Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-20 Thread Cor Nouws
André Wyrwa wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Martin. Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 criticism of OpenOffice.org. And you surely proved your friendly intentions by beating on it in your ads. I'm just wondering...are you

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-20 Thread Chad Smith
On 7/19/06, André Wyrwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But microsoftoffice.com is not officesuites.com. That's the difference that makes it dodgy to me. I still don't see the difference, but you can see things as dodgy that you want to see as dodgy, as you said. So it's generic. So what? His

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
André Wyrwa schrieb: ohh, aren't you working for that company that put that OpenOffice slow, bloated? Abiword missing all the nice features? text adverts on Openoffice google searches? Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 criticism of OpenOffice.org.

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread André Wyrwa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Martin. Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 criticism of OpenOffice.org. And you surely proved your friendly intentions by beating on it in your ads. I'm just wondering...are you denying that your ads are

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
André Wyrwa schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Martin. Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 criticism of OpenOffice.org. And you surely proved your friendly intentions by beating on it in your ads. I'm just wondering...are

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Chad Smith
Hi André, On 7/19/06, André Wyrwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, wanna play stupid? Ok, let's play then. What is the benefit for you to present that viewer on a separate domain, rather than a subpage of your already existing softmaker domain? And what is the benefit of choosing officeviewers

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Chad Smith schrieb: But hey, let's just swing our axes some more and see who takes the longest to fall over dead. :-) Reminds of the old Monty Python skit about Arthur and the Black Knight... After complete dismemberment of all body parts, it ends with All right, we'll call it a draw...

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: André Wyrwa schrieb: Well, this list is about OpenOffice.org. Yes. And OpenDocument is also on-topic here. Read the description of the list: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html This list is intended for discussions on OpenOffice.org and Open

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Chad Smith
On 7/19/06, Nicu Buculei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read the description of the list: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html This list is intended for discussions on OpenOffice.org and Open Source. So I would say promotion of an closed source ODF reader could be very well considered offtopic.

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
Chad Smith wrote: On 7/19/06, Nicu Buculei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read the description of the list: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html This list is intended for discussions on OpenOffice.org and Open Source. So I would say promotion of an closed source ODF reader could be very well

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-18 Thread André Wyrwa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Martin, Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: Just a quick note that we have released a free document viewer that lets users open, view, and print documents in OpenDocument (.odt), OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (.sxw), TextMaker (.tmd), Microsoft Word

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
André Wyrwa wrote: Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: TextMaker Viewer is based on the technology of TextMaker 2006. The viewer is a free download and can be freely distributed. I am very interested in your feedback. ohh, aren't you working for that company that put that No, he is not

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-14 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Is this program supposed to view only text? I have tried it with OpenOffice.org compound document and it fails to display graphics. Is there a work around? Udub It is for OpenDocument Text, not Calc or Impress. If you have an .odt file that doesn't display

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-14 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
Hi. On 12/07/2006, at 14:21, Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: Just a quick note that we have released a free document viewer that lets users open, view, and print documents in OpenDocument (.odt), OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (.sxw), TextMaker (.tmd), Microsoft Word (.doc) and RTF (.rtf)

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-14 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Shoshannah Forbes schrieb: As I don't have Windows here (only OSX and Linux) I can't test this myself, so I have to ask- does this viewer support bidirectional text like Hebrew and Arabic? No RTL yet, so currently Hebrew and Arabic cannot be shown correctly. It's on our to-do list,

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Can it be seamlessly integrated into FireFox/IE browsers or as a plugin. You can associate .doc or .odt files with it. When you click on such a link, TextMaker Viewer will start and load the file -- in a separate window, however.

[discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Just a quick note that we have released a free document viewer that lets users open, view, and print documents in OpenDocument (.odt), OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (.sxw), TextMaker (.tmd), Microsoft Word (.doc) and RTF (.rtf) format: http://www.officeviewers.com TextMaker Viewer is based on

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Lars D . Noodén
It's an interesting idea, but I only see a link to a Windows version. If you can point to a binary for linux or OS X, then I'd take a look. I notice Works is not on the list of formats, nor is WordPerfect. Did you use GTK+ or Qt to make the viewer? -Lars Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Lars D. Noodén schrieb: It's an interesting idea, but I only see a link to a Windows version. If you can point to a binary for linux or OS X, then I'd take a look. I notice Works is not on the list of formats, nor is WordPerfect. Did you use GTK+ or Qt to make the viewer? -Lars A version

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Pavel Janík
From: Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:21:21 +0200 TextMaker Viewer is based on the technology of TextMaker 2006. The viewer is a free download and can be freely distributed. And can it be also freely modified? Can it be distributed when

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Pavel Janík schrieb: From: Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:21:21 +0200 TextMaker Viewer is based on the technology of TextMaker 2006. The viewer is a free download and can be freely distributed. And can it be also freely modified? Can it be

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: Just a quick note that we have released a free document viewer that lets users open, view, and print documents in OpenDocument (.odt), OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (.sxw), TextMaker (.tmd), Microsoft Word (.doc) and RTF (.rtf) format:

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Can it be seamlessly integrated into FireFox/IE browsers or as a plugin. You can associate .doc or .odt files with it. When you click on such a link, TextMaker Viewer will start and load the file -- in a separate window, however. Best, -mk