On 11/21/05, Jacqueline McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "The Web Word Processor, today released support for OpenDocument Format > (ODF), the open standard document format backed by Sun Microsystems, IBM > and Adobe. Starting today, Writely users can upload documents into > Writely from Microsoft Word and Sun Microsystems' OpenOffice.org, as > well as save the documents back into either of those formats. Sun and > Google announced last month their intention to explore jointly enhancing > and promoting OpenOffice.org."
That's cool. I like Writely. I don't know if Writely is going to be huge, but it is at least one of the firsts in a line of stuff that's gonna be huge - that is, web apps thjat replace dekstop apps. From: > > http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-21-2005/0004220104&EDATE= > > With the increasing number of products that are supporting OpenDocument, > I would like us to discuss how to collate and categorise these and other > competing products. That is, what other redeeming features does > OpenOffice.org have, other than OpenDocument? > I tried asking the same question, and didn't get much of a response. From what I can tell, OOo 2.0 has all the same features that 1.1.5 had, like export to PDF, export to Flash, support for the major file formats, (MSO, WP, etc.), many languages, cross-platform, free, Free, open source, can be installed on a USB drive or CD-Rom for portability. It has the benefit of multiple modes, it's not just a a word processor, (like Writely), it's also a spreadsheet, presentation program, vector graphics editor, database, HTML editor, equation editor, in an intragrated suite that works great together. And, of course, the list goes on, but, like I said, I saw all this (with the exceptions of WP support in the orginial download and an included database backend) in 1.1.5, actually in 1.1.0. One thing that has improved, and I'm very grateful for this, as it was the very first question I had about OpenOffice.org, they included a Word Count, right where it's supposed to be! Seriously, what other improvement have their been between 1.1.5 and 2.0? Other than ODF, of course. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ Because everyone loves free software!
