduce radical innovations."

Can't wait to see it. I'm very curious as to what the "radical innovations"
will bring.
   


Ditto.


"The Document Foundation is going to be at the heart of the Free Software
universe, where users want to build a different future for office suites,
working together with developers."

It'd be great if TDF focused on integration and interoperability with other
open-source projects.
   


+1


I'd really like to see Linux become the primary platform to focus on (yes,
Linux has a much smaller user base than Windows, but that will never change
if software companies keep favoring Windows). For Linux, OpenOffice.org
(going forward LibreOffice) is vital.
   


+1


It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord, Gnumeric, Ease, and all
the other open-source editors worked together to set standards. It'd be
great, for example, if you could choose a standard open-source font triad that
was bundled with all (relevant) open-source software (and closed-source
software too) to counter MS's Times-Arial-Courier triad (and the rising
Calibri-Cambria-Candara triad). Or if you could agree on the same keyboard
shortcuts.
   


Personally, I couldn't care one way or another - I just want crisp and 
clear fonts and a suitable range.




   



"Users read, write, modify and share documents, and are focused on contents
rather than software features. After 20 years of feature oriented software,
it is now the right time to bring back content at the centre of user focus".

Does this mean that the ribbonesque UI that came out of OOo Renaissance will
be abandoned in favor of a more efficient and less distracting UI?

   


+1

This is a great aspiration: the art of software design would be similar 
to the contribution the drummer makes to a song: reliable, robust, and 
not too much in the way of the rest of the music.[1]  In the same way, 
in order to help the user focus on the content, the workspace needs to 
be paramount with the tools and options accessible and intuitive so that 
the user can get on with the work and not worry about how things work 
and how to accomplish common tasks.


And what I would really appreciate is a help guide that suggests *why* 
someone might want to use a particular tool (especially for the more 
esoteric options).  This would certainly help expand my usage of the 
suite and tap into its power more effectively.


Cheers

AG

[1] Gratuitous information dept: metaphor inspired by listening to the 
great grooves of Grand Funk Railroad's 1971 tour with drumming by Don 
Brewer.



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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Mirek M.]

2010/11/15 BRM 

> - Original Message 
>
> > From: Frank Esposito 
> > > Oh, well, Windows may disappear before LibO! ;-)
> > we can only hope
>
> Microsoft, as of late, is moving in that direction - as a company.
> They almost definitely have <20 years life left; and are quickly working to
> make
> it under 5 years.
>
> Only if LibO fares better than MS Office :)


> - Original Message 
> > From: Mirek M. 
> > It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord,  Gnumeric, Ease, and
> all
> > the other open-source editors worked together to set  standards.
>
> It's called Open Document Format (ODF) and LibO/OOo support it.
> It's managed by OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/) and
> has
> been accepted
> as an ISO standard as well.
>

I know that ODF is a standard. I meant set other standards, such as keyboard
shortcuts, default websites for content (fonts, templates, clipart,
...), symbolism, command names, default fonts (as I explained, if all the
open-source projects agreed on a triad of default fonts, these fonts could
easily gain the widespread usage as Times-Arial-Courier have enjoyed for
years), etc.


> Ben
>
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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[BRM]

- Original Message 

> From: Frank Esposito 
> > Oh, well, Windows may disappear before LibO! ;-)
> we can only hope

Microsoft, as of late, is moving in that direction - as a company.
They almost definitely have <20 years life left; and are quickly working to 
make 
it under 5 years.

- Original Message 
> From: Mirek M. 
> It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord,  Gnumeric, Ease, and all
> the other open-source editors worked together to set  standards.

It's called Open Document Format (ODF) and LibO/OOo support it.
It's managed by OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/) and has 
been accepted
as an ISO standard as well.

