User: jpmcc Date: 2009-02-28 00:01:06+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Sat Feb 28 00:00:14 GMT 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.1565&r2=1.1566 Delta lines: +52 -102 ---------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-02-27 18:01:12+0000 1.1565 +++ atom.xml 2009-02-28 00:01:03+0000 1.1566 @@ -5,10 +5,53 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2009-02-27T18:00:34+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:26+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry> + <title type="html">Danish OpenOffice.org newsletter</title> + <link href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/02/danish-openofficeorg-newsletter.html"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-8709246284977624299</id> + <updated>2009-02-27T22:11:41+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">Danish OpenOffice.org newsletter is out: http://doc.oooforum.dk/Nyhed/2009Marts.pdf</content> + <author> + <name>Leif Lodahl</name> + <email>[email protected]</email> + <uri>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Lodahl's blog</title> + <subtitle type="html">OpenOffice.org, open source software and open standards. These are the three things you can read about on my blog. I'll try to keep you updated on news and events in Denmark. +Okay, sometimes you can read something about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:23+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">âOpenOffice More Popular Than Realizedâ</title> + <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1038"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1038</id> + <updated>2009-02-27T18:10:06+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><a href="http://www.s5h.net/">s5h.net</a> assembles a collection of links to support its article <a href="http://www.s5h.net/2007/07/28/openofficeorg-more-popular-than-realised-even-in-education/"><em>OpenOffice.org More Popular Than Realised, Even in Education</em></a>.</p> +<p>The roundup links to seven articles covering the widespread use of OOo in education, the number of downloads achieved by OOo 2.0 (old news now), comparisons between OOo and MSO for new users, the cost advantage of OOo and how its continued growth will impact Microsoft revenues, and also info on NeoOffice and RedOffice.</p> +<p>In response to the title, it is truly a difficult task to estimate OOo (or Linux) usage share. Recent estimates range as high as 200 million OOo users globally and rising fast, but there is no central record-keeping and there are numerous ways to share the code.</p> +<p>Eventually the mainstream media will catch on and report the large number of OOo users, which will cause even more people to switch, but until then all I can say is that when I send ODF files to colleagues, I almost never hear complaints. (Are they not reading my documents? Are they opening them in Google Docs? Or do they use OOo?)</p></content> + <author> + <name>Benjamin Horst</name> + <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:25+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry> <title type="html">(Domestic) OpenOffice.org conference in Denmark</title> <link href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/02/domestic-openofficeorg-conference-in.html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-251576227259935440</id> @@ -25,7 +68,7 @@ Okay, sometimes you can read something about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2009-02-27T18:00:32+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:23+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -50,7 +93,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-02-27T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -215,7 +258,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-02-27T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -236,7 +279,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2009-02-26T18:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:25+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -334,7 +377,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-02-27T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -358,7 +401,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2009-02-26T18:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:25+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -382,7 +425,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2009-02-26T18:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:25+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -412,7 +455,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2009-02-26T18:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-28T00:00:25+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -489,97 +532,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry> - <title type="html">Finally: Anti Aliasing is done for OOo 3.1!</title> - <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/finally_anti_aliasing_is_done"/> - <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/505694028de9381f</id> - <updated>2009-02-16T15:39:58+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p><big>After a long preparation and implementation phase, Anti-Aliasing -is -available and will be activated for OOo 3.1 in all Applications and on -all Systems. This was one of the most voted issues (see <a title="view #i28526# at OOo" href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28526">#i28526#</a>, 225 votes) on OOo. Since pictures say more than words, first an example -what looks different in OOo 3.1:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="318" width="932" alt="Image comparing OOo3.0 and OOo3.1 AntiAliased visualisation" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image6.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -You may also take a look at an article on <a title="Article at OOoNinjy" href="http://www.oooninja.com/2009/01/openofficeorg-31-new-features.html">OpenOffice.org -Ninja</a> for showing this feature. I want to point out some more, -maybe not so obvious points relying on it. One of the most profiting -parts of OOo are the Charts:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="348" width="929" alt="Image showing how chart in OOo3.1 profits from AntiAliasing" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image7.