Again, thanks for the compliment.

By this definition, plug-ins are add-ins that expand the application’s current functionality, while extensions give the application new functionality (though there is some gray space where the two overlap).

That is the exact definition I was looking to say but the words just wouldn’t come out…you should definitely be an extension marketer.

Why do you like to call them extensions? Plugins have been available for a long time. Winamp, IE, Google Desktop and even Microsoft Office let you write plugins ( [office-addins.com] ). So the idea is far from new.

I call them extensions because that is what OpenOffice.org will be calling them. I guess when I look at extensions I often don’t view them as being the same as a plug-in even though they really are. I look at what Firefox users are able to do with extensions, which is pretty much make their own Web browser, and it makes me think about the possibilities that it offers to other products.

I’m not sure if I’m alone in my thinking but when I hear extensions I think of something that is more powerful and configurable than a plug-in.

Nice I am looking forward to the Extensions, hopefully there will be a Wikipedia one available soon, as it would be god to highlight a word or a phrase and search in Wikipedia with a couple of mouse clicks. Also a Dictionary extension would be useful.

Those are some great ideas for extensions…tying desktop Office Suite to the information on the Internet. They should have a site that accepts recommendations and then have people vote on them. Then they could develop the top 2 or 3 extensions that people are requesting to help get the ball rolling.

I could only imagine the uproar that would be caused if OpenOffice.org did something similar to the Ribbon in Office 2007. I remember reading a few years back about how much people hated that they were copying the Office interface back then and a Ribbon feature would cause a stir.

The problem that they receive by not copying Microsoft’s interface is that it makes it a lot harder for people to switch from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice. I just don’t know if there is a happy medium?

Anyway, I’ll download this new RC and check it out!

That was such an unbelievably perfect response and I think you should be a marketer for Firefox or OpenOffice.org (since it will have extensions).

Might be an interesting job on the side…

Thank you for that compliment. I appreciate it very much.