[odf-discuss] Native ODF support in browsers

[Lars D. Noodén]

That approach would be useful even if it is simplified down to a 
recommendation of opening with a viewer (read-only) or with an editor 
(read-write).  Many reports, government publications aren't really 
intended for further editing and would be fine if, in absent of any 
overriding user preference, it would open by default in a viewer.

-Lars
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, marbux wrote:

> Not necessarily, or at least the solution could be more intelligent than
> MIME types and default environment file type associations. See my proposed
> solution at <http://opendocumentfellowship.org/node/221>, especially section
> 3.5. A document author could at least specify in metadata appropriate apps
> to open a document with. That still is not necessarily the user's selection,
> but it is more likely to be right than the environment's default file type
> association. And the metadata type proposed in section 3.4 lets the user set
> what app to open the same document with the next time.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marbux
>