Ian wrote:
> It could be argued that Draw is not intended to be page layout software.
> In the FOSS world Scribus is probably the choice for that particular
> application in the prosumer space.
Sure I knew it:) Linux isn't intended for "use" too, it was, intended
"just for fun". We users find it useful and make use if it.
> Would it be easier to cooperate with
> the Scribus people and enhance that product?
>
There are several reasons for your question.
* Scribus is not part of office solution, its object and frames are
not compatible with OpenOffice, usually using scribus the user
export office documents to plain text and re-do all layouts,
graphical objects and styles. This is what professionals, instead
of prosumers, does everyday.
* Scribus consider themselves aiming professional use, its learning
curve is not affordable for most office prosumers. If you need
detail I can give a comparison of prosumer DTP solution
requirement and professional DTP solution requirements. For some
reason, they cannot be the same software. a.k.a. a software cover
both prosumer & professional segment is difficult to make. In
short, find a typical prosumer user, ask him to switch to OOO Draw
AND ask him to switch to Scribus, measure the difficulty and make
comparison, you find it.
* In Asia, scribus still closes CJK related issues with reason
"currently we don't support CJK", which they start to behave like
that 5 years ago in 2004, making Draw the only choice. Draw
inherited CJK capacity from the OOO family. I piked Draw after one
year hard struggle with Scribus. (If you read it you see I dropped
MS Publisher in 2003=6 years ago but I say I only used OOO Draw 5
years, one year missing is for Scribus).
I expect the similar answer from Scribus that I should not expect
prosumer thing from their professional doing. Last resort would be "I am
not satisfied with any existing so I started my own application called
xxx", which isn't the best way to go IMHO.
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