Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 91677
My brilliant idea - One file format - with ALL of the functions in it
Last modified: 2008-11-24 10:43:42 UTC
My brilliant idea, that I had, will revolutionise everything - completely. Well the other night I was doing a drawing in DRAW, and I had to insert a table... But there was NO table production function, in the Draw program. Soooo I thought "Well it's not such a big deal to do a table in Write and then copy and paste it into Draw... And then I went that one step further.... a) The seperate "file types" for separate functions, really is sourced into ancient history - such as *.bat for batch files, *.exe for executable files etc... b) And especially in todays world, doing clear demarkation in "packages", is a bit like doing a video.... We have CGI effects (Computer Graphic Animation), we have the hard recorded video it's self, we have audio recording, importing and mixing, and we have a heap of editing tools.... What I'd like to see is to get rid of all the separate file and process types, and have the ONE program - with the ONE file type, with all the functions in it. It would be so good to do a big drawing, to have an area for text laid out in it, like a document, to have spreadsheet calculations and graphs of the results.... And if I want to do it as a presentation.... I could save it with the encoding in it, to flip the pages at different time intervals with extra text etc. Or if I wanted to print it out as an A3 document, or produce A2 or A1 drawings, then I wouldn't have to face the restrictions of developing on, and printing to different paper sizes, as set by people who create the different programs..... In terms of convenience and sanity, I can see a lot of GOOD REASONS for going with the ONE universal file type, and I can also see many GOOD REASONS for getting rid of the old demarkation of process's. I really like the idea of having a single file type, with a single extension, such as *.ooo; that gives me all functions, available on all paper sizes, and *_/everything/_* "just opens" and runs within the one program... I guess it's like getting a car serviced, sure I can book it in and take it to the Auto-Elecricians, then I can book it in and take it to the tyre place, and then I can book it in and take it to the car detailers, and then I can book it in and take it to the crash repairs to get a few dings knocked out, and then I can book it in and take it to the mechanics.... Or I can simply drive it to the SERVICE CENTER, and get the whole lot done at the one time, at the one place...... This is where I feel that modern practices have to take the Open Office software, too. As far as the car goes, I don't want to be contacting all these different places, to be making appointments and to be dropping it off at all these different places in all sorts of locations... I want the same idea's eliminated from the Open OIffice program, so that I can have ALL the functions, available to me, at all time, in every piece of work I produce - without limitation or restriction. I don't want to be unable to produce tables in a drawing document, or to have very limited drawing functions in a text document, and I don't want to be restricted to paper sizes for different formats..... This demarkation, of limitations and restrictions of functions and facilities is utterly stupid. While in the text function, I may want tables and diagrams and sundry to be included, but the paper size I may want, is A0, but I can't access that - because the text program is designed to restrict that functionality.... But the commercial printer down the road, can print it out on A0 - for me..... And all the other restrictions and limitations - What you can do well in Text - you can't do very much of in Drawing, Spreadsheets or Presentations, and what you can do well in Drawing, you can't well in Text, Presentations or Spreadsheets... I see that the next step in the evolution of this product - the office suite, is to remove the "limited multifunction's" approach and to step into a universal full functionality approach. I really want the universal full functionality - of all the programs, written into the ONE program. Cheers Shane
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Why not discuss your idea at the mailing list? http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html You'll get much more attention there. General discussion like this: discuss@openoffice.org If you already have an exact idea HOW to develop this idea in terms of program code, you may want to discuss it on the developer list. dev@openoffice.org
This is the best idea I have ever seen. Removing the "a few drawing functions in Write", and removing "a few writing functions" in Draw.. etc., All functions in ONE program, for ONE file type = much better.
This is neccessacary.
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This is a brilliant idea idea just because it's yours? Wow! Before we start redesign from scratch the whole OOo, we have thousands of other features that really *need* to be implemented. As UFI said, first discuss this in dedicated board, for example: discuss@ux.openoffice.org And please have a look at: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/why_all_issues_are_equal it explains as watermark what to do to have a chance to get one's feature implemented. This one sound pretty unrealistic.
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