On 2013-10-22, at 14:21 , Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 2013-10-22, at 14:11 , Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2013-10-22, at 13:38 , Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2013-10-21, at 18:28 , Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Given the number of Android devices out there and growing I can see a >>>>>>> time >>>>>>> where if its not editable there it won't be worth considering. >>>>>> >>>>>> That time is now. >>>>> >>>>> The 800-lbs gorilla is Google and their QuickOffice purchase, which >>>>> they are now making available for free on iOS and Android: >>>>> >>>>> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleDrive/posts/Gz5GpSeCW4x >>>>> >>>>> I don't think it supports ODF, but otherwise is a strong editor suite. >>>>> So it does make it hard for any new competitor, since they would >>>>> essentially be competing against a free, fully-featured app. >>>> >>>> is it a native client? >>>> >>> >>> Yes. >> >> (BTW, there are no 800 lb. gorillas :-) ) >> >> Okay, but arguendo the mighty weight of Google's omnipresence, I'd be >> curious to learn what kind of uptake there will be of the app. Given their >> deployment of Docs & other Drive tools, I suspect there'll be improvements, >> but erratically. >> > > IMHO there is probably opportunity for an app that is a bit more open > in what it connects to. The free Google apps appear to be bolted to > Google Drive. But an app that supports DropBox, Sky Drive, Google > Drive, iCloud, ownCloud, etc., could be interesting. >
Indeed. That's why I'm working with Peter of UX Write. He's also quite interested in simplifying the process by which a mobile app *would* connect to n+1 number of cloud services. Right now, as you note, there is a mess of more or less proprietary (or at least idiosyncratic) APIs, protocols, code dances that a developer must make bend his app to. What is wanted (by yours truly) is for UX Write to work better with ODF….. > Regards, > > -Rob > -louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
