Project Proposal

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Hi list, my name is Nick, I'm doing my final year of computer science at uni
and I need a project for this semester.  Having been a fan of the gnome
project for a while, I noted that Gnome Office is notably lacking a
presentation app.  I found agnubis in my search, but I had never heard of it
before, and its not listed on the main gnome office page so my guess is that
it is unmaintained (and it seems to only be installable from CVS).  I would
like to rectify this problem.

It would mean for me, starting a GTK+ app from scratch (my project needs to
be of a reasonbly large scale) that takes advantage of many Gnome
technologies (gtk, gdk pixbufs, cairo, pango, gstreamer) and putting them
together into a cross platform presentation app that fits in well with other
parts of Gnome Office (like Abiword and Gnumeric).  My initial thought is to
create this app with the intent that it have the basic, core functionalities
of competing apps like powerpoint and impress, but be simpler and lighter.
I would also build it with its own file format based on the features that
are afforded to it best by the technology and that are most used by the end
users, then start adding export formats like PDF and PNG slides.

What I need, is someone who would be willing to act as my "client", who can
represent the Gnome project, with whom I can establish a set of requirements
that this project is to fulfill.  My uni lecturer would probably contact
this person at some point in the next few months, just to ask a few
questions about how I handle the project, etc.

I need to finalise my choice of project in less than a week so I need to
know of interested parties quickly.  Is there anyone on this list interested
in being my "client"?  Or can someone point me in the direction of someone
else involved in Gnome who would?

Thanks very much,
-Nick ([email protected])

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Hi list, my name is Nick, I'm doing my final year of computer science a=
t uni and I need a project for this semester.=C2=A0 Having been a fan of th=
e gnome project for a while, I noted that Gnome Office is notably lacking a=
 presentation app.=C2=A0 I found agnubis in my search, but I had never hear=
d of it before, and its not listed on the main gnome office page so my gues=
s is that it is unmaintained (and it seems to only be installable from CVS)=
.=C2=A0 I would like to rectify this problem.<br>
<br>It would mean for me, starting a GTK+ app from scratch (my project need=
s to be of a reasonbly large scale) that takes advantage of many Gnome tech=
nologies (gtk, gdk pixbufs, cairo, pango, gstreamer) and putting them toget=
her into a cross platform presentation app that fits in well with other par=
ts of Gnome Office (like Abiword and Gnumeric).=C2=A0 My initial thought is=
 to create this app with the intent that it have the basic, core functional=
ities of competing apps like powerpoint and impress, but be simpler and lig=
hter.=C2=A0 I would also build it with its own file format based on the fea=
tures that are afforded to it best by the technology and that are most used=
 by the end users, then start adding export formats like PDF and PNG slides=
.<br>
<br>What I need, is someone who would be willing to act as my &quot;client&=
quot;, who can represent the Gnome project, with whom I can establish a set=
 of requirements that this project is to fulfill.=C2=A0 My uni lecturer wou=
ld probably contact this person at some point in the next few months, just =
to ask a few questions about how I handle the project, etc.<br>
<br>I need to finalise my choice of project in less than a week so I need t=
o know of interested parties quickly.=C2=A0 Is there anyone on this list in=
terested in being my &quot;client&quot;?=C2=A0 Or can someone point me in t=
he direction of someone else involved in Gnome who would?<br>
<br>Thanks very much,<br>-Nick (<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">fat=
[email protected]</a>)<br>

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