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
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EIS and tinderbox now show buildbot builds
Michael Leibowtiz and Christian Lohmaier have finished the bug fixing with the sending of buildbot slave results from the build master to the tinderbox. This now means that EIS has up to date buildbot results too (except from the bots attached to the old build master). This now means that the Mac OS X Intel… Continue reading EIS and tinderbox now show buildbot builds
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
New macport OpenOffice.org meta user
At today’s Mac Port meeting, Eric Bachard created a new meta user, macport, on the OpenOffice.org web site. This meta user is to be used for all unassigned issues relating to the Mac Port of OpenOffice.org. It is now the default owner of Mac Port issues. This means that the default owner for issues is… Continue reading New macport OpenOffice.org meta user
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
Sun officially supports the Mac port of OpenOffice.org
This morning I woke up to some great news. Sun now have 2 full time employees with many years of experience in programming StarOffice and OpenOffice.org. Original Mail to the Mac Port list Original Blog post
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
OpenOffice.org Language Pack Revamp
As sent out to some of the OpenOffice.org mailing lists: At the moment there are a number of issues with the current language packs for OpenOffice.org. Some platforms such as Mac OS X don’t have language packs, instead they only have full installsets. The language packs currently have to be built on each platform individually.… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Language Pack Revamp
OpenOffice.org Mac Port timeline updated
Further to Eric Bachard’s mention on his blog. I have now updated the time line for the Mac Port of OpenOffice.org and added a new news item for it. We are currently looking at a May 2007 release for the Alpha of OpenOffice.org Aqua. Around the end of the year we hope to have a… Continue reading OpenOffice.org Mac Port timeline updated
People are still surprised about OOo
It seems that some people, including young IT professionals, who have not yet heard of OpenOffice.org are amazed at the project.