ideas for next ODF version

Hello!

    

    After discussing it in TDF discuss board mailing list I got
    suggestion to take contact with you directly.

    

    I admit in very beginning that I am not aware of how things are
    working in OASIS, especially in case of ODF standard. Therefore I
    apologize beforehand if my proposals somehow irritate you.

    

    I also admit that I am not a programmer, so I am not capable of
    programming these ideas. Still I hope that these features are worth
    enough to include into OpenDocument in order to make it more modern
    as much as it can be.

    

    I have two ideas and I see that recently ODF v1.3 has been already
    published, so hopefully for next ODF version. I actually had these
    ideas already some time ago but couldn't find a proper place to say
    it. Hopefully now finally that information goes to right place.

    

    I would say that these two features would be very much appreciated
    and already existing in counterpart proprietary apps. Even if
    zooming spreadsheet is not yet then sooner or later it will be.
    Therefore to raise free and open-source OpenDocument usability and
    functionailty, I propose these ideas.

    

    idea #1: zooming presentation

    

    good examples in proprietary world:

    
      
Prezi https://prezi.com/

      
MS PowerPoint

      
        
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-zoom-for-powerpoint-to-bring-your-presentation-to-life-9d6c58cd-2125-4d29-86b1-0097c7dc47d7

        
https://medium.com/@chrisconnick/how-to-make-a-prezi-in-powerpoint-as-told-by-a-prezi-expert-bdc3c91a3f09

      
    
    good example in free and open-source world: 

    
      
Sozi

      
        
https://sozi.baierouge.fr/

        
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqazFFzUAPc4SvD1iLDgsnd5XaVuPI1N5

      
    
    

    Smooth transition from one object, slide to another is
    the main feature but there are more features.

    

    idea #2: zooming spreadsheet

    

    good example is free and open-source TreeSheets

    
    
      
http://strlen.com/treesheets/

      
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-saQZfrsw
          - an overview as video

        

      
http://strlen.com/treesheets/docs/screenshots.html

      
http://strlen.com/treesheets/docs/tutorial.html
          - here are all features well documented

        

    
    

      Creating, writing cells between existing ones; easy nested tables;
      powerful zooming feature; etc but also here there are more
      features, e.g. it can be used also for mindmapping but concept
      mapping (like Cmap Tools) is missing - this would be also
      appreciated - perhaps in drawing part (like using in LibreOffice
      Draw or similar).

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      Yours faithfully,

      Edmund Laugasson

      TDF member