Hi Louis, Many thanks for your explanations.
A+ -- gw 2014-03-29 15:43 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > > On 2014-03-29, at 08:58, Guy Waterval <waterval....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Louis, > > > > Kickstarter ? > > Could you develop a little more ? > > I don't understand very well. > > Many thanks. > > > > A+ > > -- > > gw > > The issue is that to develop a working ODF editor (and call it what you > want) that has close enough resemblance to the UI for AOO to be acceptable > to the AOO (and even LO) user base is not by any means impossible but does > require a significant investment of developer time and energy--and then a > continuing commitment to keeping it up-to-date and bug free. > > That the code should be open source would be nice. > > Work along the lines of porting AOO to Android has been done; a port > exists. But as the dev. has explained to me, it's more a proof of concept, > though a working one, than a useful app. Part of the problem, as I see it, > is that the UI and UX of any tablet differs rather a lot from the > desktop's. For starters, there is less space; then there is no keyboard, > though that can be added to a tablet, easily enough, via Bluetooth. But > there are other issues, and they are not insignificant. > > I have not checked MS's iPad offering, as to actually use the apps for > more than viewing (sigh), one has to pay 100US/annum. That's a lot, and > why? If I want a proprietary tool that actually already reads and edits > MSFT files, I can use Apple's free productivity apps. They're actually > pretty good. But they do not support ODF. (I don't think, but have not > checked, MSFT on the iPad supports ODF, either.) > > UX Write also supports .docx on the iPad (and all iOS7 devices) but a) it > doesn't have change tracking, b) doesn't yet support ODT, c) is so far > proprietary; and d), is only on Apple's iOS. The developers would certainly > include more things and conceivably alter licensing regime but.... > > Resources. > > Resources can be simply the money to pay for developers. The inducement of > building an app that would be used in this setting and that would also be, > ideally, open source, is probably today a lot clearer than it was last > week, prior to the advent of Office for iPad. The totally unsurprising > popularity of Office/iPad will perhaps make it a lot easier to engage > developers in building something equivalent for AOO--or, as I would prefer, > in a way, a good-enough solution. (Good enough is another way of being > realistic: I don't imagine that many spreadsheet mavens will want to do > their thing on a tablet, even with a spare keyboard and the same could be > said of some complex presentation work. But I can see people using the Draw > component, and I do see many using and wanting to use even more the text > components. So one builds for logical use. Second. I don't see the point of > preserving the architecture of AOO, though that is what was done with the > port to Android--and I see that as a mistake. Why bother with it? Peter > Kelly of UX Write has built a brilliant text editor for iOS without it, > using HMTL... and is working on ODT support.) > > I further think that now is a rather good time to put out a call for table > development. Again: Microsoft's belated splash into the pool. As always, > the entry of Microsoft into a market that shadows its primary > (tablet::desktop) profoundly alters that market's dynamics. > > Let's take advantage of that :-) > > Hence, somewhat--but not entirely--facetious notion of a Kickstarter-like > campaign to garner funds from the people. I would prefer to have any kind > of funded engagement be within Apache's universe, but it need not be. > > -louis > > > > > > 2014-03-28 22:41 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > > > >> > >> On 2014-03-28, at 17:24, FR web forum <ooofo...@free.fr> wrote: > >> > >>> Question asked many times > >>> See: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=61238 > >> > >> Thanks. I'd guess we've already added this q. and its a. to the FAQ? > >> > >> And, just for fun. Say I start a Kickstarter (or equivalent for open > >> source efforts) project..... Idea to build an good enough ODF editor > for iOS > >> and Android for, initially, text, then later presentation / calc.... > >> > >> louis > >> > >>> > >>> ----- Mail original ----- > >>> De: "Ilona Gersh" <ige...@netzero.com> > >>> À: dev@openoffice.apache.org > >>> Envoyé: Vendredi 28 Mars 2014 17:11:22 > >>> Objet: Version for i-pad? > >>> > >>> Hi, Is there a version of Open Office for I-pads? If not, is one being > >> developed? If not, what do you suggest I use? 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