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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: OASIS file format for Krita
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-03-24 9:33:10
Message-ID: 200403241033.11502.zander () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 24 March 2004 10:20, dirk.schoenberger@sz-online.de wrote:
> >> Fully agreed.
> >
> > I don't agree. There's nothing "small and simple" about an office
> > suite. A word processor is a big monster of features, and DTP
> > functionality isn't for "simple-minded office-suite-users" if that's
> > what you mean by office-suite-user.
> >
> > "Large artist applications" do belong in an office suite, IMHO.
>
> But there is a difference if you want to use the application
> stand-alone, or as simple a part of a container application.
> If you want to e.g. show a image component in KWork, you don't really
> want to load Krita with it's complex imaging model.
> At least I would prefer to load something easier, at e.g. the complexity
> of KolourPaint.

Why? Because of the mental model that is needed? Because of the GUI that 
gets in your way? If not, then what?
You do know that you can open the 'part' in a separate window as well; 
making the seperation to another 'part' stand out better visually.

In this mail, and the email you sent 10 seconds after this one you fail to 
say why it is _wrong_ to have more features?
So far all I get from you is that you personally think users won't need it. 
I can tell you that that is not going to convince anyone; you will have to 
do better then that.

Please make me understand why you want this since I know from years of 
usability experience that dumbing down a user interface has NEVER ever 
helped to make the interface more usable. Developers always add new 
features later anyway.

- -- 
Thomas Zander
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