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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: KOffice 2.0 proposal
From:       jeff <akousw () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-02-14 21:19:31
Message-ID: 200802141519.32422.akousw () gmail ! com
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On Monday 2008 February 11 03:27:15 Jan Hambrecht wrote:
> 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 :-))
>

But, do keep the on-screen writing capability.  I've used that in the past, 
and it comes in quite handy. 


> > 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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