Hi Carlo
Being this suite (i.e.: Open Office) Microsoft's Office's main
competitor, shouldn't its developers aim to the same main goals they aim?
No! ;-)
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Well, let's not waste more time in same moot arguments. What I want to
add is this: Microsoft is now aiming at providing the ultimate
managerial tools (yes, they are marketing geniuses), i.e.: dashboards
and scorecards.
These have been around for many, many years in different forms. I'm glad
Microsoft are finally catching up in this area.
Here are the alternatives:
For Windows, Google Desktop Search comes with a sidebar and "gadgets".
They're probably just what you're looking for! (I'm sure there are lots of
other alternatives, too.) Find them at
http://desktop.google.com/en/GB/?utm_source=en_GB-et-more&utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=en_GB
And check out Yahoo's widgets at
http://widgets.yahoo.com/
Apple have a dashboard and widgets. Have a look at
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/
In Linux, the KDE desktop environment has "Superkaramba" with themes and
widgets. Have a look at
http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.html
And you can check out some themes at
http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=38
And not to be outdone, the Linux Gnome desktop environment has Widgets.
Check them out at
http://developer.gnome.org/arch/widgets/
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Adrian Try
Try Another Angle
www.tryanotherangle.org
Computer software should be affordable, effective and safe.
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