Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

2010-11-15 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Il 14/11/2010 23.27, Thorsten Behrens ha scritto: asking for a*forever* promise is maybe a bit too much - but rest assured that I can't see anybody in his right mind axe Windows support in the next ten years.;) Oh, well, Windows may disappear before LibO! ;-) -- Gianluca Turconi --

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Suggestion to expand user base: enable screenplay formatting with LibreOffice

2010-11-15 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Le 2010-11-15 00:43, Andy Brown a écrit : Re: music through Draw for musical notation. I think this would only be of value for the most basic of work. There are already many good music software programmes out in the OSS

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi all, Le 15/11/10 05:39, Marc Paré a écrit : While I think this is a good idea, are you looking to see if this is possible to do on the LO website? IMHO, I think this would be a brilliant idea too, and would help with bug triaging. In my experience, most people's immediate concern /

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-15 Thread Ian Lynch
Inkscape is used by kids in primary schools so the argument about professional designers doesn't really hold water - I use it on a netbook! So why not have docked panes in Draw? If it works well offer it. Simple. Because the topic wasn't about docked panes, but about the

Re: Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-15 Thread RGB ES
2010/11/15 Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com: The point is that for me Inkscape is more usable and if there was an option to replace Draw with it in LO/OOo I'd take that option. Clumsy non-multi-tasking dialogues are just one of many issues. I guess if a long time supporter of OOo like me is

[tdf-discuss] Briefing

2010-11-15 Thread Thorsten Wilms
Hi! I got involved in logo-related discussions on the marketing list. A proper briefing should be at the root of designing a better logo, no matter if there will be a contest or not. Actually this is true for any design or development effort. So what is the most minimal core of a missions

Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

2010-11-15 Thread Frank Esposito
Oh, well, Windows may disappear before LibO! ;-) -- Gianluca Turconi we can only hope -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ ***

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-15 06:12, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : Hi Marc, Le 15/11/10 11:57, Marc Paré a écrit : Ahh! Great idea! Although, this sounds more like a user-help question. We would then have to be concerned about spammers, nasties etc. uploading files to the Website for nothing. I guess we would

Re: [tdf-discuss] Suggestion to expand user base: enable screenplay formatting with LibreOffice

2010-11-15 Thread Michael Meeks
On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 12:02 -0800, Alan C. Baird wrote: But it requires a template download and installation. If LibreOffice wants to capitalize on this unique opportunity, the template could be integrated in the upcoming LibreOffice release. Pragmatically, if you can find a hacker

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-15 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-11-13 12:38 PM, jonathon wrote: On 11/12/2010 01:12 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: Bug#'s? Thunderbird has never had a problem 'retrieving' our mail in our office, and we've been using it (40-60 users over the years) since about version 0.8, so whatever your problem is/was, obviously it

[tdf-discuss] Re: Suggestion to expand user base: enable screenplay formatting with LibreOffice

2010-11-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-15 11:21, Michael Meeks a écrit : - nevertheless the mroe templates we have, the more people we have interested in fixing our template browse / selection UI issues I hope ;-) HTH, Michael. Hi Michael The Drupal LO website has worked on a template

Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

2010-11-15 Thread AG
On 14/11/10 11:25, Mirek M. wrote: Hi everyone, I've been meaning to write this e-mail for a while now, but haven't gotten around to it until now -- I hope it's still relevant. The Next Decade Manifesto and the recent press release (available at

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-15 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:43:49 +0100, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Sebastian Spaeth wrote: I envision a *simple* web app which allows me to a) upload an .odt, .doc, or .docx document and b) chose whether it causes 1) crashes or 2) document conversion problems c) allow to add a comment (it

Re: [tdf-discuss] On the Future of TDF

2010-11-15 Thread timofonic timofonic
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:38 PM, AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com wrote: On 14/11/10 11:25, Mirek M. wrote: Hi everyone, I've been meaning to write this e-mail for a while now, but haven't gotten around to it until now -- I hope it's still relevant. The Next Decade Manifesto and the

Re: [tdf-discuss] document foundation wiki issues ...

2010-11-15 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi Jonathan, *, Jonathan Aquilina schrieb: Random thought here. im willing to donate some webspace to a wordpress setup for the project. i have experience in making the site look less like a blog and more like a proper website and there are some really killer themes available for wordpress.

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice bits ...

2010-11-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
(see below) On 11/15/2010 03:25 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: Bruce Byfield wrote: Italo, you are quoted as saying, After 20 years of feature oriented software, it is now the right time to bring back content at the centre of user focus. Can you explain exactly what that means? Copying to the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice bits ...

2010-11-15 Thread Italo Vignoli
Bruce Byfield wrote: - layout fidelity and slideshow fidelity: Does this mean making the screen display closer to output? Or something else? Many people use Writer and Impress with sophisticated layouts, which sometimes create problems when printing or displaying, especially when there are

Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-15 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Sebastian Spaeth wrote: I don't know if and how easy this would be in drupal. So far I have coded a very simple webform in django (python is my thing :-)) to allow uploading a document and a comment. This would be elementary in Drupal. The only thing that is then left, is to link the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice bits ...

2010-11-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
Thank you for your second quick response, Italo -- especially considering our time differential. I've added your comments to the article, which should be appearing on the Datamation site some time tomorrow. Needless to say, all comments and corrections are welcome. -- Bruce Byfield

[tdf-discuss] Re: AUTO: AUTO: Away from office (returning 11/19/2010)

2010-11-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-15 15:52, Scott Denham a écrit : I am out of the office until 11/19/2010. I am at the SC10 conference, with intermittent access to email. Note: This is an automated response to your message Digest of discuss@documentfoundation.org issue 89 (2877-2906) sent on 11/15/10 12:00:07.

[tdf-discuss] Re: On the Future of TDF

2010-11-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-15 17:07, timofonic timofonic a écrit : I propose another idea: What about convert the file support of LibO into a portable, resource efficient, well designed and multiplatform library for all FOSS projects? I would imagine it like the WebKit of document file formats, but governed in

[tdf-discuss] New Icon theme set

2010-11-15 Thread Nathan
Im not fond of the icon theme set in OOo, and i think LibreOffice would stand to benefit by changing to a new set, something more up to date and polished. I personally like the tango desktop project http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library the icons are in the public domain and are

Re: [tdf-discuss] New Icon theme set

2010-11-15 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
i honestly think migrating away from original OOo icons etc would be a good idea. it will help to set the project apart from OOo and give it its own unique identiy. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Nathan nathan1...@gmail.com wrote: Im not fond of the icon theme set in OOo, and i think

Re: [tdf-discuss] New Icon theme set

2010-11-15 Thread Graham Lauder
On Tuesday 16 Nov 2010 18:17:15 Nathan wrote: Im not fond of the icon theme set in OOo, and i think LibreOffice would stand to benefit by changing to a new set, something more up to date and polished. I personally like the tango desktop project

[tdf-discuss] New Icon theme set

2010-11-15 Thread Graham Lauder
i honestly think migrating away from original OOo icons etc would be a good idea. it will help to set the project apart from OOo and give it its own unique identiy. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Nathan nathan1...@gmail.com wrote: Im not fond of the icon theme set in OOo, and i think