Ben


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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Frank Esposito]

> Oh, well, Windows may disappear before LibO! ;-)
> --
> Gianluca Turconi
>
>

we can only hope

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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Gianluca Turconi]

Il 14/11/2010 23.27, Thorsten Behrens ha scritto:

asking for a*forever*  promise is maybe a bit too much - but rest
assured that I can't see anybody in his right mind axe Windows
support in the next ten years.;)


Oh, well, Windows may disappear before LibO! ;-)
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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Chris Carpenter]

On 11/14/2010 05:50 AM, Graham Lauder wrote:

On Monday 15 Nov 2010 00:39:09 Gianluca Turconi wrote:

Il 14/11/2010 12.25, Mirek M. ha scritto:

I'd really like to see Linux become the primary platform to focus on
(yes, Linux has a much smaller user base than Windows, but that will
never change if software companies keep favoring Windows). For Linux,
OpenOffice.org (going forward LibreOffice) is vital.


I hope this *won't* happen, ever.

However, I've heard and read several comments about this matter and I'd
like to see a (somehow) official statement that confirms LibO will be a
multiplatform software *forever*.

At least, as priciple. In the facts, it will depend on dev resources.


Agreed, LibreO is cross platform, that is it's strength.  let's keep it that
way.

Cheers
GL




Well, I for one agree that Libreoffice should remain cross-platform 
(even though I exclusively use GNU/Linux). I think, however, that Mirek 
was not arguing against Libreoffice being cross platform, but was 
arguing for Linux having the primary focus. If that is the correct 
interpretation, I agree that it will just depend on the developers. If 
we have more Linux developers than any other platform, we will likely 
focus more on Linux. If we have more Windows developers, more on Windows 
etc. In any case, I personally think that in "a perfect world" we should 
have about equal support for all platforms.



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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Mirek M.]

Hi Thorsten,

2010/11/14 Thorsten Behrens 

> Gianluca Turconi wrote:
> > However, I've heard and read several comments about this matter and
> > I'd like to see a (somehow) official statement that confirms LibO
> > will be a multiplatform software *forever*.
> >
> Hi Gianluca,
>
> asking for a *forever* promise is maybe a bit too much - but rest
> assured that I can't see anybody in his right mind axe Windows
> support in the next ten years. ;)
>

While we're on the topic of platform support, is there any official word on
a lightweight open-source web-based LibO version, or maybe simply lending a
helping hand to FengOffice to allow it to support ODF file editing?

>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Thorsten
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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Thorsten Behrens]

Gianluca Turconi wrote:
> However, I've heard and read several comments about this matter and
> I'd like to see a (somehow) official statement that confirms LibO
> will be a multiplatform software *forever*.
> 
Hi Gianluca,

asking for a *forever* promise is maybe a bit too much - but rest
assured that I can't see anybody in his right mind axe Windows
support in the next ten years. ;)

Cheers,

-- Thorsten

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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Gianluca Turconi]

Il 14/11/2010 14.04, Mirek M. ha scritto:

What I meant was that, instead of focusing to make LibO work the best on
Windows, leaving the Mac and Linux a step behind (for example, so far, it's
pretty laborious to even install LibO beta 2 on Linux, while it's really
easy to install on Windows), TDF should focus on making LibO work the best
on Linux, and then focus on Windows and Mac OS.


Well, if there will be more Linux devs than Windows/Mac devs, it'll work 
that way. It's natural selection. :)

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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Mirek M.]

2010/11/14 Graham Lauder 

> On Monday 15 Nov 2010 00:39:09 Gianluca Turconi wrote:
> > Il 14/11/2010 12.25, Mirek M. ha scritto:
> > > I'd really like to see Linux become the primary platform to focus on
> > > (yes, Linux has a much smaller user base than Windows, but that will
> > > never change if software companies keep favoring Windows). For Linux,
> > > OpenOffice.org (going forward LibreOffice) is vital.
> >
> > I hope this *won't* happen, ever.
> >
> > However, I've heard and read several comments about this matter and I'd
> > like to see a (somehow) official statement that confirms LibO will be a
> > multiplatform software *forever*.
> >
> > At least, as priciple. In the facts, it will depend on dev resources.
>
> Agreed, LibreO is cross platform, that is it's strength.  let's keep it
> that
> way.
>

I definitely agree.

What I meant was that, instead of focusing to make LibO work the best on
Windows, leaving the Mac and Linux a step behind (for example, so far, it's
pretty laborious to even install LibO beta 2 on Linux, while it's really
easy to install on Windows), TDF should focus on making LibO work the best
on Linux, and then focus on Windows and Mac OS.

