On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Michael Wheatland <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Zaphod Feeblejocks <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2 Jan 2011 at 9:59, Craig A. Eddy wrote: >> >>> I also agree that ANY write-to docx should be an add-on, and not part of >>> the vanilla release. >> >> Hi Craig, >> >> I have a concern about the Addons. In my 10+ years of using >> OpenOffice/StarOffice, the >> inclusion of addons was a great idea. However, the marketing of addons was >> not so good - >> hidden away in a place that you can find once, but not so easily find again. >> >> Could addons be clearly signposted on the main page? >> >> Could first-time users be taken to the addons page, so they know >> functionality can be >> extended? >> >> Could addons be clearly posted in the menus? >> >> Could the frequency of downloading addons be counted and a pack of the most >> popular >> ones be compiled? Could the most-frequent-addons pack even be an optional >> extra >> included with the download? > > Zaphod, > I have some good news for you. The website team is already tackling > this with the Drupal implementation. > > In case you are not aware the current site at libreoffice.org is > earmarked for an upgrade (as per the steering committee advice). > The website team has been busy building the site over at a temporary > domain www.libreofficeaustralia.org > > Although the site theme is only temporary, you can see most of the > site sections operating. The site will include an 'Extensions Library' > designed similar to the Firefox addins site. > > It is not finished but you can see our progress here: > http://www.libreofficeaustralia.org/download/extensions > The implementation of categories will be the next step, followed by > making the layout of the displays a little more beautiful. > > The development site is almost ready for beta testers, so if you wish > to have a look and suggest any changes please feel free to let us know > over on the website mailing list. > > Michael Wheatland
So libreoffice is not planning on using the already-established opendesktop.org websites for distributing its extensions? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
