'Single canvas presentation' - in Stage or in a new application?

[Shantanu Tushar Jha]

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Aakriti Gupta <aakriti.a.gupta at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> GSoC got over a few days back and after completing my exams, I am now back
> at work.
>
> (My project was to make a new mode in Stage for single canvas
> presentations. I made a new shape - PresentationViewPortShape and a tool for
> it. But I tested everything in Karbon alone where I could save the animated
> SVG presentation.)


> Now, I have a question:
> Should Stage have a new mode for this feature or should we have an all new
> app in Calligra for this?
>
>        -- Stage, being the presentation app, is the place where a user
> would come to make a presentation.
>
>        -- But since the workflow is very different from making a normal
> slide show, the mode 'might' become confusing. Jean suggested we have a new
> application for this feature. But, should Calligra have a whole new app
> dedicated to this?
>

A strong *no* from my side (if its possible implementation wise). As you
said, its the place where a user will assume presentation related
functionality to be present. So a new application will just add complexity.


>        -- In Stage I still haven't been able to work out how to save and
> load an SVG. In Karbon, afaik, a KarbonDocument is converted to an SVG. What
> should be used in its place in Stage?


>
> I'd love to hear your inputs regarding this.
>
> --
> Thanks!
>
> -Aakriti
>
> http://aakritigupta.wordpress.com
>
>
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Shantanu Tushar    (UTC +0530)
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