Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Question about proposing the creation of a new format

On 26 April 2011 22:48, e-letter <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I think this is a very interesting issue. We are moving from the dominant
> > technologies that were designed to put information on paper to the
> dominant
> > need of presenting information on screens. With the revolution in digital
> > readers this is only going to increase and then what relevance has
> document
> > formats that are primarily designed to target hard copy output? If odf
> does
> > not adapt it will become obsolete.
>
> Seems to suggest that LO should become some sort of html (or any other
> electronic format) editor?

Its already a sort of XML editor :-)



> I am constantly irritated by having to download pdfs, .docs and so on when
> all I want to do is view the information without cluttering up my download

 May I suggest to use the 'load url' bar to read documents directly on
> the web? As for pdf documents, evince can open directly from the url
> when activated via the command terminal

There are a number of reasons why this is clumsy. Ok, its a work around but
its not an elegant solution. Most people produce most of these documents
simply because they are locked into a desktop applications mentality and
don't think about what the purpose of the document really is. This isn't
going to change over night but we are clearly in a transition from desktop
being king to at least desktop a lot less important. IMHO, LO needs to be
looking several years ahead because we know how long development can take.
.

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