Whatever the final name, make it simple and more `layman', for the sake of the less technical consumers. I find open source software has names that look foreign and cryptic to these people. Eg, Ark vs Winzip, Kppp vs dialup networking, noatun or xine vs media player or realplayer. They usually can't remember such names, and make them difficult to communicate with their peers (such as those newbies who, like them, could have just started to experiment OSS, non-windows, non-mac from the windows world) regarding such softwares & their use.
xdoc and this xml initiative are completely different beasts.
xdoc attempts to do something like lotus notes (forms, etc) for gathering/sharing information. it states in the title that it is a m$ office information-gathering application.
we are talking about a standardized file format that can be read by any wordprocessor.
Check out the document properties - produced by corel pdf engine.
I believe when you are publishing something as important as this, you can't simply use.txt or any word processor source.... that can be easily changed and faked.... pdf protects the integrity of the document, and of course, its format/layout, wherever and whatever you use to read it.
I am not sure about anybody else, but I feel that if you have used wordperfect (or the famous typesetting program LaTeX) before, and knows how to make use of WP reveal codes, you tend to know "how to type" on a computer (usually, using a wordprocessor) correctly, be it Corel WP, M$ Word or IBM/Lotus WordPro.
For example, you don't use multiple returns (enter key) to create a new page. Use a page break ([hard page] or control-enter in wp51 days).
Another example, you don't break lines and use tabs to create indented paragraphs (WP has [indent]; I still remember it is F4 key in WP5.1dos). Sadly, I still people doing this when they type emails. Each user has a different screen resolution on his PC. If I break/tab lines in a email on a low-res screen, the recipient on a higher-res screen will see words and tabs interspersed on a line... weird... same applies to the document sizes and orientation
And I still see many Word documents with trailing returns at the end of the document. In WP, [HRt]
[HRt]
[HRt]
[HRt]
[HRt]
is ugly and undesirable.
Such incorrect use of features does not make a document robust. If, say, i change from portrait to landscape, all formattings go haywire.
WP has taught me to use the minimum correct functions to achieve the desired effect, and achieving document robustness. It makes me a better wordprocessor user. I am very glad that I learnt WP back in '90 as a WP5.1DOS user, and learnt LaTeX back in my Uni days in '96.
Non-WordPerfect users may not appreciate what I wrote above...
Import/Export filters in openoffice works better than those in WP. However, I tend to like the way the table menu bar buttons are presented in Openoffice than in Wordperfect. But it is a just matter of getting used to it and the way of working. I totally agree with you on the numbered documents. I turn all to bullets normally.. I can't make the numbers right....
I bet they have filters to import and export for word-compatibilty. but besides ibm itself, who is using word pro? not that i know of. WP still have a loyal following. If I were to rank the 3 wordprocessors, WP is still top, Word pro maybe next. Word gets on my nerve: it deserves last.
If you haven't tried the latest wordperfect, pls try. It didn't make any U-turn. It got better and better. The early Windows version were disasters... but not the recent onces. Give WP a second chance or third in your case.
The notes client works and behave like a web browser (be it IE5, netscape, etc..) It retrieves documents stored in Notes/Domino databases in different server. It's like a browser that retrieves web pages when you give it a URL to hit.
Well, Notes was the Intranet before the term "Intranet" was coined to describe internal corporate networks based on Internet technologies.
Notes is not a e-mail application. It is a collaborative platform. E-mail is but one of the many possible applications that can be written to make use of its collaborative/workflow features.
Remember, we need to do the same (refresh) when it comes to reading web-based mail off the web browser. No doubt M$ products are more user friendly... but don't forget, it still didn't invent the web browser...
Don't think WordPerfect is based on a customized version of TeX. But I like to know the answer too, if someone knows it. The reveal code screen sure looks like TeX commands in some ways (eg, [BOLD]this is bold[Bold] vs { \bold this is bold}. Or rather, WordPerfect is closer to TeX and HTML, and its variants and descendants, than other word processors.
