Mathias Bauer said the following on 11/08/2005 05:46 PM:
Alex Janssen wrote:
Maybe if ...
* OOo could link to T-bird's address book with the database
functionality
It can already.
* T-bird could use OOo's dictionary
It does already.
* OOo could produce the appropriate html or text output and put it
into a Tbird compose window as an option additional to the normal
attached doc method
OOo is not a great HTML editor - not recommended.
Even if you think you need HTML for mail it should be limited to enable
nicer formatting of your text (tables, indentations etc.) but you
shouldn't try to prove web designer skills. At the end e-mail is a
medium that primarily transports information, not style or colored
pictures, at least in a professional environment (and that's what we are
talking about).
For things like that the TBird HTML editor is more than appropriate and
it is not only much faster but also better integrated than OOo Writer
could ever be. It also has built-in features especially for mails like
managing quotes etc. that you won't see in OOo Writer.
that type of integration would be what some people are looking for. I
have never heard what type of integration these people want. They just
show up and make a kind of vague request.
What makes more sense is having links to mails, postings, calendar
appointments, contact information etc. in OOo documents. Links from
TBird to OOo documents already work of course.
I can imagine that there are other useful ways to integrate a mail or
calendar client with an Office suite, but using the word processor for
writing mails is the least interesting (of course only IMHO ;-)).
Best regards,
Mathias
Hey, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. I was just trying to make sense out of
these requests for integration that we've seen on the list. Hoping to
provoke someone to be specific. Looks like there are some specific
ideas being expressed here, now. Not that I had anything to do with them.
I don't think I need the full power of Writer for email or html, but
some other people do. ;-)
I know this isn't the users list, but, I tried setting up a new database
to use the T-bird addressbook on my WinXP system and it came up blank.
It did not ask me for the location of the abook.
I had moved the tbird files from the default location to
/ddd/thunderbird/profiles some time ago. This did not work on my Linux
box either, but the linux files are in their default locations. OOo DB
tells me "SQL Status: S1000 - No Thunderbird Addressbook Directories
Exist". How do I tell it where the real addressbook is?
Alex
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