<html><head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div style="" data-md-original="Hello%20there%2C%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EI%20contact%20you%20as%20a%20teaching%20assistant%20from%20the%20%5BEnsimag%5D(http%3A%2F%2Fensimag.grenoble-inp.fr%2Fecole-nationale-superieure-d-informatique-et-de-mathematiques-appliquees-74488.kjsp%3FRH%3DENSIMAG_FR%26amp%3BRF%3DENSIMAG_EN)%20software%20engineering%20school%20from%20Grenoble%2C%20France.%3Cbr%3EEach%20year%2C%20our%202nd%20year%20students%20are%20contributing%20to%20open-source%20projects%20(usually%20by%20groups%20of%204%20students)%20like%20Firefox%2C%20Git.%20This%20year%20we%20are%20interested%20to%20contribute%20to%20LibreOffice%2C%20and%20more%20particularly%20to%20Impress.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EMany%20teachers%2C%20from%20primary%20schools%20to%20universities%2C%20are%20using%20presentation%20softwares%20as%20support%20for%20their%20lectures.%20While%20many%20of%20them%20are%20using%20free%20and%20open-source%20softwares%20like%20LibreOffice%20Impress%20some%20of%20them%20are%20still%20using%20Microsoft%20 Office%20PowerPoint.%20After%20asking%20PowerPoint%20users%20why%20they%20were%20still%20using%20this%20proprietary%20software%20we%20found%20that%20the%20recurring%20answer%20was%3A%20%22With%20Impress%20I%20cannot%20control%20efficiently%20my%20video%20and%20sound%20medias%20like%20I%20do%20with%20PowerPoint%22.%20%3Cspan%20style%3D%22font-weight%3A%20bold%3B%22%3EIndeed%2C%20a%20central%20feature%20for%20teachers%2C%20mostly%20in%20elementary%20school%2C%20is%20to%20be%20able%20to%20control%20animated%20media%20like%20short%20videos%20or%20sounds%3C%2Fspan%3E.%20In%20short%20they%20need%20to%3A%3Cbr%3E-%20have%20multiple%20video%2Faudio%20media%20on%20the%20same%20slide%2C%3Cbr%3E-%20be%20able%20to%20play%2C%20pause%2C%20stop%20video%2Faudio%20media%2C%3Cbr%3E-%20be%20able%20to%20go%20scroll%20back%20and%20forth%20the%20audio%2Fvideo%20media%3Cbr%3E-%20choose%20a%20thumbnail%20for%20audio%20%2F%20poster%20frame%20for%20the%20video%20media%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EFew%20weeks%20ago%2 0we%20posted%20an%20issue%20on%20freedesktop.org%20(https%3A%2F%2Fbugs.freedesktop.org%2Fshow_bug.cgi%3Fid%3D73065)%20to%20report%20this%20request.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EI%20would%20like%20this%20year%20to%20have%20a%20group%20of%20students%20to%20work%20on%20this%20'media%20control'%20feature.%20For%20that%20I%20would%20like%20to%20discuss%20about%20that%20with%20the%20developer%20community%20(you%20guys).%20It%20would%20be%20awesome%20to%20have%20a%20referent%20developer%20actively%20involved%20in%20Impress%20to%20be%20in%20contact%20with%20the%20students%20and%20provide%20insights%20on%20how%20to%20address%20this%20improvement.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EBest%2C%3Cbr%3ER%C3%A9mi%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E" class="markdown-here-wrapper" data-md-url="null" id="markdown-here-wrapper-874137">Hello there, I contact you as a teaching assistant from the <a href="http://ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr/ecole-nationale-superieure-d-informatique-et-de-mathematiques-appliquees-74488.kjsp?RH=ENSIMAG_FR&RF=ENSIMAG_EN">Ensimag</a> software engineering school from Grenoble, France. Each year, our 2nd year students are contributing to open-source projects (usually by groups of 4 students) like Firefox, Git. This year we are interested to contribute to LibreOffice, and more particularly to Impress. Many teachers, from primary schools to universities, are using presentation softwares as support for their lectures. While many of them are using free and open-source softwares like LibreOffice Impress some of them are still using Microsoft Office PowerPoint. After asking PowerPoint users why they were still using this proprietary software we found that the recurring answer was: “With Impress I cannot control efficiently my video and sound medias like I do with PowerPoint”. Indeed, a central feature for teachers, mostly in elementary school, is to be able to control animated media like short videos or sounds. In short they need to: <ul style="margin: 1.2em 0pt;padding-left: 2em;"> <li style="margin: 0.5em 0pt;">have multiple video/audio media on the same slide,</li> <li style="margin: 0.5em 0pt;">be able to play, pause, stop video/audio media,</li> <li style="margin: 0.5em 0pt;">be able to go scroll back and forth the audio/video media</li> <li style="margin: 0.5em 0pt;">choose a thumbnail for audio / poster frame for the video media</li> </ul> Few weeks ago we posted an issue on freedesktop.org (<a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73065">https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73065</a>) to report this request. I would like this year to have a group of students to work on this ‘media control’ feature. For that I would like to discuss about that with the developer community (you guys). It would be awesome to have a referent developer actively involved in Impress to be in contact with the students and provide insights on how to address this improvement. Best, Rémi </div> <div class="moz-signature markdown-here-signature">-- Rémi Barraquand, Phd VP of Engineering at Carnot-LSI <a href="http://remibarraquand.com">http://remibarraquand.com</a> </div> </body> </html>