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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: planning 1.3.1
From:       benoit.vautrin () free ! fr
Date:       2004-03-27 10:08:53
Message-ID: 1080382133.406552b590192 () imp2-q ! free ! fr
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Hi,

I have to agree on the Karbon point: it really isn't usable at the moment as it 
lacks basic functions and is still unstable. I don't think it can be used in a 
production environnement. The problem is that we need user feed back to improve 
it...

Bye.

Selon Marc Heyvaert <marc_heyvaert@yahoo.com>:

> Hi,
> 
> BTW there is an article on KOffice 1.3 in the April
> issue of LINUX Magazine.
> 
> The article is by "Frank Wieduwilt. It is very
> neutral, he just presents KOffice. In fact the only
> negative points he makes is about filters (and Karbon
> 14) Some quotes :
> 
> (KWord)"The developers have also improved the use of
> text frames, allowing users to complete simple DTP
> tasks."
> 
> (KWord)"There are a few new filters...and the unique
> capability...to directly load and edit PDF files."
> 
> (KWord)"The quality of these filters leaves a lot to
> be desired, unfortunately. They should work fine with
> simple documents, but with more complicated
> layouts,...,the result tend to bear little resemblance
> to the original document."
> 
> (KWord)"...it allows you to work far more fluently,
> and is a special change on older hardware".
> 
> (KSpread)"The new import and export filters for the
> OpenOffice spreadsheet application suffer from similar
> failings to the KWord filters. Altough you should have
> no difficulty importing simple spreadsheets, more
> complex content and embedded images will cause a few
> issues....no trouble at all converting to and from
> Gnumeric.
> 
> (Kpresenter)"...(positive intro)...This said it is
> difficult to exchange data with other programs.
> ...supports ony SVG and is thus incapable of imorting
> files directly from other presentation programs. At
> least you can export files to OO Impress format
> without any trouble."
> 
> (Kugar)"Calculation fields allow you to output
> results, and templates are available to create perfect
> printed output".
> 
> (Karbon14)"...allows you to create simple drawings and
> illustrations. The program is not suitable for precise
> construction drawings,...as it lacks basic functions,
> such as grids,..."
> 
> (Karbon) "The text tool is extremely powerful..."
> 
> (Karbon) "...Karbon14 is extremely unstable. The
> program crashed randomly in our lab ... .You should
> avoid the program in production environment for the
> time being."
> 
> The final paragraph sums up that there is also KChart
> and Kivio and that Kexi didn't make the KOffice 1.3
> deadline, but that there will be a stable release
> later this year and that Krita is incomplete.
> 
> 
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> 
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