Comments on: Disruption http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2006/04/25/disruption/ Usability an' that Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: m http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2006/04/25/disruption/comment-page-1/#comment-167 m Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2006/04/25/disruption/#comment-167 Well, it is possible to be innovative in this area, witness<br/>Apple's Pages and their word processing application (can't remember the name now).<br/>But honestly, StarOffice probably does not have the manpower <br/>needed to be innovative... Well, it is possible to be innovative in this area, witness
Apple’s Pages and their word processing application (can’t remember the name now).
But honestly, StarOffice probably does not have the manpower
needed to be innovative…

]]> By: Giovanni Corriga http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2006/04/25/disruption/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Giovanni Corriga Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2006/04/25/disruption/#comment-168 Then why not start a Firefox-like system, mixing OO.org's components in a lighter app? Then why not start a Firefox-like system, mixing OO.org’s components in a lighter app?

]]> By: Jason http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2006/04/25/disruption/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Jason Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2006/04/25/disruption/#comment-169 The opposite of "complicated" is not "featureless"; it's "simple". IME as a user interface designer, when you make something simpler, people are *delighted*.<p/>Besides, Firefox showed that a core+extensions architecture can work quite well. Why isn't OOo modular like this, too? Customer Y can download extension X => everybody is happy. The opposite of “complicated” is not “featureless”; it’s “simple”. IME as a user interface designer, when you make something simpler, people are *delighted*.

Besides, Firefox showed that a core+extensions architecture can work quite well. Why isn’t OOo modular like this, too? Customer Y can download extension X => everybody is happy.

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