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -Also sometimes overseen, Anti-Aliasing is used for all 3D Geometry -in OOo 3.1, too. Same here, Charts profit well (see <a title="view #i16771# at OOo" href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16771">#i16771#</a>):<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="342" width="909" alt="Image showing AntiAliasing in OOo 3.1 for 3D" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image11.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -As You may have noticed, the task took 5 years to complete. Why did it -take such a long time? The preconditions for Anti-Aliasing had to be -created first. The internal geometric representations used before were -simply not precise enough. Also, rendering and data were not orthogonal -(not divided as in Model/View/Controller paradigm). A new tooling to -work with enhanced precision was needed, too. Fast enough methods for -Anti-Aliasing on all systems had to be evaluated. All this had to be -done in a compatible manner, migrating the 'living' office over that -time. All in all, about 500.000 lines of code were changed/rewritten -(CWSes aw024, aw033, aw059). Doesn't sound like a dead project, does -it? If You are interested in more details, You may follow the task's -description and its discussions and links.<br /> </big></p> - <p><big>I mention this to write about another not so obvious change for OOo 3.1 which is a direct result of those deep changes: -Better geometric processing. I want to show another example here, -subtracting two shapes in Draw:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="464" width="666" alt="Image showing enhanced graphic processing in OOo3.1" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image15.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -As You can see, on OOo 3.1, bezier segments stay bezier segments where -possible. OOo 3.0 had to convert those to polygons. This will make OOo 3.1 a little bit more useful for enhanced -graphics processing.<br /></big></p> - <p><big> -The extended DrawingLayer starting from OOo 3.1 will allow more -graphical enhancements in the future. As an example, Full Object Drag -as a feature for OOo 3.1 is realized using the new functionalities. You -may also have noticed the enhanced selection visualizations in the -Applications, also a result of those internal changes.<br /> <br /> -I would like to take the chance here to ask You to vote on <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/www.openoffice.org" title="Link to OOo">OOo</a> for -tasks. We urgently need Your feedback here! This will influence how we -balance resources on the tasks, and also motivate us. So, please take -the time (a matter of minutes), register at OOo, and look for tasks to -vote for. Write a new one if Your most requested issue is not there. -Please continue to report errors as You stumble upon them. Thanks in -advance!</big></p> - <p><big><br /> </big> </p></content> - <author> - <name>Armin Le Grand</name> - <uri></uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> - <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-02-27T18:00:18+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">OpenOffice.org3 Impress Guide</title> - <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/KXngcNpL3tg/"/> - <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/2009/02/openofficeorg3-impress-guide/</id> - <updated>2009-02-15T21:29:16+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>The first edition of the OOo3 Impress Guide is now available. Individual chapters and a compiled book are on the <a href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/">Documentation Project website</a> (PDF).</p> - -<!-- start wp-tags-to-technorati 1.01 --> - -<p class="technorati-tags">Technorati Tags: <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Impress" rel="tag" target="_self">Impress</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/open" rel="tag" target="_self">open</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag" target="_self">openoffice</a></p> - -<!-- end wp-tags-to-technorati --> - -<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ClPmlJMlcvWmLjc01S2opZSUDFk/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ClPmlJMlcvWmLjc01S2opZSUDFk/i" border="0" ismap="true" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> -<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=gWxzKZAC"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?d=41" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=pbF43JDz"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?d=50" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=KLMj9t00"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=KLMj9t00" border="0" /></a> -</div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/KXngcNpL3tg" height="1" width="1" /></content> - <author> - <name>Italo Vignoli</name> - <uri>http://www.italovignoli.org</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">OOopinions</title> - <subtitle type="html">marketing of open source software</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> - <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> - <updated>2009-02-25T00:00:24+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1572&r2=1.1573 Delta lines: +32 -86 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-02-27 18:01:12+0000 1.1572 +++ index.html 2009-02-28 00:01:03+0000 1.1573 @@ -36,12 +36,43 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: February 27, 2009 06:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: February 28, 2009 12:00 AM GMT</em></p> <h2>February 27, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org"; title="Lodahl's blog"> Leif Lodahl</a> : +<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/02/danish-openofficeorg-newsletter.html";> +Danish OpenOffice.org newsletter</a> +</h3> +<p> +Danish OpenOffice.org newsletter is out: http://doc.oooforum.dk/Nyhed/2009Marts.pdf</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/02/danish-openofficeorg-newsletter.