Re: My final post

On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, James Greenidge wrote:

> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:52:50 -0500
> From: James Greenidge <jimwg@mac.com>
> To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: My final post
>
>
>
> Greetings:
>
> I'm pleased that the troll wasn't simply thrashed out the door with
> flames. Courteous and polite customer service can make and break any
> product as sure as the quality of that product.
>
> There's no "rivalry" between OOo and AbiWord to me. I think of it as
> Burt Rutan's Space Corporation happily coexisting with NASA.
>
> >I totally disagree with this. OO.o is just catching up to some of the
> >features we've had for years. we have new features planned that will leap
> >frog OO.o and MS Word. OO.o and Ms Word have orders of magnitude more more
> >money directed at them with a far smaller return on effort.
>
> A few teasers about these features would be nice! ;-).

I suspect they may be referring to proposed collaboration tools allowing
multiple users to edit the same document.

I'm optimistic there will be many small improvements in lots of different
places. I'm very interested in the improvements to Normal mode, I may
well stop using text editors like gedit when that work is done (gedit has
more features that are not in abiword but I dont use them and Abiword is a
lot faster unfortunately admins dont always install abiword).

Being able to run Abiword on devices like the Nokia 770 is pretty
impressive if you ask me, not something you are going to be seeing from
OpenOffice anytime soon.

> Features I'm really looking forward to is OpenDocument import and the
> ability to run Quicktime panels in my document (like animated GIFs).

I dont believe anyone has mentioned animation or video support and it
seems like an unlikely feature to be implemented.

> I'll be filing a Bugzilla note on how the cursor turns into a white
> block (like the document title bar's icon) in imported RTF documents,
> but is there any way Bugzilla or any any bug reports can just be
> e-mailed in without having to stop off at a site for awhile?

No, 'fraid not.

(Note to developers: Would be nice if bug-buddy worked properly though)

> It might
> encourage more reports from the impatient or those on dial-up.

Impatient developers prefer to risk losing out on quantity to increase the
chance of getting quality non-duplicate requests.

> Also, will bug reports accept screen shot samples pertaining to
> comparative font renderings?

Bug reprots include an option to "Create Attachment" where you can upload
screenshots.

> If someone wanted to write a Wizard for AbiWord, is it necessary to
> know programming?

Yes.

What do you want a Wizard/Assistant* for?

> Keep up the great work!
>
> JimWG
> Mac OS 10.3.9
> Abi 2.4.1

- Alan

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Received on Mon Nov 7 19:32:46 2005