Re: Hello?

On 22/04/04 05:43:35, Colin JN Breame wrote:
> I havent seen much traffic through this list - is gnome office still
> alive?

Let there be discussion!


> 
>  Me and a uni friend were thinking about writing a PowerPoint clone   
> for  Gnome.  Do you think this is a good idea?

Now, don't listen to everyone else; listen to your editor--he knows  
more.

Criawips is the way of the future.  Sven and I just talked about it a  
week and a half ago.  Criawips is back into production, and you can get  
into it while it's very early.  It's biggest advantage is that it will  
use AbiWord as a codebase.  This places it far above everything else  
floating around, because AbiWord was designed by clue-laden people that  
knew what it would take to handle multiple formats (like rtf or...pp),  
with multiple layouts (html page or...outline), on multiple platforms  
(Windows or...unix).

Not only would you be working with a code-base that has experience, but  
you'll also be working with a coder who has already tried building  
another slideshow application...and knows why that one failed.

This is a great chance to get in on the project while it is still (but  
not eternally) young (released 0.0.2 last month).

-Eric