On 11/1/12 9:53 PM, jan iversen wrote: > Thanks for the note, however knowing IBM I had hoped that one of the > official goals was to help the development part of the community to get > stabilized. > > I acknowledge that it is important for IBM to get an output of invested > energy/time/money, but I think IBM would benefit not only from features but > also from the soft points of helping the community. > > that being said in response to your IBM HAT, but I do feel that you and > other IBM Fellows still do a great job in getting the community to prosper.
I hope so and the priorities were focused on the product only and not on the community aspects that are of course very important for us as well. Juergen > > Jan. > > On 1 November 2012 17:45, <robert_w...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >> A quick note, wearing my "IBM hat". >> >> We (IBM) have consulted with customers, internal users, other IBM product >> teams, on what our (IBM's) development priorities should be for the next >> AOO release. Obviously, we're not the only ones with priorities or >> interests or opinions. We don't make AOO decisions by ourselves. But we >> want to be transparent about what our own priorities are, for our >> employees participating in the AOO community, and what they will be >> focusing on. As we did with AOO 3.4.0 and 3.4.1, we'll be putting the >> details onto the wiki over the next couple of weeks. You'll hear more at >> ApacheCon, but I wanted you to hear it hear first. >> >> Our top priorities: >> >> -- Improve the install and deployment experience, especially by supporting >> digital signatures on installs, and introducing a new incremental update >> feature, so users are not required to download and install a full image >> for just a minor update. >> >> -- A major UI enhancement, a sidebar framework for the editors, ported >> over from Symphony, and including an API. If you recall, Symphony won >> quite a lot of praise for its UI, and much of this was due to the sidebar >> panel. I think we can make a good argument that this approach, say >> compared to the MS Office "ribbon" is a better use of screen real-estate, >> especially as we see more frequent use of wide screen displays. >> >> -- Improved Table of Contents in Writer >> >> -- Improved system integration on Windows and MacOS, including possible >> adoption of "gestures". >> >> -- IAccessible2 bridge, ported over from Symphony, to improve >> accessibility. This is a major effort, but very important. >> >> -- Closer integration of clipart and template libraries with user >> experience. >> >> -- Update branding and visual styling, contemporary and compelling, fresh >> and relevant. >> >> -- Social integration, allow our users to quickly and easily share their >> thoughts in a way that compliment their commercial social behavior. >> Explore the integration of consumer service-specific capabilities as well >> as generic Share... actions. >> >> -- And many other smaller items >> >> Obviously the release date for this cannot be pinned down so early, and >> releasing is PMC decision, not an IBM one. But we think that this work >> could be completed and tested for a release in the March/April 2013 >> time-frame. And the scope of the release might be significant enough to >> warrant a "4.0" designation. >> >> In any case, we'll soon set up a page on the wiki to collect these items. >> As always, I invite you to add your own priorities to the wiki, things >> that you would like to work on. This could be a new feature. Or, if one >> of the above items sound interesting to you, we always welcome help >> designing and implementing these features. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >