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at February 27, 2009 10:11 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> +Benjamin Horst</a> : +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1038";> +âOpenOffice More Popular Than Realizedâ</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><a href="http://www.s5h.net/";>s5h.net</a> assembles a collection of links to support its article <a href="http://www.s5h.net/2007/07/28/openofficeorg-more-popular-than-realised-even-in-education/";><em>OpenOffice.org More Popular Than Realised, Even in Education</em></a>.</p> +<p>The roundup links to seven articles covering the widespread use of OOo in education, the number of downloads achieved by OOo 2.0 (old news now), comparisons between OOo and MSO for new users, the cost advantage of OOo and how its continued growth will impact Microsoft revenues, and also info on NeoOffice and RedOffice.</p> +<p>In response to the title, it is truly a difficult task to estimate OOo (or Linux) usage share. Recent estimates range as high as 200 million OOo users globally and rising fast, but there is no central record-keeping and there are numerous ways to share the code.</p> +<p>Eventually the mainstream media will catch on and report the large number of OOo users, which will cause even more people to switch, but until then all I can say is that when I send ODF files to colleagues, I almost never hear complaints. (Are they not reading my documents? Are they opening them in Google Docs? Or do they use OOo?)</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1038";>by Benjamin Horst at February 27, 2009 06:10 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3> +<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org"; title="Lodahl's blog"> +Leif Lodahl</a> : <a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/02/domestic-openofficeorg-conference-in.html";> (Domestic) OpenOffice.org conference in Denmark</a> </h3> @@ -437,91 +468,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> -GullFOSS</a> : -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/finally_anti_aliasing_is_done";> -Finally: Anti Aliasing is done for OOo 3.1!</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p><big>After a long preparation and implementation phase, Anti-Aliasing -is -available and will be activated for OOo 3.1 in all Applications and on -all Systems. This was one of the most voted issues (see <a title="view #i28526# at OOo" href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28526";>#i28526#</a>, 225 votes) on OOo. Since pictures say more than words, first an example -what looks different in OOo 3.1:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="318" width="932" alt="Image comparing OOo3.0 and OOo3.1 AntiAliased visualisation" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image6.jpg"; /><br /> <br /> -You may also take a look at an article on <a title="Article at OOoNinjy" href="http://www.oooninja.com/2009/01/openofficeorg-31-new-features.html";>OpenOffice.org -Ninja</a> for showing this feature. I want to point out some more, -maybe not so obvious points relying on it. One of the most profiting -parts of OOo are the Charts:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="348" width="929" alt="Image showing how chart in OOo3.1 profits from AntiAliasing" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image7.jpg"; /><br /> <br /> -Also sometimes overseen, Anti-Aliasing is used for all 3D Geometry -in OOo 3.1, too. Same here, Charts profit well (see <a title="view #i16771# at OOo" href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16771";>#i16771#</a>):<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="342" width="909" alt="Image showing AntiAliasing in OOo 3.1 for 3D" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image11.jpg"; /><br /> <br /> -As You may have noticed, the task took 5 years to complete. Why did it -take such a long time? The preconditions for Anti-Aliasing had to be -created first. The internal geometric representations used before were -simply not precise enough. Also, rendering and data were not orthogonal -(not divided as in Model/View/Controller paradigm). A new tooling to -work with enhanced precision was needed, too. Fast enough methods for -Anti-Aliasing on all systems had to be evaluated. All this had to be -done in a compatible manner, migrating the 'living' office over that -time. All in all, about 500.000 lines of code were changed/rewritten -(CWSes aw024, aw033, aw059). Doesn't sound like a dead project, does -it? If You are interested in more details, You may follow the task's -description and its discussions and links.<br /> </big></p> - <p><big>I mention this to write about another not so obvious change for OOo 3.1 which is a direct result of those deep changes: -Better geometric processing. I want to show another example here, -subtracting two shapes in Draw:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="464" width="666" alt="Image showing enhanced graphic processing in OOo3.1" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image15.jpg"; /><br /> <br /> -As You can see, on OOo 3.1, bezier segments stay bezier segments where -possible. OOo 3.0 had to convert those to polygons. This will make OOo 3.1 a little bit more useful for enhanced -graphics processing.<br /></big></p> - <p><big> -The extended DrawingLayer starting from OOo 3.1 will allow more -graphical enhancements in the future. As an example, Full Object Drag -as a feature for OOo 3.1 is realized using the new functionalities. You -may also have noticed the enhanced selection visualizations in the -Applications, also a result of those internal changes.<br /> <br /> -I would like to take the chance here to ask You to vote on <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/www.openoffice.org"; title="Link to OOo">OOo</a> for -tasks. We urgently need Your feedback here! This will influence how we -balance resources on the tasks, and also motivate us. So, please take -the time (a matter of minutes), register at OOo, and look for tasks to -vote for. Write a new one if Your most requested issue is not there. -Please continue to report errors as You stumble upon them. Thanks in -advance!