Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: IBM is alive ;)

2012-02-04 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Feb 4, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Pedro wrote: > Hi Benjamin, all > > > Benjamin Horst wrote >> >> http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/features/managing-docs-with-zimbra/ >> >> It worked pretty well in my usage, I'd use it again. >> > > This is not ev

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: IBM is alive ;)

2012-02-04 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Feb 4, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > On 04/02/2012 19:50, Benjamin Horst wrote: >> On Feb 4, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> >>> On 04/02/2012 17:26, Benjamin Horst wrote: >>>>> I do hope that LibreOffice On Line becomes a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: IBM is alive ;)

2012-02-04 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Feb 4, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > On 04/02/2012 17:26, Benjamin Horst wrote: >>> I do hope that LibreOffice On Line becomes a reality! It would be the only >>> (to my knowledge) Free own-server based office suite! >> There is one of which I am

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: IBM is alive ;)

2012-02-04 Thread Benjamin Horst
> I do hope that LibreOffice On Line becomes a reality! It would be the only > (to my knowledge) Free own-server based office suite! There is one of which I am aware, having used it at a previous employer: Zimbra Docs. It is not widely documented or discussed online, for reasons I don't know. H

Re: [tdf-discuss] [POLL] own forums

2011-11-10 Thread Benjamin Horst
+1 Ben Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2011, at 8:17 AM, adept techlists - kazar wrote: > +1 > > (reasons: > > 1. Clarity -- rather than confusing users with info about OOo that may not > apply to LO) > 2. Risk management -- LO foundation control over the forums' management, > backups, serv

Re: [tdf-discuss] News about the world outside LO :)

2011-07-15 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Jul 15, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Mark Wielaard wrote: > On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 10:30 -0400, Benjamin Horst wrote: >> I think Symphony has done a great job with its UI work--that's what I'd most >> like to see come under an open source license. >> - tabbed document i

Re: [tdf-discuss] News about the world outside LO :)

2011-07-15 Thread Benjamin Horst
- removed the Draw component - I think (?) it's even more Java-dependent than OOo ever was Rob Weir's full email is available online here, and his official announcement is this afternoon in Berlin (so it could be happening right now or has just happened): http://lwn.net/Articles/451635/

Re: [tdf-discuss] 2 versions of Libre office for android

2011-07-11 Thread Benjamin Horst
he project voluntarily. This way also reduces the need to maintain multiple codebases. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.do

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] suggestion to improve libreoffice writer

2011-03-19 Thread Benjamin Horst
ked for over the years. They're also easy to use, >since web browsers have trained users what to expect. I'd like to see LibreOffice implement tabs, too. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discus

Re: [tdf-discuss] Libreoffice for Mac

2011-03-05 Thread Benjamin Horst
the future. (I am one of them. However, I'm not a member of the porting team.) -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www

Re: [tdf-discuss] How difficult is it to port Libreoffice to the Android Tablets? Is there any plan yet?

2011-03-03 Thread Benjamin Horst
ndation.org/www/discuss/ >> *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** >> >> > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > *** All posts

Re: [tdf-discuss] Foundation Fundraising

2011-02-18 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Feb 18, 2011, at 6:37 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi folks, > > Benjamin Horst wrote on 2011-02-08 19.58: >> My suggestion was to use a personal account to collect and then disburse the >> income, which would probably trigger income tax, as BRM mentioned in his

Re: Looking for ONE person ( was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Looking for two people to act as sponsors of US TDF/LibreOffice fund raising event )

2011-02-13 Thread Benjamin Horst
ea, Drew! We might want a company to be the one to match donations. I know WorldLabel.com has been a good and very generous member of the community, perhaps they could assist? I've also reached out to another company I know who I think might be interested. I'll keep you posted. -Ben Benja

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Computer Magazine cover CDs

2011-02-09 Thread Benjamin Horst
Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive:

Re: [tdf-discuss] Foundation Fundraising

2011-02-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
; one before doing anything like that. >> >> It might be, however, feasible to get an existing 501(c)3 to do that for >> you >> though; perhaps the FSF, Linux Foundation, or one of the other existing >> Open >> Source entities could aid in that manner? >> >

Re: [tdf-discuss] Foundation Fundraising

2011-02-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
at it. > > Also - Benjamin mentioned a different site that I have no information on > and perhaps it does not have this US - either way, the necessary banking > setup and then a media campaign..that is a darn tight schedule. > > > > > -- > Unsub

Re: [tdf-discuss] Foundation Fundraising

2011-02-07 Thread Benjamin Horst
arter looks like the strongest, but other options exist as well. For example, http://www.chipin.com/ is one I've seen used in the past. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfou

