Hei, could we setup a wiki page for these integration ideas?
I had made a similar call (for suggestions) a couple of weeks ago, it would be good to gather them in a central place, so that they can be fine tuned, extended and devs know where to look. André. On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 08:34 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: > 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 >
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