On 6 January 2011 06:30, Jaime R. Garza <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe integrating Thunderbird would be more a marketing move than > anything else, but marketing is very effective!!! So that's why I think it > would be great if Thunderbird could be integrated automatically with LO. As > I said before, a sort of container that can select the applications ti be > installed, probably giving the option by installation to select the > individual appliciations: Writer(Text P.), Calc(Spreadsheet), > Impress(Presentations),..., Thunderbird(E-Mail), Lightning(Calendar). >
What would be better if more difficult would be to have a Writer/Calc plugin to Firefox using the extensions so you could have a WP or SS as an extension to your web browser. Since in Europe Firefox is reported to have displaced IE as the most popular browser that would provide an immediate route to lots of users. Google pay Mozilla to have their search as the default because of the number of Firefox users for a reason. > Cheers! > > Jaime R. Garza > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 15:22, Christophe Strobbe < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > At 00:19 3/01/2011, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > > > >> What do other devs think about including something as mentioned below > >> somehow in regards to a mail client alternative to MS outlook? > >> > > > > I've been working without an "integrated e-mail client" for years; it's > not > > a priority for me. However, when I recommended OpenOffice.org to another > > user (before October last year), she asked if it also contained an > Outlook > > alternative. I replied that alternatives exist elsewhere, e.g. > Thunderbird. > > (I just checked that Corel WordPerfect Office Standard has Lightning and > > Thunderbird integrated. The toll of Microsoft Office brainwashing? As far > as > > I can tell from the Wikipedia entry, iWork does not have an e-mail > client. > > Nor do SoftMaker Office 2010 or Kingsoft Office 2010.) > > > > Without a proper survey, we can probably only guess how many users expect > > an e-mail cient in an office suite. > > So I can only offer my opinion: the ability to interface with e-mail > > clients would be a useful feature. Some users don't want to migrate to > > another mail client just because it is included in the LibreOffice > download, > > but other users - I'm thinking of users new to office suites and e-mail - > > may appreciate some handholding. If an e-mail client were integrated in > the > > LibreOffice download, I would like the option to exclude it from the > > installation and have the office suite interface with my installed client > > (assuming that it implements the necessary APIs). > > > > I haven't mentioned forking an existing mail client; that's because I > don't > > consider it a good way to use TDF community resources. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Christophe > > > > > > > > On 1/2/11 7:49 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: > >> > >>> On 2011-01-01 1:43 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > >>> > >>>> Whats really held OOo and will hold LO back is the lack of an > equivalent > >>>> program such as outlook. > >>>> > >>> Well, I disagree, but there is no way to prove one of us is right, > so... > >>> > >>> There are one of three ways it can be done. > >>>> > >>>> 1) fork something like evolution which has all that done and integrate > >>>> it > >>>> into the LO suite > >>>> > >>> Evolution is extremely buggy, *especially* on Windows, but yes, even on > >>> *nix... Yes, there are many people who run it without problems, but > >>> there are far more who complain of constant crashes and bugs, even on > >>> the stablest of systems (otherwise)... > >>> > >>> 2) or install software that already exists in the open source arena. > >>>> > >>> Thunderbird+Lightning would be the best other choice here...not perfect > >>> by any stretch, but the only viable FLOSS alternative on Windows at the > >>> moment, at least that I am aware of... > >>> > >>> the problem with 2 is that it will greatly increase the download size, > >>>> which > >>>> would pose issues for people with slow bandwidth. > >>>> > >>> Thunderbird+Lightning is not that big... > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Christophe Strobbe > > K.U.Leuven - Dept. of Electrical Engineering - SCD > > Research Group on Document Architectures > > Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2442 > > B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee > > BELGIUM > > tel: +32 16 32 85 51 > > http://www.docarch.be/ > > Twitter: @RabelaisA11y > > --- > > "Better products and services through end-user empowerment" > > www.usem-net.eu - www.stand4all.eu > > --- > > Please don't invite me to Facebook, Quechup or other "social networks". > You > > may have agreed to their "privacy policy", but I haven't. > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > <discuss%[email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > > > Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. 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