</big></p> - <p><big><br /> </big> </p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/finally_anti_aliasing_is_done";>by Armin Le Grand at February 16, 2009 03:39 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h2>February 15, 2009</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="OOopinions"> -Italo Vignoli</a> : -<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/KXngcNpL3tg/";> -OpenOffice.org3 Impress Guide</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>The first edition of the OOo3 Impress Guide is now available. 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This was one of the most voted issues (see <a title="view #i28526# at OOo" href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28526">#i28526#</a>, 225 votes) on OOo. Since pictures say more than words, first an example -what looks different in OOo 3.1:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="318" width="932" alt="Image comparing OOo3.0 and OOo3.1 AntiAliased visualisation" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image6.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -You may also take a look at an article on <a title="Article at OOoNinjy" href="http://www.oooninja.com/2009/01/openofficeorg-31-new-features.html">OpenOffice.org -Ninja</a> for showing this feature. I want to point out some more, -maybe not so obvious points relying on it. 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Recent estimates range as high as 200 million OOo users globally and rising fast, but there is no central record-keeping and there are numerous ways to share the code.</p> +<p>Eventually the mainstream media will catch on and report the large number of OOo users, which will cause even more people to switch, but until then all I can say is that when I send ODF files to colleagues, I almost never hear complaints. (Are they not reading my documents? Are they opening them in Google Docs? 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This was one of the most voted issues (see <a title="view #i28526# at OOo" href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28526">#i28526#</a>, 225 votes) on OOo. Since pictures say more than words, first an example -what looks different in OOo 3.1:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="318" width="932" alt="Image comparing OOo3.0 and OOo3.1 AntiAliased visualisation" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image6.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -You may also take a look at an article on <a title="Article at OOoNinjy" href="http://www.oooninja.com/2009/01/openofficeorg-31-new-features.html">OpenOffice.org -Ninja</a> for showing this feature. I want to point out some more, -maybe not so obvious points relying on it. One of the most profiting -parts of OOo are the Charts:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="348" width="929" alt="Image showing how chart in OOo3.1 profits from AntiAliasing" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image7.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -Also sometimes overseen, Anti-Aliasing is used for all 3D Geometry -in OOo 3.1, too. Same here, Charts profit well (see <a title="view #i16771# at OOo" href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16771">#i16771#</a>):<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="342" width="909" alt="Image showing AntiAliasing in OOo 3.1 for 3D" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image11.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -As You may have noticed, the task took 5 years to complete. Why did it -take such a long time? The preconditions for Anti-Aliasing had to be -created first. The internal geometric representations used before were -simply not precise enough. Also, rendering and data were not orthogonal -(not divided as in Model/View/Controller paradigm). A new tooling to -work with enhanced precision was needed, too. Fast enough methods for -Anti-Aliasing on all systems had to be evaluated. All this had to be -done in a compatible manner, migrating the 'living' office over that -time. All in all, about 500.000 lines of code were changed/rewritten -(CWSes aw024, aw033, aw059). Doesn't sound like a dead project, does -it? If You are interested in more details, You may follow the task's -description and its discussions and links.<br /> </big></p> - <p><big>I mention this to write about another not so obvious change for OOo 3.1 which is a direct result of those deep changes: -Better geometric processing. I want to show another example here, -subtracting two shapes in Draw:<br /> </big></p> - <p><big><img height="464" width="666" alt="Image showing enhanced graphic processing in OOo3.1" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/impress/Image15.jpg" /><br /> <br /> -As You can see, on OOo 3.1, bezier segments stay bezier segments where -possible. OOo 3.0 had to convert those to polygons. This will make OOo 3.1 a little bit more useful for enhanced -graphics processing.<br /></big></p> - <p><big> -The extended DrawingLayer starting from OOo 3.1 will allow more -graphical enhancements in the future. As an example, Full Object Drag -as a feature for OOo 3.1 is realized using the new functionalities. You -may also have noticed the enhanced selection visualizations in the -Applications, also a result of those internal changes.<br /> <br /> -I would like to take the chance here to ask You to vote on <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/www.openoffice.org" title="Link to OOo">OOo</a> for -tasks. We urgently need Your feedback here! This will influence how we -balance resources on the tasks, and also motivate us. So, please take -the time (a matter of minutes), register at OOo, and look for tasks to -vote for. Write a new one if Your most requested issue is not there. -Please continue to report errors as You stumble upon them. 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