On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 05:42:25PM +0100, mike scott wrote: > I commented a while ago about the lack of consistency between > components - for a supposedly "integrated" suite it actually seems > quoite atrocious. Fields are restricted to a tiny set in Draw (try > doing a mail-merge of a Christmas card!!), you've commented on > tables; grouping of objects isn't possible in writer (try lining up > inserted pictures), as isn't text flow between text boxes. The list > goes on. > > Dare one ask why? > You may ask - and the answer would be, that despite of numerous shared functionality, OOo is still four big (and two smaller) different applications, with *considerable* amount of code that is *not* shared among them.
> For the life of me, I can't see why /all/ the facilities shouldn't be > available in some form to /all/ components - even if the UIs are > different to reflect the differing emphases of those components. > Pure technical (and age-old) design decisions. Even ODF would support your proposal flawlessly. Cheers, -- Thorsten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
