OpenOffice.org For Windows 1.1 RC 4
Posted by newsgeek on 09 September 2003 - 11:58 · 10 comments & 459 views
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#1 Posted by Rev. Otto on 09 Sep 2003 - 12:26
- I think I've officially become boring. OpenOffice updates get me excited. Please help.
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#2 Posted by g33kb0y on 09 Sep 2003 - 14:15
- It's just personal preference, but I really don't like OpenOffice. It seems too cluttered.
I'll still give this a shot, though. 
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#3 Posted by JLP on 09 Sep 2003 - 14:20
- Great news. For some time now OpenOfice.org is my default office suite. I especialy love the PDF export function. Just keep up the excellent work!
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#4 Posted by DrunkenMaster on 09 Sep 2003 - 15:28
- Just an FYI since I know I *hate* OO 1.x - there's some maor room for improvement.
OO 2.x is scheduled for release in late 2004 or 2005. Its supposed to be a complete re-write so it should be faster and more feature complete.
Heck, I don't see why they just don't re-name it by then.
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#4.1 Posted by Prelude76 on 10 Sep 2003 - 12:07
- yes, PLEASE rename it. getting sick of calling it OO.o
calling KO, Killer Office. or wadeva
p.s. - i did try 1.1 RC4. big improvement over original 1.0 series. but some fancy excel spreadsheets still get butchered in translation. and first start takes AGES
, but afterwards, it loads instantly. does it leave stuff behind in memory on purpose, ya think?
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#5 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 09 Sep 2003 - 18:30
- It still uses Java right? I think that's why I didn't like it in the past (sluggish).
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#5.1 Posted by JLP on 09 Sep 2003 - 22:34
- I think you are wrong. it doesn't use Java for GUI or something. It just has support to use Java applets in it. Like scripts and things like that.
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#5.2 Posted by hoodedone on 10 Sep 2003 - 00:23
- Nope, it uses Java for the GUI by default. If you don't have a JRE, you can still run it, but it's even uglier than normal that way.
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#5.3 Posted by JLP on 11 Sep 2003 - 09:33
- OK I decided to write an e-mail to OOo developers and they are saying that Java RE is NOT used for GUI. It is just used for some UNO bindings. They also gave me this link to check out more:
http://udk.openoffice.org/
Oh and it looks exactly the same no matter if I have JRE installed or not. And this is in both Linux and Windows.
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#6 Posted by Mr. Static Void on 10 Sep 2003 - 01:20
- Don't forget about the builds for the best OS...Linux. OSX and Solaris builds are also available. The title of this news item is misleading.
BTW...there is no more Java in OOo.
OpenOffice.org is the open source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite. It is an international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. It establishes the necessary facilities to make this open source technology available to the developer community.
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