Topics

1

Ideas / Web Database

« on: December 15, 2008, 05:32:08 am »

Hi !

In future versions of OpenGoo, we might want to consider a Database program from a completeness of stack perspective. And one easy and quick way to achieve that might be to use TaffyDB (http://www.taffydb.com/). Taffy DB is a free and opensource JavaScript library that acts as thin data layer inside Web 2.0 and Ajax applications. So using Taffy DB and an AJAX Table interface, we can get a quick equivalent of DabbleDB (http://www.dabbledb.com/) and other such solutions.

Cheers
---
JFK

2

Ideas / TiddlyWiki for Collaboration

« on: December 04, 2008, 06:02:59 am »

Not sure if the readers of this forum have seen TiddlyWiki (http://www.tiddlywiki.com/). This is a brilliant SINGLE file Wiki that works both online and offline (developed in pure Javascript). It has all the features of a Wiki such as editing, saving, tagging and searching) and is simply super for collaboration. There are numerous plugins, extensions to the base version that  improve on the core functionality. We should consider having TiddlyWiki inside OpenGoo as it would increase the collaboration functionality many fold.

3

Ideas / RIA Interface for future versions of OpenGoo?

« on: November 27, 2008, 09:37:10 am »

The current version of OpenGoo looks great, but we can potentially consider having a RIA (Flash / Silverlight) front-end in subsequent versions. Alternatively that could become a sub-project within OpenGoo.

I came across this company in Belgium (Netikatech - http://www.netikatech.com/) that has a brilliant tool for generating Flash and Silverlight code. Check their demos at http://community.netikatech.com/demos/

and particularly look at their Outlook equivalent at:- http://community.netikatech.com/demos/flash/calendar/

Simply brilliant user experience.....

4

Ideas / Unique URL for every document

« on: September 29, 2008, 04:33:41 am »

I feel that a functionality to address every document (or spreadsheet or presentation) by an unique URL could be really useful. That way, I can email links to any file or even embed that inside my blog. Zoho has this feature as well. So it is similar to a YouTube video that has a unique URL.

What say?

5

Ideas / Offline Usage

« on: September 26, 2008, 06:51:04 am »

Many users will want offline capability and we should plan for that. While we could always consider using Google Gears or any other frameworks, a simpler (and easier) way to accomplish this could be to use Nanoweb (http://nanoweb.si.kz/). Nanoweb is a tiny web server written in PHP. So we simple create a bundle of PHP, Nanoweb and OpenGoo (and maybe SQLite) and a users can run this entire system on the desktop. What say?

6

Ideas / Drawing & Visualization Tool

« on: September 24, 2008, 11:02:37 pm »

From a completeness of stack perspective, OpenGoo should consider an equivalent of Microsoft Visio. Such a tool will allow users to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information "visually". Check this article for a list of free online drawing tools:-

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/05/16/online-drawing-tools-free-online-painting-sketching-tools/

There are also very high end Open Source drawing solutions such as Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/). But Inkscape is perhaps way too high-end and more suited for graphics designers rather than casual office users who need an simpler drawing and flowcharting tool. Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com/) is a great example of such a web based solution. If other members have come across any Open Source equivalent (or AJAX drawing component) that we can easily integrate into OpenGoo, please lets discuss.

7

General Discussion / Competing Solutions

« on: September 23, 2008, 01:19:02 am »

I came across IBM's so-called Simple Browser productivity Components. This is a web office suite complete with Word processor, Spreadsheet and Presentation Graphics. Check the links below for more dope:-

1. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wseic/v2r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wse.doc/wpf/odc_info.html

2. WebSphere Portal (includes these components) - http://www-01.ibm.com/software/genservers/portalexpress/plus/?Open&ca=daw-prod-sbpc

I find IBM's strategy confusing. On one hand they have Lotus SmartSuite, then they have the new Lotus Symphony (a Open Office distro) and now this Web office suite.

8

General Discussion / Promoting OpenGoo. And OpenGoo on Wikipedia

« on: September 23, 2008, 01:02:26 am »

I heard about this definitive Office 2.0 conference and feel that OpenGoo should be represented here. Check it out http://www.office20.com/index.jspa

The good news is that the conference is a year away and by that time OpenGoo will be polished much more.

And I have also added OpenGoo to Wikipedia.org's Web Office (Office 2.0) page. Check it out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_office_suite

9

Applications / Open Source Presentations

« on: September 17, 2008, 02:18:47 am »

Have the folks on this forum seen AxPoint (http://axpoint.axkit.org/). Neat way to generate a presentation from XML markup. Similar to MagicPoint (http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/) but a lot simpler.

Having said that, the game is changing for presentations. I hear that Microsoft's next version of PowerPoint will support a movie-like expereince with continuous timelines (no more slide transitions).

A few Open Source Online Video editors:-

1.) Movie Masher: http://www.moviemasher.com/
2.) Kaltura: http://corp.kaltura.com/

Besides in the YouTube generation, it does make sense to move more towards a movie or video presentation than just slides. Any comments ?
:-)

10

Feature requests / Suite Additions

« on: September 13, 2008, 07:13:47 am »

As OpenGoo makes progress, we need to look at having other modules such as:-
1.) Online presentations
2.) Online Notes (equivalent of Microsoft OneNote 2007).

For presentations, we can look at S5 (http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/) and for Notes you can check out (http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/). So if we can integrate this into OpenGoo, the suite starts becoming more complete (compared to Google Docs and Zoho).

Cheers