-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/07/2010 07:47 PM, Michel Gagnon wrote:
> 1. I think templates are completely different from software development. They > may help "sell" LibreOffice, but there doesn't have to be any link between > those who design LibreOffice (both the code and user interface) and those who design templates. You are right. The organization that writes the software does not need to write the templates. In the case of Microsoft Office, the overwhelming majority of templates are written by independent organizations. The major reason for LibreOffice to create the templates, is marketing. > So in a nutshell, templates that work in LibreOffice will work in OpenOffice, with the other The issue I have, is that other template repositories that claim to be for ODF, contain templates for Microsoft Office. Templates that may or may not work as advertised with LibO, but are gauaranteed to confuse everybody. > 3. What about something like a forum (see http://libreofficeforum.org) where > posts would have a template attached to it? A forum would work, if users could _easily_ find the template they want. IOW, the user must be downloading the template, within three clicks of landing on libreofficeforum.org. > 4. There could also be a page linking to other websites with templates. As a supplementary measure, that work. > In my humble opinion, the more standardized documents people see, the more they will value LibreOffice. +1 jonathon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM2F32AAoJEOpnmQXT8Ln/j0UH/2zVXkbAOux4kp6qbAY0DR79 d+tjOnh3oZXLXdQBP2UgIOCOq9fnCIwfMiZc07PHQy1pYsDBd1YdPKHRG69/8ZZN 2TGC2cV+eCWLRlIsn7CQ42VmfBjy7n5s19f+XQu98Bbjsbg5ELDu+BJ3NDJcPbJY n96Fy/OkNr08YEfr3m1UNgR4LM3nYrBTiTD+CTHlbmkqpZf+q7o6ObpWsltkRJvD bqh1s6TBrRxguhc5bJJEqylkabawiiVl0nhOqALktrNsCV+cy+oggIuDPE75GpgX r5zZHUtFmtoJgIPEJEQ4I7pfKSUzqbSCd9tWQIi6rvqKPfTaxh1l2EXMxSzeuMo= =UsAC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