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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Graham Lauder]

On Monday 15 Nov 2010 00:39:09 Gianluca Turconi wrote:
> Il 14/11/2010 12.25, Mirek M. ha scritto:
> > I'd really like to see Linux become the primary platform to focus on
> > (yes, Linux has a much smaller user base than Windows, but that will
> > never change if software companies keep favoring Windows). For Linux,
> > OpenOffice.org (going forward LibreOffice) is vital.
> 
> I hope this *won't* happen, ever.
> 
> However, I've heard and read several comments about this matter and I'd
> like to see a (somehow) official statement that confirms LibO will be a
> multiplatform software *forever*.
> 
> At least, as priciple. In the facts, it will depend on dev resources.

Agreed, LibreO is cross platform, that is it's strength.  let's keep it that 
way.

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Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Gianluca Turconi]

Il 14/11/2010 12.25, Mirek M. ha scritto:

I'd really like to see Linux become the primary platform to focus on (yes,
Linux has a much smaller user base than Windows, but that will never change
if software companies keep favoring Windows). For Linux, OpenOffice.org
(going forward LibreOffice) is vital.


I hope this *won't* happen, ever.

However, I've heard and read several comments about this matter and I'd 
like to see a (somehow) official statement that confirms LibO will be a 
multiplatform software *forever*.


At least, as priciple. In the facts, it will depend on dev resources.
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[tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

[Mirek M.]

Hi everyone,
I've been meaning to write this e-mail for a while now, but haven't gotten
around to it until now -- I hope it's still relevant.

The Next Decade Manifesto and the recent press release (available at
http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/announce/msg00016.html for those who
haven't read it yet) open up a lot of question and comments:

"TDF founders foresee a completely different future for the office suite
paradigm, which - in the actual format - is over 20 years old, to be based
on the document (where the software is a layer for the creation or the
presentation of the contents)."

What exactly does that mean for the internal structure of LibreOffice? Does
this mean that LibO will be more object-oriented?

"In addition, each single module of LibreOffice will be undergoing an
extensive rewrite, with Calc being the first one to be redeveloped around a
brand new engine - code named Ixion - that will increase performance, allow
true versatility and add long awaited database and VBA macro handling
features."

Great.

"Writer is going to be improved in the area of layout fidelity and Impress
in the area of slideshow fidelity. Most of the new features are either meant
to maintain compatibility with the market leading office suite or will
introduce radical innovations."

Can't wait to see it. I'm very curious as to what the "radical innovations"
will bring.

"The Document Foundation is going to be at the heart of the Free Software
universe, where users want to build a different future for office suites,
working together with developers."

It'd be great if TDF focused on integration and interoperability with other
open-source projects.

I'd really like to see Linux become the primary platform to focus on (yes,
Linux has a much smaller user base than Windows, but that will never change
if software companies keep favoring Windows). For Linux, OpenOffice.org
(going forward LibreOffice) is vital.

It would also be great if LibO, KOffice, AbiWord, Gnumeric, Ease, and all
the other open-source editors worked together to set standards. It'd be
great, for example, if you could choose a standard open-source font triad that
was bundled with all (relevant) open-source software (and closed-source
software too) to counter MS's Times-Arial-Courier triad (and the rising
Calibri-Cambria-Candara triad). Or if you could agree on the same keyboard
shortcuts.

Lastly, it'd be nice if all the office suite powers integrated with and
helped expand websites for open-source fonts (http://openfontlibrary.org/),
clipart (http://www.openclipart.org/), and ODF templates (no central website
yet).

I'm guessing collaborating on a single extension framework is out of the
question, but would a single dictionary framework (for spelling and grammar
checks) be plausible?

"Users read, write, modify and share documents, and are focused on contents
rather than software features. After 20 years of feature oriented software,
it is now the right time to bring back content at the centre of user focus".

Does this mean that the ribbonesque UI that came out of OOo Renaissance will
be abandoned in favor of a more efficient and less distracting UI?

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