I was looking for a Web-based Word Processor to use inside Haiku. Google Docs doesn’t work with WebPositive… So i find this: https://writer.zoho.com/editor.im : work perfectly with Web+ . Without registration we can only export in every format; with registration, instead, we can also import docs.
p.s: this is not spam, it’s just a suggestion 
Hmm, I find it rather sad that we have to look around for a web-based word processor to use with Haiku, when we once had the fully working GoBe suite (which can be revived). Moreover, AbiWord has also been ported to Haiku, although it is an early version.
I think we should concentrate on developing native software (or at least ports), rather than looking forward to web-based applications.
I agree. KOffice and ABIWord are the best candidates for ports. Although I wouldn’t describe these as ‘native’ since they use GUI mapping layers. Someday (keep praying, burning candles, sacrificing virgins, etc) we will have Gobe Productive for Haiku.
Sure guys: i know KOffice (i’ve tried it but doesn’t work), Abiword and Gobe Suite (at the moment is an obsolete and shareware version), but in the meanwhile, waiting for a valid, compatibile, modern and good software to use on Haiku (better if native app), i use this online app. 
Perhaps it would be possible to create a site-specific browser for Zoho?
[quote=Michel]Perhaps it would be possible to create a site-specific browser for Zoho?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site-specific_browser[/quote]
Having WebPositive be able to make SSBs is definitely on my TODO list, but there are many other higher priority items such as fixing up our WebKit port so that Gmail, Google Docs and other sites work properly.
I personally think that Google Docs or Zoho combined with a nice SSB system would cover the needs of most users, especially once the offline file caching stuff from HTML5 gets used more.
But I’m sure one day we will have a nice document editing system written from scratch for Haiku.
Calligra is probably the best candidate for porting at this stage. I wonder how much work it would be to build it without KDE. With a little GUI cleanup and a native icon set I think it would be a more than acceptable option for the time being. Apparently its support for .docx is superior to that of LibreOffice.
Probably easier to start with KDE, and go to native GUI later. TiltOS is KDE on Haiku:
That’s good to hear.
StyledEdit with endnotes, ToC generation, RTF export and hooks to a citation manager would be all I need. It should be possible, the StyledEdit sources are out there or ElvenEdit, Kedit etc would never have been written.
Oh yeah, I meant keeping the Qt interface but strip out or at least minimise the dependencies on KDE’s libraries. If the Qt port was made to support native file and print dialogs, Calligra could feel pretty close to a native application, at least in terms of end-user experience.
That would certainly be helpful, but this is not the eighties. Lots of things get written that are never intended to make it into physical print: e-books, online magazines, online journals, brochures in PDF format etc. On Amazon, ebooks now outsell hardbacks and paperbacks combined …
Just an idea: did anybody thied the Microsoft Office Web Apps? Available on Live SkyDrive? Is it working on WebPositive? (I’m sorry, but cannot try network in Haiku, because I got a PCMCIA wifi adapter, and it is not working with Haiku.)
[quote=leavengood][quote=Michel]Perhaps it would be possible to create a site-specific browser for Zoho?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site-specific_browser[/quote]
Having WebPositive be able to make SSBs is definitely on my TODO list, but there are many other higher priority items such as fixing up our WebKit port so that Gmail, Google Docs and other sites work properly.
I personally think that Google Docs or Zoho combined with a nice SSB system would cover the needs of most users, especially once the offline file caching stuff from HTML5 gets used more.
But I’m sure one day we will have a nice document editing system written from scratch for Haiku.[/quote]
Webpositive must print or start to make use of printing facility’s to make any of these office suites feasible.
That would certainly be helpful, but this is not the eighties. Lots of things get written that are never intended to make it into physical print: e-books, online magazines, online journals, brochures in PDF format etc. On Amazon, ebooks now outsell hardbacks and paperbacks combined …[/quote]
you have a solid point, but my professor wants it in print on paper, and so it must be.
I don’t have much experience with web based word processing besides a tiny bit of Google docs. There you can export to PDF, which in turn you can print if you have a “Gutenprint compatible” printer. There are also online services that convert webpages to PDF in case you do need to print one out.
Regards,
Humdinger
[quote=Humdinger]I don’t have much experience with web based word processing besides a tiny bit of Google docs. There you can export to PDF, which in turn you can print if you have a “Gutenprint compatible” printer. There are also online services that convert webpages to PDF in case you do need to print one out.
Regards,
Humdinger[/quote]
Does printing work with BePDF ?
Should work. I just tried it and the printing dialog comes up. In lack of a physical printer, I printed to PDF, and that did work.
Regards,
Humdinger
LibreOffice getting iOS, Android and Web versions:
Wow, did he know Einstein personally? Or maybe Newton?
At my uni we don’t accept printed chapters from M and D students anymore. The only printout is the examination copies of the thesis (and we’re working on that) and the final copies for the library shelf (ditto).
Wow, did he know Einstein personally? Or maybe Newton?
At my uni we don’t accept printed chapters from M and D students anymore. The only printout is the examination copies of the thesis (and we’re working on that) and the final copies for the library shelf (ditto).[/quote]
How would would sign a contract ??. there are still to many situations as a PC user where you need to print things off to ignore this. your situation is not atypical.
Justifying the lack of a fundamental feature of a Os as far as applications is concerned is rediculous. applications aimed at doing real productive work out in the professional world must be able to make copy on stationary. this isn’t a semantical debate.