[scribus-dev] cloud Scribus

[Dave Hall]

New here but thought id express an opinion.

It really depends what you mean by cloud app. I assume you mean
something running on a server with a web/app based front end/ui. ala
Google docs etc.

I can only really see the value of that in a DTP enviroment if you
also have some form of community management.

Think SVN/GIT style management for large documents allowing multiple
contributers to place work within the document.

I had a couple of friends who ran a independent Mobile Phone shop. The
used to advertise in these little local money off magazines that get
posted. The process of buying a slot forwarding the required adverts
changing editing etc. Not quick and simple.

Such a process I can see finding real value in a DTP suite that
allowed the sales person to.

* Provisionally book a slot in the next release.
* Load a document in multiple formats to display to the customer.
* or Create and edit a basic layout of the advert to be finished later
by more skilled artist.
* Cancel or confirm the space.

If a salesperson had a tool that allowed all this on a local laptop /
tablet I could see that software having value to 1000s of small
publishers around the world.

I can even see value for it in a small scale for an author creating
books etc as the travel or work.

If scribus is the right platform to build this on that I am far to new
here to have an opinion on.


-- Dave Hall- Hi by the way.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> This is strictly a mental exercise.
>
> Is it possible to set up Scribus as a cloud app? Would it require some sort
> of VM to allow someone with whatever sort of OS to use?
>
> While I realize it bends the concept of DTP a bit, it might allow one to do
> what we might call 'phone or tablet DTP' -- is this an oxymoron?
>
> Greg
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