Neo = new = simplify

[brandonfletcher]

NeoOffice is A Good Thing (and runs moderately well -ahem- on my Mac mini) but remember the audience is Mac.

The Preferences "book"! is way way too over complicated. A lot of that stuff is irrelevant / can be set to defaults.

Let's build on openoffice but make it properly better please

cheers

[OPENSTEP]

Yes, a lot of the interface is complicated and designed from a primarily Windows point of view. Unfortunately, we don't have the resources to undertake and maintain building alternative interfaces to the core product. There are a number of tehcnical limitations to doing this along with sustainability across different OOo releases, languages, and the like.

Right now we're only at the point of being able to improve things so we have a better Mac "look". The "feel" will always be off and I don't think OOo will be making the large investment to change their infrastructure anytime soon as it's a strong feature to have a consistent UI across all of their platforms. People who are really looking for a good Mac feel should totally check out iWork or Microsoft Office. For all the flak that people give Microsoft, MacBU really did a nice job with getting the feel of Office v.X/2004 to be a good user experience. I've never used Pages myself, but the older Keynotes looked pretty good too.

ed

[human]

Ed, considering the limitations and complexities with which you and Patrick have had to contend, you have definitely done yoeman's work creating a Mac OS X version of OOo that looks and acts like a native OS X application. I have definitely experienced a lot worse. Keep up the good work!

[ovvldc]