The release of OpenOffice.org 2.4 (X11 version) is a little behind the other platforms due to a lack of resources in the QA process, as many of the resources have been placed on the upcoming aqua version. It will be another few days to week before they are available on the mirrors and the Mac… Continue reading OpenOffice.org 2.4 on Mac OS X [Update: now available]
Category: Aqua
New OpenOffice.org Aqua Development Release
Head over to the OpenOffice.org Mac Porting web site for the latest development build. This is the most stable build of OpenOffice.org running natively on Mac OS X that I have seen. I haven’t yet had a crash with my basic usage. Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 is required. The improvements include: Printing now… Continue reading New OpenOffice.org Aqua Development Release
iLife Browser in Leopard’s open dialogs
In Leopard, if the developer allows certain types of file to be opened, then you get a free iLife browser in the file open dialog. This applies to OpenOffice.org aqua on Leopard too. As the X11 version of OpenOffice.org doesn’t have a native filepicker, this won’t be available there. Find a screenshot below. Those… Continue reading iLife Browser in Leopard’s open dialogs
Mac OS X OpenOffice.org file naming scheme
Bruce has mentioned that he didn’t understand the files on the good-day server in a comment to a prior blog post. I’ll try to make this as simple as possible for end users to understand using the following example: OOo_SRC680_m237_MacOSXIntel_AQUA_install_en-US.dmg This can be broken down into several smaller chunks _ is used as a separator:… Continue reading Mac OS X OpenOffice.org file naming scheme
OpenOffice.org Aqua 2nd Preview Released
The second OpenOffice.org Aqua Preview is now available for download. There are a number of new features and bug fixes in this release. There is one major known regression, that will be fixed in a future development build. This time we have not hacked the source to include the Mac OS X native file picker.… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Aqua 2nd Preview Released
OpenOffice.org Aqua’s first in depth review
The first in depth review of OpenOffice.org Aqua that I have come across is by Greg Kefalas. This is a four part series starting today, so more information in the coming days. I’ll add links to the other parts of the review as they become available.Part onePart twoPart three Many of the problems mentioned are… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Aqua’s first in depth review
First OpenOffice.org Aqua snapshot released
The first development snapshot of OpenOffice.org Aqua has been released into the wild. There is still a lot of work to do, and there has been some progress already since the snapshot was produced. This snapshot can be downloaded from the OpenOffice.org Aqua Mac Download page There are a number of things that still don’t… Continue reading First OpenOffice.org Aqua snapshot released
Carbon Apps produce preference files without developers doing anything
This evening I was speaking to Yvan Barthélemy (ybart on IRC) over IRC, when he pointed out something interesting about the preferences for the Aqua port. Even so the aqua port hasn’t specifically done anything to do so, Mac OS X has created the preferences file org.openoffice.script.plist. This contains information such as the last used… Continue reading Carbon Apps produce preference files without developers doing anything
OpenOffice.org Aqua screenshots
Today I thought I would give you a sneak peek at the upcoming OpenOffice.org Aqua. I have 2 quick screenshots for you. First up is the OpenOffice.org Writer window after resizing, with a native Mac menu bar. From OpenOffice.or… Second is a menu. You can currently use both cmd or ctrl to activate the menu… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Aqua screenshots
Acceptability of applications to Mac users
There has been some online commentary recently on the likely acceptability of applications on the Mac platform. It basically boils down to: all applications that are successful on the Mac are well designed. They all look and behave the same way. Mac users are very fussy about the way that applications look and run. If… Continue reading Acceptability of applications to Mac users