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- ahz1, on 03/21/2008, -1/+112Why not Digg the original article instead? It has more screenshots and information.
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-n ... - MrViklund, on 03/21/2008, -0/+45Office 2007 document support. Good. Very important.
- andrewbash, on 06/11/2009, -0/+26When was the last time you called up MS customer support for help with MS Office, just curious.
- ultra_lime, on 03/21/2008, -3/+24I was hoping for overall icon GUI upgrade.
- mazza558, on 03/21/2008, -0/+19This looks like a massive improvement to 2.3/2.4... I think they only thing they really need to do now is update the icons used.
- thecrazyd, on 03/21/2008, -1/+19The thing is, you don't need to buy it! Unlike Office 2007, it is free.
- inactive, on 03/21/2008, -0/+15I just hope its a lot faster..
- axentrix, on 03/21/2008, -0/+12OO.org is missing one important thing, which is good support for advanced excel spreadsheets with macro's. I think that is a real dealbreaker for many companies.
- thecrazyd, on 03/21/2008, -2/+12The Internet is your customer support team, and we can provide much better help then some Microsoft temps in India.
- HonestAbe, on 03/21/2008, -1/+9Seriously. If they just improved the look of the app, people would be much more forgiving of the many feature flaws. It's not rational, but it's human.
- puelocesar, on 03/21/2008, -1/+9Hmm, this seem to be nice, new features, performance improvements, but what the hell with those artwork?
Openoffice should really follow Firefox3 steps and provide a decent desktop integration for all platforms it supports.. - ahz1, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7Free and paid support: http://support.openoffice.org
- krische, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7I like that they are going to have much better support for Mac OS X now.
- enterneo, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7revamp the THEME X-(
- earlycj5, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7So Symphony (which is OOo gussied up by IBM) is that much better? What did they do to correct these issues that you have that OOo hasn't incorporated?
- kazamx, on 03/21/2008, -4/+10er... I don't think we really own it. We do have a very nice licence for it that lets us do pretty much anything with it though.
- SSUK, on 03/21/2008, -0/+6It's as quick as Word for me. Your PC must blow or your install is botched.
- Avatar, on 03/21/2008, -0/+6Tabs, guys, tabs. Write definitely needs tabs among a host of other little goodies.
- TheSabre, on 03/21/2008, -1/+6Whew. I'm glad the splash screen and about dialog have been updated! I don't know what I'd do without them.
But seriously, it looks like a good improvement. It will be interesting to see how this beta matures over the next few months. - lynx44, on 03/21/2008, -1/+6Makes me realize how much Open Office is missing in terms of features. I've only used it casually at home, but I just assumed it already had a lot of these features, such as error bars. I never noticed the difference until now. Looks good though.
- Claverhouse, on 03/21/2008, -0/+5Microsoft is grateful for your support.
- CarzorStelatis, on 03/21/2008, -1/+5Yeah, you own it rather than license it because it's under the GNU General Public License... oh wait. You fail at copyright.
- ahz1, on 03/21/2008, -0/+4http://www.languagetool.org/ grammar checker extension for OOo
- CarzorStelatis, on 03/21/2008, -0/+4Firefox 3 looks lovely on Windows, so the only reason why OpenOffice doesn't is lack of effort.
- Atomic1fire, on 03/21/2008, -0/+4Dugg because its proving aoki4 wrong
- qaelith2112, on 03/21/2008, -3/+7Very good for a small office on a tight budget or someone at home, but still too many missing features for it to be a viable replacement for MS Office in many offices. It surprises me that the number of rows and columns in Calc hasn't increased to at least match Office 2007. There are also quite a few other features that I use every day in Excel that weren't in OO 2.4 that are still not on the list for 3.0. Bottom line -- I'll happily install this on a family member's computer for writing letters and doing basic stuff, but I can't use it in lieu of MS Office unfortunately.
