Hi :) I haven't taken a huge amount of notice of the detail in announcements in the last couple of years but this one really stood out for me.
I really loved it. The best part imo was from the 2nd sentence in the 3rd paragraph where it describes some of the key or interesting advantages of the new branch. For once i really feel drawn into using this branch right from the start instead of waiting a bit. Oh, i thought the start was really great to,o in showing the significant advantages of the new branch. There is no hint of the confusing word "stable" which we all seem to interpret differently from each other and which might give people the wrong impression anyway. I know there is good reason to be proud of the Coverity score but i know nothing about it and i doubt many other normal users know anything about it either. Might have been nice to have an actual figure but it wouldn't have meant anything to me anyway! So it's handled beautifully briefly. Perfect imo. So i really liked the whole announcement. All extremely positive and helpful. It makes me feel proud to be involved even in the minor ways i am and also makes me proud and smug to be using LibreOffice. Does this announcement stand out for other people too or have they been this good for a long time now? Regards from Tom :) On 29 January 2015 at 13:00, Italo Vignoli <[email protected]> wrote: > - LibreOffice 4.4, the most beautiful LibreOffice ever > - The user interface has been improved in a significant way > - Interoperability with OOXML file formats has been extended > > Improved source code quality based on Coverity Scan analysis > Berlin, January 29, 2015 - The Document Foundation is pleased to > announce LibreOffice 4.4, the ninth major release of the free office > suite, with a significant number of design and user experience improvements. > > "LibreOffice 4.4 has got a lot of UX and design love, and in my opinion > is the most beautiful ever," says Jan "Kendy" Holesovsky, a member of > the Membership Committee and the leader of the design team. "We have > completed the dialog conversion, redesigned menu bars, context menus, > toolbars, status bars and rulers to make them much more useful. The Sifr > monochrome icon theme is extended and now the default on OS X. We also > developed a new Color Selector, improved the Sidebar to integrate more > smoothly with menus, and reworked many user interface details to follow > today's UX trends." > > LibreOffice 4.4 offers several significant improvements in other areas, too: > - Support of OpenGL transitions in Windows, and improved implementation > based on the new OpenGL framework; > - Digital signing of PDF files during the export process; > - Installation of free fonts Carlito and Caladea to replace proprietary > Microsoft C-Fonts Calibri and Cambria, to get rid of font related issues > while opening OOXML files; > - Addition of several new default templates, designed by volunteers; > - Visual editing of Impress master pages, to remove unwanted elements, > adding or hiding a level to the outline numbering, and toggling bullets > on or off; > - Better Track Changes - with new buttons in the Track Changes toolbar - > and AutoCorrect features in Writer; > - Improved import filters for Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Publisher and > AbiWord files, and Microsoft Works spreadsheets; > - New import filters for Adobe Pagemaker, MacDraw, MacDraw II and > RagTime for Mac; > - Greatly expanded support for media capabilities on each platform. > > A rather comprehensive description of all LibreOffice 4.4 new features, > including developers' names, is available on the release notes page at > the following address: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.4. In addition, a > summary of the most significant development related details has been > published by Michael Meeks: https://people.gnome.org/~michael/. > > People interested in technical details can find change logs here: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.4.0/Beta1 (fixed in Beta > 1), https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.4.0/Beta2 (fixed in > Beta 2), https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.4.0/RC1 (fixed > in RC1), https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.4.0/RC2 (fixed > in RC2) and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.4.0/RC3 > (fixed in RC3). > > Download LibreOffice > > LibreOffice 4.4 is immediately available for download from the following > link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/. LibreOffice users, free > software advocates and community members can support The Document > Foundation with a donation at http://donate.libreoffice.org. > > About The Document Foundation > > The Document Foundation is an independent, self-governing and > meritocratic organization, based on Free Software ethos and incorporated > in Germany as a not for profit entity. TDF is focused on the development > of LibreOffice - the best free office suite ever - chosen by the global > community as the legitimate heir of OOo, and as such adopted by a > growing number of public administrations, enterprises and SMBs for > desktop productivity. > > TDF is accessible to individuals and organizations who agree with its > core values and contribute to its activities. 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