OOo has (and its closed source predecessor StarOffice had a long time ago already) a useful feature: the gallery.
Wouldn't it be nice to have something similar for scribus? I figure it could be some hell of of a work, because picture frames would have to be created automatically. On the other hand, having all graphics files for a project or a set of standard graphics handy could save a lot of time. I recently integrated OpenClipart 0.9 into my OOo and it's simply great - just drag a graphics file into your document. For a DTP app, a gallery would of course need a more sophisticated approach, e.g. the ability to define a default collection and to create a file/project dependent one. The library function allows for the latter already, but in terms of usability, a gallery would, at least IMHO, provide a handy extension (think about something like: draw picture frame -> right click -> insert picture from gallery). I observed some recent discussions on using the grey space for similiar features, but this is another approach which may be worth to be discussed. Christoph
