2013/6/8 Jean-Francois Nifenecker <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > jumping in the bandwaggon.. > > Le 08/06/2013 18:33, Jay Lozier a écrit : > >> >> I think there is a basic agreement that at least 25% of the features in >> MSO could be eliminated and no one would notice. I would not be >> surprised if LO and AOO could eliminate about 20% of the features >> without anyone noticing. I am suggesting any features be eliminated just >> that all office suites could probably go on a feature diet and actually >> improve their products. Just that some need a more rigorous diet than >> others. > > > An idea I've been having for 20+ years now is: how about an office > automation tool (wordprocessor, spreadsheet, whatever) that would come with > the bare minimal features (define: bare minimal) and could be "enhanced" by > adding features through a plugin system à la LibreOffice extensions? > > This way, anyone could tailor the software to their exact needs and the > tools devs would focus on dedicated areas to add features. > > -- > Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux
I can see a few problems with that, but I still agree it could be a good idea. I'm also not sure how easy it would be for the developers to achieve this. It should be easy to find and install the plug-ins without leaving the program, I think. Johnny Rosenberg -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
