Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 66169
Major rethinking of presentation program
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:42:34 UTC
I have put a priority 2, NOT because it needs to be fixed immediately, but because it needs a major redesign and rethinking of OOo Impress (likely to have a great influence on many users and back-compatibility). There are some strong limitations of classical presentation programs (like OpenOffice Impress and MS Power-Point). LIMITATIONS OF CLASSICAL PRESENTATION PROGRAMS * need for proprietary program to view presentation * NO WEB pages (OOo)/ proprietary HTML (Power Point) * rigid layout: designed exclusively for a fixed screen size, while monitors and browser sizes vary widely => for a web presentation) * primary concern with layout over content * NO multiple language support (for 2 languages you write virtually 2 presentations) * lack of functionality - NOT comparable to web possibilities I have seen recently a number of presentations saved as graphics and put on the web. Why save as a rigid picture and why loose all the functionality of the web? The web is a dynamic medium, and non of the clasic programs recognizes this. I have written a simple php-script that generates power-point-like web pages. Please note, this is NOT a request to implement a simple feature into OOo (like just saving html-pages, multiple slides per view, or some additional functionality, which my script supprots), BUT it goes more deeply into the problem: To make html-presentations and use the possibilities of the web: web browser virtually on every computer (or save it in some xml-format with simple plugins for mozilla or other web-browsers) IS THERE A FUNCTION FOR IMPRESS IN THE FUTURE? Of course. You write the presentation with it, BUT view it in a web browser. I have opened a new project on sourceforge.net (WebAPrez, still in review phase, therefore I append here the php-script). It is best viewed with Mozilla. Read the readme for further details. If you think, you can help, feel free to contact me. I am looking for many program developers. This pre-alpha release is fully functional, but needs a rewrite from ground up. I also hope, that the OOo developers recognize the potential of a web-presentation and will rethink the development of Open Office Impress. Kind regards discoleo
Created attachment 36953 [details] PHP-script to generate Impress-like web presentations
Reassigned.
I have also filed a feature request at Mozilla, to implement some presentation-like functionality in the web-browser: Issue: Bug #340519 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340519v
I was recently taught that [quote]Impress most definitely outputs to HTML, and very nicely at that[/quote] Indeed! It was my fault. I always tried to Save As..., but as hardly I tried, there was NO html option. Many thanks to Dallas Ray Smetter for the correction (on a different forum). Nevertheless, I still believe that there should be more emphasis on the web and web-technologies and therefore warrants a major rethinking, e.g.: * no fixed layouts (the web is a dynamic medium; no fixed resolution) * more interactivity: web-presentations should be highly interactive * ease layout design (modereately complex layouts still necessitate a lot of user input and no possibility to implement templates)!!! Kind regards, discoleo
I began splitting this issue up into various sub-issues. 1. IMPROVED HTML-EXPORT The HTML-Export in Calc is very weak. This is extensively discussed in issue 79866 and issue 61613, see http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=61613. 2. INTERACTIVITY Issue 79882 seeks to enhance the interactivity in Impress. Especially the web-proven *HIGHLIGHT CURRENT ROW* should be implemented, adding a nice effect to the mouse and replacing the ugly pointer.