If you like micro-controls, try WordPerfect and open up the review code screen. Not close to TeX of course.. but you can fine-tune things you can't do in Word. And just like TeX, WordPerfect is great for producing long and huge documents. One tends to mess things up in Word (especially itemization).
Slashdot Mirror
is this true? why was (or still is?) hotmail still so vulnerable to spams? there are lots of junks to every one useful mail.
Whatever the final name, make it simple and more `layman', for the sake of the less technical consumers. I find open source software has names that look foreign and cryptic to these people. Eg, Ark vs Winzip, Kppp vs dialup networking, noatun or xine vs media player or realplayer. They usually can't remember such names, and make them difficult to communicate with their peers (such as those newbies who, like them, could have just started to experiment OSS, non-windows, non-mac from the windows world) regarding such softwares & their use.
xdoc attempts to do something like lotus notes (forms, etc) for gathering/sharing information. it states in the title that it is a m$ office information-gathering application.
we are talking about a standardized file format that can be read by any wordprocessor.
I believe when you are publishing something as important as this, you can't simply use
For example, you don't use multiple returns (enter key) to create a new page. Use a page break ([hard page] or control-enter in wp51 days).
Another example, you don't break lines and use tabs to create indented paragraphs (WP has [indent]; I still remember it is F4 key in WP5.1dos). Sadly, I still people doing this when they type emails. Each user has a different screen resolution on his PC. If I break/tab lines in a email on a low-res screen, the recipient on a higher-res screen will see words and tabs interspersed on a line... weird... same applies to the document sizes and orientation
And I still see many Word documents with trailing returns at the end of the document. In WP, [HRt]
[HRt]
[HRt]
[HRt]
[HRt]
is ugly and undesirable.
Such incorrect use of features does not make a document robust. If, say, i change from portrait to landscape, all formattings go haywire.
WP has taught me to use the minimum correct functions to achieve the desired effect, and achieving document robustness. It makes me a better wordprocessor user. I am very glad that I learnt WP back in '90 as a WP5.1DOS user, and learnt LaTeX back in my Uni days in '96.
Non-WordPerfect users may not appreciate what I wrote above...
Import/Export filters in openoffice works better than those in WP. However, I tend to like the way the table menu bar buttons are presented in Openoffice than in Wordperfect. But it is a just matter of getting used to it and the way of working. I totally agree with you on the numbered documents. I turn all to bullets normally.. I can't make the numbers right....
I bet they have filters to import and export for word-compatibilty. but besides ibm itself, who is using word pro? not that i know of. WP still have a loyal following. If I were to rank the 3 wordprocessors, WP is still top, Word pro maybe next. Word gets on my nerve: it deserves last.
If you haven't tried the latest wordperfect, pls try. It didn't make any U-turn. It got better and better. The early Windows version were disasters... but not the recent onces. Give WP a second chance or third in your case.
The notes client works and behave like a web browser (be it IE5, netscape, etc..) It retrieves documents stored in Notes/Domino databases in different server. It's like a browser that retrieves web pages when you give it a URL to hit.
Well, Notes was the Intranet before the term "Intranet" was coined to describe internal corporate networks based on Internet technologies.
Notes is not a e-mail application. It is a collaborative platform. E-mail is but one of the many possible applications that can be written to make use of its collaborative/workflow features.
Remember, we need to do the same (refresh) when it comes to reading web-based mail off the web browser. No doubt M$ products are more user friendly... but don't forget, it still didn't invent the web browser...
Don't think WordPerfect is based on a customized version of TeX. But I like to know the answer too, if someone knows it. The reveal code screen sure looks like TeX commands in some ways (eg, [BOLD]this is bold[Bold] vs { \bold this is bold}. Or rather, WordPerfect is closer to TeX and HTML, and its variants and descendants, than other word processors.
If you like micro-controls, try WordPerfect and open up the review code screen. Not close to TeX of course.. but you can fine-tune things you can't do in Word. And just like TeX, WordPerfect is great for producing long and huge documents. One tends to mess things up in Word (especially itemization).