Re: [tdf-discuss] Fwd: [marketing] About.com 2011 Readers' Choice Awards - Nominations are Open

2011-01-13 Thread Benjamin Horst
Times Company > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Nguyen Hung Vu [aka: NVH] ( in Vietnamese: Nguyễn Vũ Hưng ) > vuhung16plus{remove}@gmail.dot.com > , YIM: vuhung16 , Skype: > vuhung16plus > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Archiv

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Mac App Store

2011-01-12 Thread Benjamin Horst
tore. They are two separate entities. The FSF objections are to the >> DRM on the iOS AppStore and do not apply to the OS X App Store. Of course, >> the FSF objects to Apple and any other company that does not give away their >> software for free. >> >> Larry >

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Mac App Store

2011-01-07 Thread Benjamin Horst
to go ahead with it. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

Re: [tdf-discuss] Mac App Store

2011-01-07 Thread Benjamin Horst
Anecdotal evidence of the impact of being listed in the app store--yesterday, Evernote tweeted their installation rate increased 1,800% from the day before the Mac App Store launched. Ben Sent from my iPhone On Jan 7, 2011, at 6:01 AM, "Charles-H. Schulz" wrote: > Jonathan, > > I believe t

[tdf-discuss] Mac App Store

2011-01-06 Thread Benjamin Horst
which they might never come back to do. Does anyone know the technical requirements needed to get into the Mac App Store? Are there any developers here who'd like to get involved in this process? Strategically, I think the payoff will be huge. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-46

Re: [tdf-discuss] Community Management

2010-12-14 Thread Benjamin Horst
right approach, but I don't think it means we can eliminate the role of the community manager, though renaming it to better suit our project's culture certainly makes sense. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E

[tdf-discuss] Community Management

2010-12-13 Thread Benjamin Horst
(His info is on his site: http://www.jonobacon.org/contact-me/ ) -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts t

Re: [tdf-discuss] A proposal for effective, volunteer-friendly user support in LibreOffice

2010-11-23 Thread Benjamin Horst
and yet allow our support volunteers to continue using email or choose a web interface to do their part? -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundat

Re: [tdf-discuss] Google now integrates with MSO, what about Libre/OO?

2010-11-22 Thread Benjamin Horst
/techcrunch.com/2010/11/22/google-launches-plugin-that-fuses-microsoft-office-with-google-docs/ Here's a link to the extension: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/ooo2gd -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions

Re: [tdf-discuss] New support list suggestion

2010-11-20 Thread Benjamin Horst
27;d use terminology like "Migrating from >Microsoft Office". This provides implicit reinforcement that migrating to LibO >from MSO is such a common occurrence that we need a special section in our FAQ >for it, and fits into the narrative of our inevitable project growth. -Ben

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

2010-11-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > On 17 November 2010 16:17, Benjamin Horst wrote: >> On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: >>> Think this has lost the plot :-) The argument was not necessarily to >> replace >>> Draw with Inkscape but t

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

2010-11-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
owerful enough, there's no pre-installed tool for Windows users to manage these functions--thus an opening for LibO to step in and fill this user need. (How many times have you received Word docs that just contain a pasted image, because they have no other way to save the file? This happe

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

2010-11-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
kscape as inspiration for improvements to Draw is a great approach, since it has faced and solved many of the same problems. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines

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

2010-11-16 Thread Benjamin Horst
>> Ian > > I use Draw only for simply diagrams, for complex stuff I use Inkscape > or (maybe, I'm starting the tests with it) karbon14. The main shortcoming of Inkscape is for Mac users, where it requires the X11 windowing system. It's workable, but awkward, and not wide

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-12 Thread Benjamin Horst
quot;Firefox made be sad because..." (It also includes links to see or turn off the User Studies feature.) I'd suggest we examine and emulate Firefox's UX model here, if possible. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instru

Re: [tdf-discuss] New UI - OOo compatability - What we are about?

2010-11-05 Thread Benjamin Horst
Should they prove useful, they become additional projects of their own, under the larger Mozilla umbrella. Apache does this too, as do many large technology for-profits. It's clearly a model that works. Thanks for bringing up this train of thought. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 64

Re: [tdf-discuss] java / phone strategy ..

2010-11-05 Thread Benjamin Horst
native source of income to fund > these type of developments. It doesn't even need to be built on the existing LibO code--it could be built using LibO's ODF libraries, though, for perfect file compatibility. Users won't care what the underlying code is; as long as the interface an

Re: [tdf-discuss] java / phone strategy ..

