Rod Engelsman wrote: > Mathias Bauer wrote: >> >> We are indeed supporting the Lightning project. Once this will have >> reached a "final" state we can work on possible integrations between >> Thunderbird/Lightning and OOo. As both projects (OOo and Mozilla) have >> suitable technologies and we are able to bridge between them I'm sure >> that we will find ways to integrate them. These integration components >> should be developed and deployed as extensions for OOo and >> Thunderbird as well. >> >> In the meantime people can think about possible integrations and specify >> them. Could be an interesting project. >> >> Ciao, >> Mathias >> > > Fantastic! FWIW, I'm very pleased with that direction. > > My short list of integrations: > > 1. Shared dictionaries. Particularly useful for those in jargon-rich > professions.
This depends on the prospects of the ongoing(?) integration of hunspell into Thunderbird. Before OOo changed to hunspell both applications used MySpell. OOo is still able to support dictionaries in both formats but IMHO it's unfortunate to continue that way. Once the situation has stabilized we should work on shared dictionaries and especially on shared user wordbooks. But that won't work without support from the TB developers. > 2. The address book needs to be expanded somewhat and it needs to be > editable from within OOo. Agreed, for an integration that goes beyond bundling this is a must have. > 3. "Insert Calendar Object" in the OOo "Edit" menu. The object could use > data that's either linked to a central server or embedded data like you > can currently do with images or a spreadsheet. > > 3. OOo files should be among the items managed by the PIM. E.g., > documents should be linked to contacts, meetings, todo items, etc. Thanks for your suggestions. I hope we can see this happening in a not so far future. Currently bringing Lightning to release quality is the first step towards an integrated PIM. For the integration steps I hope that we can get developers from both projects involved. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
