Re: requirements?

[Armijn Hemel <aehemel@cs.uu.nl>]

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, marleen wrote:

 > > I think it is time that we decide on what features we want in the first
 > > version of waJang.
 > 
 > i used to be a secretary, and work on a helpdesk now. one of my 'specialisms'
 > is microsoft office. as a result of that i have worked a lot with powerpoint
 > and when i read about wajang i was really enthousiastic, since i always missed
 > such a program under linux.

 just because this page is hosted on nl.linux.org doesn't mean it just
 runs under Linux ;-)
It's in Java, so you can also run it on `that other OS' (and I don't mean
*BSD)

 > so what i will give as requirements are mostly requirements from someone with
 > a powerpoint point of view.
 > 
 > first i must say i totally agree with rik's: 'easy things should be easy, hard
 > things should be possible'.
 > 
 > compatibility with other presentation programs is a must, i think. and of
 > course being able to easily handle all kinds of picture formats, and being
 > able to edit them a little bit (resize, adjust color, crop, adjust brightness,
 > those things).

 okay, that's a research task (the first!):

``finding out the structure of presentations made by other programs'' 

Applixware should not be difficult, PowerPoint might be a lot
heavier...volunteers???

 > it should be easy to make a template, and copy templates to a new
 > presentation. what i would love is the ability to use two or more templates in
 > one presentation.

 templates...hmmm....nice idea...
 combined with a `human readible and editable' format it could even be
 scripted (with Perl of course)

 > i also would want basic graphic functions as 'spacing' (define how much space
 > there should be between two letters) and using defined colors, instead of a
 > standard palette (e.g. rgb colors)

 could you explain that a bit more? I'm not really into graphical stuff...

 > unlike someone else i think that basic animating and sound features are
 > absolutely necessary. (i hate them, but i know a lot of people like them).
 > things like a 'woesh' effect should be really easy to accomplish for the user.

 That `someone else' was me ;-)

 > well i think there is a lot more to say but this is my contribution for now, i

 we appreciate it

 > am going on holiday for two weeks and then i'll read what everyone else has
 > thought of.

happy holiday!

armijn



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