[odf-discuss] Native ODF support in browsers

[Daniel Carrera]

On Tue, 2006-24-10 at 13:26 +1000, David Cartwright wrote:
> would it be correct to say that 
> native rendering in Firefox could be best stated as native rendering in 
> the Gecko engine, while native rendering if a KDE environment means 
> native rendering in the KHTML layout engine?

No, that would not be correct, as the KDE people have covered several
times. KDE already has a KPart that provides ODF rendering and is
distinct from KHTML, and is no less native than KHTML.

As for Gecko, I think that the easy solution is to convert to HTML using
our XST, perhaps with Mozilla doing a little something to add
pagination. Yes, I realize this is not native, but making a full ODF
rendering engine is not easy. Go for a quick and easy win first.


> Following on from the points raised by Lars, would it be appropriate to 
> make a formal pitch/approach to the Mozilla Foundation, the KDE Project, 
> Opera Software regarding the benefits of native support of ODF (that may 
> also involve an intermediary step via a plugin)?

Please review the discussion from the KDE people. No, it would not be
appropriate to ask them, they've already done it. It would, however, be
appropriate to contact Mozilla and Opera.

Cheers,
Daniel.
-- 
"I AM in shape. Round IS a shape."
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