[libreoffice-design] Re: The purpose of Impress

Hi Mirek,

Le 2014-01-19 08:45, Mirek M. a écrit :
> Hi guys,
> In order to be able to effectively design and shape the future of
> LibreOffice modules, it is imperative that we define what these modules are
> for. Knowing the purpose of each module will help us focus on doing one
> thing well and avoid counterproductive feature creep.
>
> Since, out of all the modules, Impress's purpose might be one of the
> clearest, let's start with it.
>
> My rough draft:
> The purpose of Impress is "to make it simple and quick to craft a slide
> show to perfectly complement a speech."
> Please comment on this.
>
> I'd like to have the purpose decided on by the next IRC chat.

Sure, it can be be this, however, it should stand on its own merits 
without the speech as well. In reality, most people will use it to 
complement their speeches but also usually post it on some form of media 
storage (cloud, website etc.) for people to download and to view 
themselves without any accompanying speech.

So, sure, it can complement speech, BUT, it is usually intended to stand 
on its own merits for other people to read.

As for having this discussion on the marketing list ... we can make of 
the Impress module whatever we decide, whether a fancy slideshow, 
support for speech, entertainment package, photo repository, etc.

IMO, for design purposes, defining the Impress function discussion is 
fine on this list, but for the outside public, the marketing team should 
be putting on the descriptive face of Impress -- advertising as a "one 
function" module would not be in our best interest as it can serve many 
functions.

Cheers,

Marc


--
Marc Paré
Marc@MarcPare.com
http://www.parEntreprise.com
parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF)
parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org


--
To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
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/design/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted