ideas for next ODF version

[Edmund Laugasson <edmund@libreoffice.org>]

    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