So far, AbiLook (hee hee hee) is not very close to the top of our
priority list. For some reasons, I think it would be a fun addition.
After all, PIMs are not conceptually hard, and the requisite attention
to excellent GUI work fits our core mission pretty well.
However, the minimum feature set for a PIM is pretty high right now,
if you want it to gain a large user base. For example, I don't think
you can get really big market penetration with a PIM unless you can
sync to a PalmPilot (or whatever the official name of that device is
this week).
As for your architectural questions:
The AbiWord text engine is going to need to be abstracted out to be
more suitable for use in multiple apps. For example, AbiShow (our
PowerPoint-like-thingie) needs it. A PIM would certainly need it
as well.
The XAP (cross-application) framework stuff is currently being
purified to make it more reusable for apps other than AbiWord.
We hope to make it easier to code a simple GUI app in the
Abi fashion.
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> Does ABI have any plans to do an Outlook-like program? I ask because, at
> least where I work, this is rapidly becoming a killer app. I suspect
> others are in the same boat.
>
> It seems to me that an outlook-like programe could benefit greatly from
> having AbiWord to provide the editing infrastructure and so on. How well
> adapted is the XP framework ABI is using to this?
>
> For what it's worth, I'm not planning to start writing this. I'm just
> thinking about the problem.
>
> Patrick
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> J. Patrick Narkinsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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> "If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people
> He gives it to." -- Old Irish Saying
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