Re: [tdf-discuss] New "LibreOffice Reader" Eliminates Need for "PDF Reader"

--- On Thu, 6/23/11, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:

> From: Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com>
> Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] New "LibreOffice Reader" Eliminates Need for "PDF Reader"
> To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
> Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 3:32 PM
> Hi Antonio
>
> Le 2011-06-23 18:05, Antonio Olivares a écrit :
> > Marc,
> >
> > Idea sounds good, but there is also another competitor
> out there to the famous PDF :
> > http://djvu.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > How about adding editing/viewing djvu compatibility to
> LibreOffice too?
> > I for one (except under windows) use
> evince/okular/xpdf or other free viewers out there as
> opposed to using Acrobat Reader :)  Having LibreOffice
> open word/excel/powerpoint/pdf is excellent, but adding djvu
> will also enhance it and make it even better (others don't
> have this capability).  But keep the full suite, don't
> worry about a reader some folks already have a odt/doc/xls
> viewer on the windows side:
> > http://www.officeviewers.com/
> >
> > Someone mentioned this, I think that it would be not
> necessary to ask programmer to make a reader?  Doing
> more work when other similar software exists?
> > Unless if that software is (NOT FREE)/(OPEN SOURCE),
> there would be little to no gains if a LibreOffice Reader is
> created?
> > BTW
> > I am a LibreOffice user not a programmer and happily
> use it on Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.
> > Just my $0.02.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Antonio
> I also use Okular, although, I have found some cases where
> it would not 
> print some .pdf's correctly. Djvu is neat, however, it is
> still 
> struggling trying to make headway in being adopted.
>
> I think it was mentioned that there were at one point over
> 100 million 
> LibreOffice/OOo users. If we were to develop our own
> "LibreOffice 
> Reader" we would already have 100 million potential users
> for our 
> product. Not only that, the LibreOffice Reader would be
> compatible with 
> the LibreOffice suite and possibly code. This would give
> the LibO Reader 
> a good start.
>
> Cheers
>
> Marc
>
> -- 

@Mark & others

I like the idea, don't get me wrong.  But sadly it is hard for developers out there to make just a 
viewer when some other folks have that :( already.  It would be nice if more people, sed -i 
's|people|users|g' out there would use the OpenDocument format (*.odt) and not pdf to share 
documents, then the idea would become more intriguing.  This new viewer would have to compete 
against those viewers that exist plus Google Docs :(, which I don't know if it* supports 
OpenDocument Format (*.odt) files?  

Sadly, it is *very difficult* to change people's minds when it comes to document standards and 
formats.  I agree with folks that mention that Adobe has become a **bloated monster** that used to 
be lean and excellent, and with its increasing bloat there also comes security issues and constant 
updates :(  

My $0.04 (previous $0.02 + this $0.02) don't add sales tax please :)

Regards,

Antonio 


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