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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fwd: The "Killer" application]
From:       Brad Hards <bhards () bigpond ! net ! au>
Date:       2003-11-24 9:31:56
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:07 pm, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> I expected that I would get flamed about this so I posted it on 'Café'.
Which probably means I should have avoided it - but I'm willing to give you a 
second chance (since you just got out of your 90 days in my killfile).

> But, I received no comments.
>
> Any comment here or here, or here?
Dropping out koffice, which seems inappropriate. Prepare to drop out kde-devel 
if this is mainly a KOffice focus proposal.

> I may not have explained this well enough or perhaps you have to be able to
> think outside the box to understand why this is at one a radical idea and
> one that isn't really much different than what is currently available, or
> what KOffice is supposed to be.
What is the goal? What is the intent of the "page" (or the "nest of pages") 
when you have added the content? Is it supposed to be printed? Or does it 
mainly live as an electronic document forever? Alternatively, what am I 
supposed to use such a document for?

What happens if you print a page with transparency? 

Is it meant to be mainly an office concept? That is, would the content be 
formatted text, spreadsheets, graphs, database reports, presentation slide 
decks?
Also, why the limitation to a page only having one type of content?

Overall, you appear to be describing a functional KOffice, with some arbitrary 
limitations, and some special display options. I think you should be able to 
build the system out of standard KOffice parts - all you need is the 
framework viewer/printer.

Brad

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