[odf-discuss] Native ODF support in browsers (was: HTML to ODF conversion toolkit)

[Martin Ellis]

On Friday 20 October 2006 09:37, Alex Hudson wrote:
> Plugins are fine, but they're their own little world, it's not the
> same as native display.

I can make neither head nor tail of what you're saying here.

How is embedding a KHTML part in konqueror any more 'native'
than embedding any other kpart in konqueror?  In what context
do you use the word 'native' here?

I also don't understand what the "little world" a plugin lives in.  I 
assume you don't consider that KHTML lives in it's own wee world,
since it's embedded in the browser, the mail reader, the mp3 player, 
the compressed file viewer, the IM client .... 

Or are you talking about the kind of plugins that are only used by one 
application?  I don't remember much about KWord, but I can tell you 
that most of Kexi is implemented as plugins.  Does that mean that 
Kexi is not 'native display'?

Or perhaps whatever distinction you're making isn't based on
technical grounds?

Please clarify.

Martin