I dunno... really - not many people run 486's, and all I can think of is
to get ONE program that can do the whole lot... Just think a single
program with a wider choice of toolbars and options to use.
My main desire to see this improvement, is to be able to do anything I
like, on any size paper I want, with text, drawings, graphs - from
spreadsheets, and the whole set of office functions.... all in the one box.
I really hate having some programs have a small range of fully
functional process's, and a great number of very limited process's and
functions... and ALL the office programs do the same thing...
Write doesn't do much drawing, and drawing doesn't do much write..
I'd much rather have one program that does ALL the write functions, and
ALL the draw functions....
I'd really like to be able to do technical drawings, with proper tables
- parts lists, that also tie in with spread sheets.... so all the
values, and properties can be calculated on the fly, and it's all part
of a relational database, and I can have it all on a piece of A2 paper
(on the screen), and not be limited to A4 in Write, or A0 in Draw.....
I really just want to get rid of all the impediments....
Alot of really great ideas are either great ideas, or they are the
absence of bad ideas.
The more I use office, the more I like it, but at the same time, the
more the compartmentalised limitations, make their presence felt.
What I propose is to gather all the fundamental good reasons why the
current stucture is difficult and how we can make these "seamless
improvements", into a wholesome all in one program.
The best idea is to have an all in one program and selectable and
programmable template sets to enable better focus on specific ranges of
tasks, or the universal all in one template that has every option
available or selectable to implement all the functions within the one
document.
The best thing about the ONE file type, is that every function runs
within it.
And the ende result can be saved or printed out in any format
available... Bits can be in JPG or as a PDF file - what ever....
We need to compile the list of obvious problems that
compartmentalisation causes, and we need to define the framework for a
seamless "all in one" program.
Alot of people have come forward with a list of really good reasons -
for what they do need and what they don't need in a program - and all
it's functions.
e.g. Much like the real world, I'd like to have a drafting board, a
calculator, a book to put notes and diagrams into, and some spreadsheets
to calulate things as I go... ALL on the one desk and all the functions
are transparent to each other, and they all work within each other....
I am tired and rambling...
I just want to combine everything and make it all work...... makes life
easier.
Cheers
Shane
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Ben Dare wrote:
I'm finding this whole idea very interesting. One concern, not all of
us run slick, up-to-date, computers; would this integrated approach
vastly increase the memory/processor use? Of course that's no excuse
for programing to not move with the times, i just want to know. Would
it be workable to universalise the file format so that every file
opened in every program but you still retained the specific focus of
each program with a general all-round use?
Ben
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