2010-11-03 Thread Benjamin Horst
ke money. I think that is > just a better use of the resources I can provide. You're the General in my above, overly-military sounding metaphor. :) As a person who appreciates strategy myself, I agree with you on the importance of what you do. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 64

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI - Making it an official project/goal?

2010-10-25 Thread Benjamin Horst
Mobil gesendet > Sent mobile > Envoyé mobile > > -- > E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to > unsubscribe > List archives are available at > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archi

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-22 Thread Benjamin Horst
jor advantage of a native interface on Mac OS X, which Dia and Inkscape do not (I think both require X11, though I haven't checked lately). Now, if the vector engine of Dia or Inkscape can be married to the front-end of LibreOffice, that could be great. I frequently use Draw for website wi

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Steering Committee Info at the wiki

2010-10-14 Thread Benjamin Horst
Hi Friedrich, On Oct 13, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote: > Hi Benjamin, *, > > Benjamin Horst schrieb: > >> This is exactly why I suggested we look at multiple wiki engines >> before installing one and proceeding. ACL features of Foswiki make it >>

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Steering Committee Info at the wiki

2010-10-13 Thread Benjamin Horst
ire out even the most stalwart contributors. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Steering Committee Info at the wiki

2010-10-13 Thread Benjamin Horst
ived and cannot be > deleted. > List archives are available at > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org All messages you send to this list wi

Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey|Opinion - LibreOffice Install and Update

2010-10-11 Thread Benjamin Horst
ter depth, though it may be OT for this specific thread. > Would having a download and update site, as well as a Unix|Linux package > repository site, be of value to you? Yes, though I'm not sure exactly what this would do. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Easter

Re: [tdf-discuss] [Fwd: Re: Docs page on wiki]

2010-10-11 Thread Benjamin Horst
ind things... > > I'm not wiki expert at all... just wondering if... > Namaste! > Cico :) > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archive

Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

2010-10-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
lications folder, and you've installed the app. As for an auto-updater, it would be as welcome on Mac OS X as anywhere else, in my mind. Firefox accomplishes it in the same way as on Windows. (Identically from the end user experience. As for the technical approach, I don't know.)

Re: US Group Status ( was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Media contact for the USA )

2010-10-07 Thread Benjamin Horst
> > -- > Italo Vignoli > Mobile: +39.348.5653829 - VoIP: +39.02.320621813 > Email: italo.vign...@gmail.com - Skype: italovignoli > -- > To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to > discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > All messages you send to this list will be publicly a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Feature Request

2010-10-06 Thread Benjamin Horst
-- > To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. > List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-46

Re: US Group Status ( was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Media contact for the USA )

2010-10-06 Thread Benjamin Horst
Drew, Thanks for the update--I am looking forward to seeing this group come together! Ben Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: > There I go again... >> (they I go speaking for others..) active member of the community. >> > > > Might as well just tell you now

Re: [tdf-discuss] Media contact for the USA

2010-10-06 Thread Benjamin Horst
Hello Guy, I've long felt that a PR and media push in the USA could produce very strong results for OOo and now for LibO. I'd suggest we (I'm in NYC) model such a campaign after the work Italo Vignoli does in Italy, which has been so successful there. Are you a PR professional yourself? Such e

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-05 Thread Benjamin Horst
t; great collection :-) > > Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2010, 07:38 -0400 schrieb Benjamin Horst: >> I agree that overthinking and overburdening a wiki with rigid process is >> harmful, but some upfront organization and planning is still necessary. > > Yes, rigid processes ar

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-05 Thread Benjamin Horst
ht never have one > *g*). > > I'd be more than happy if you help us to get the wiki in a good shape. > > Cheers, > Christoph > > Am Montag, den 04.10.2010, 19:52 -0400 schrieb Benjamin Horst: >> Thanks, Christoph. I've long been interested in wikis and the &g

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-05 Thread Benjamin Horst
ubscr...@documentfoundation.org > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted. > List archives are available at > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.co

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-04 Thread Benjamin Horst
ww.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki > > -- > Jonathan Zacsh > > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 19:52, Benjamin Horst wrote: >> Thanks, Christoph. I've long been interested in wikis and the capabilitie > s they can provide, the data structures and usage patterns that tend t

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-04 Thread Benjamin Horst
t. > So please also decide what to do ... discuss it here, or wait for the > list. It is up to us :-) > > Thank you so much! > > Cheers, > Christoph > > -- > To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to > discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > All messages y

Re: [tdf-discuss] [GENERAL] New name

2010-10-03 Thread Benjamin Horst
>>>>> (International Grades in Open Technologies) >>>>> www.theingots.org >>>>> -- >>>>> To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to >>>>> discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org cumentfoundation.org> >> > mentfoundation.org&