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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: KOffice 2.0 proposal
From:       Jan Hambrecht <jaham () gmx ! net>
Date:       2008-02-11 9:27:15
Message-ID: 47B014F3.5060300 () gmx ! net
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Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Sunday 10 February 2008, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>>  but on KPresenter
> 
> this is great news; an awesome kpresenter would have the nice side effect of 
> getting KOffice2 in front of many audiences around the world. almost like 
> free PR, that.
> 
>> * Almost everything done for kpresenter is useful for the rest of KOffice:
>> table shape, text shape, cut & paste, ODF framework, drawing tools, image
>> shape.
>> * KPresenter is something people use a lot, or at least, want to use a lot.
>> Our conferencing globe-trotters have often told me that they really need a
>> KDE presentation tool as smooth as Keynote and as dependable as Powerpoint.
> 
> as one of those "conferencing globe-trotters" i can tell you that, at least 
> for me, the last thing i really want is a drawing tool that also happens to 
> be a slide projector. ;) sadly, that's what all the existing solutions are, 
> with the exception of things like latex-beamer and semantik.

Yeah well said. I also think kpresenter should not focus on drawing 
stuff, that's what other tools are for. (granted i'm a bit biased here :-))

> 
> unfortunately, latex-beamer (as much i respect and appreciate it) suffers from 
> the following two major issues:
> 
> - it's output is too static to be even remotely useful for the sorts of 
> presentation people do outside of academia
> - it requires one (at least right now) to learn latex. i suppose that can be 
> fixed with a decent UI, which still leaves the above (for me, anyways) 
> showstopper
> 
>> So, how about it?
> 
> well .. if it is of any interest ... i'd be willing to put aside a few hours a 
> week to hack on kpresenter ... but i'm not really interested in working on a 
> drawing-app-that-shows-slides. i'd be happy to work on an outliner, help with 
> xinerama presentation mode and similar things, though. it would be a nice 
> break every week for a few hours from plasma and would be work on a tool i 
> *really* need.

Sounds good having input and help from a hardcore presentation user.

Ciao Jan

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