- LastDitchHero, on 03/21/2008, -0/+4You think Symphony is better than Office 2K7 or OOo? I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- LastDitchHero, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3TimDigg, I read some of your other posts relating to OpenOffice saying last version you tried was 2.2. If you would have said you thought Office 2K7 was better than OOo or Symphony I would have agreed. OOo is also free. Now Symphony is based of older OOo code I also tried using Symphony just to show people that major companies make software for Linux but I hated the design, it loaded slower than OOo (granted it doesn't have a quick starter like OOo), it also just looked awful. Now I think Symphony is great for the company whose IT Manager wants to use some Open Source tech but is too scared to use OOo cause it isn't from IBM or Microsoft. Overall I am just amazed that you would rate Symphony over OOo and Office 2K7.
- ahz1, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3Download extension here http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework ...
- YourFuzzyGod, on 03/21/2008, -8/+11Plus you actually own the software, as opposed to Microsoft Office where you are just licensed to use it.
- danz32, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3At first the Ribbon was a bit cumbersome, but once I got the hang of it, it became so much easier to be proficient. Yeah, its nice that Open Office is free; but I'll give Microsoft a lot credit for innovating (and taking a good amount of risk) with the interface redesign for Office 2007.
- HonestAbe, on 03/21/2008, -3/+6Those are some pretty big changes.
1024 columns instead of 256? Woooow.
Seriously. These are the biggest changes you can list? I use OpenOffice regularly, and it really needs a lot of work before it catches up to Microsoft Office in terms of usability and usefulness. I was expecting a lot more than this. Some good thinkers could make an office suite that vastly outperforms MS Office, but it seems that no one is even trying. I wish I could code... - mashw, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3I'm sensing some sarcasm, it's subtle but I think it's there.
- charlesg, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3I just downloaded and installed this alpha. It still badly needs some interface upgrades, but the functionality is FANTASTIC. Calc is much better and I actually think that I can now use Base as a real front end for MySQL....
I am looking forward to the upcoming betas. - trpnblies7, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3One thing I would love is for Calc to have the ability to merge individual rows of cells all at once. Excel can't do this either without a $30 plugin, and it seems as if it should just be a basic feature.
- McSwankypants, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2At least in v2.4 they're FINALLY adding equation support for regression curves. Finally, the LAST reason I've had to boot into Windows is being resolved!
- LastDitchHero, on 03/21/2008, -1/+3I hope Base improves a lot and I would love to see them include maybe a special version of Thunderbird, or Evolution for OpenOffice
- ahz1, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2About 65,335 rows in OOo 2.x
Vote for this issue http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30 ... - srg13, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2I swear your posts are getting more and more childish
- thecrazyd, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2So... no buy for 2007 either?
- Petronski, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2Your "computer" might have a blown vacuum tube in the disc controller module.
- Kelmon, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2OK, that's good information. I'm not in agreement that the row/column limit should be abandoned since that will introduce compatibility issues the other way when sharing between Calc and Excel, but the row limit definitely needs to maintain parity with Excel to ensure that data exchanges can work fully with the new OpenXML file format that version 3 will support.
- pearcewg, on 03/21/2008, -3/+5I hope it is a major improvement over the previous version.
I used it for about 6 months, and finally had to let it go, and upgrade to Office 2007.
Office might be feature bloated, but it was faster on my machine, and easier to use. - Atomic1fire, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2That would be pretty good for a feature
Since OpenOffice allready has features that Microsoft Office would need third party software for
It would be another blow that open and free can be good - feliks2, on 03/21/2008, -5/+7Wow, I didn't know people actually liked the ribbon. My condolances.
- CarzorStelatis, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2Have you seen the screenshots of the OOXML 'support'? I wouldn't be planning to use it for real documents if I were you.
- Avatar, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Thanks ahz1. This is a most helpful link. Just now saw your reply.
- commentbot, on 03/21/2008, -1/+2Now, one important feature is missing: TABS. This new version will keep clogging my taskbar.
- 6minuteabs, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1It's actually an incredible productivity enhancer for people who use these apps regularly, particulary Excel. It took me about a week. Now when I use a PC that doesn't have it I am reminded how clunky the old menu system was.
- CarzorStelatis, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1What does OpenOffice 3.0 have that 2.4 doesn't? Well lots more memory leaks and infinite loops from the look of the bug list :P
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