Any dirt on OG5?

[Karl Kuehn]

Sorry about the very late posting, but here is what is on my wish list  
for the next version of OG:

1)	Cable-ties. A way of grouping connection lines together with  
something like a magnet. I could see two versions of this: one that  
made everything come together into one line, and a second version that  
would make the lines parallel (but separate). There is room for going  
nuts in between those two, but I don't see the need.

2)	PDF forms. Acrobat Professional and Standard are interface  
nightmares when it comes to making a PDF form, and Adobe has not  
brought their "Life Cycle" line to the Mac at this point. Aligning  
things and making boxes the same height are nightmares. Every time I  
have tried to do this I have wound up pulling my hair and wishing for  
OmniGraffle's interface.

	Initially I am only asking for basic fields. If some provision for  
giving them object names, and then putting in JavaScript code (for  
form validation/calculations) would also get there I would be  
overjoyed. Asking for the form validation to work while in OG would be  
over the top.

3)	True splines, rather than just shapes. I think that this is a  
fairly likely upgrade.

4)	Sparkle for automatic updates. It is nice the OmniWeb has its own  
system for this, but I would rather have the OmniGroup use the  
standard for it. If there is something that Sparkle does not do, then  
help them out and get it in there. That way everyone benefits.

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		Karl Kuehn
			larkost at softhome.net