Issue 66169

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