In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Hallowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TommyBee wrote:
>
> > I think this would be a smart idea because there have been complaints
> > that nobody uses Composer and it's a waste of space. If the UI didn't
> > show up, at least they would *think* that it's really gone, and what
> > they don't know might make them think more highly of Mozilla. ;-)
>
> As a Linux user I hate people who attach word documents to email with
> absolutely no thought that some people can't view them. I don't mind if
> the document requires some of the more advanced features of word as word
> is a decent wordprocessor (except for some annoyances).
>
> Anyway, the point of this is, I like using composer, it can be used to
> quickly create documents and then they can be distributed in a cross
> platform format. Perhaps we should encourage people to use composer
> rather than encouraging them to get rid of it. :)
I don't think it's an issue of people not wanting to create documents in
a cross platform format but rather of people already using other tools
to do so. I wasn't saying that nobody uses Composer, but that is the
perception of some people, and even if half the world were to use it,
the other half deserves the right not to install it. ;-)
> In the end I think it should eventually be made into a separately
> installable component even if it's just to remove composer related icons
> in the UI. I don't think it's very important to do now tho. Some point
> in the future composer may become more featureful than it is currently
> and then it should definitely be separated (the UI and any extra
> features, not the core editor code needed by other apps).
Like I said in the starting thread, these may not be issues to be dealt
with it before version 1.0, but they would be handy sometime in the
future.
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