A 'sneak peek' of the side panel user interface that comes new in Apache OpenOffice 4.0, of which we already spoke on one occasion.
Apache OpenOffice 4.0 on Ubuntu.
Apache OpenOffice 4.0 on Windows 7.
To download the Apache OpenOffice 4.0 beta you can do it at the following address.
Contains packages available for:
- Windows
- Linux 64bitRPM
- Linux 64bit DEB
- Mac OSX
Clearly, the Apache Foundation has leveraged the Lotus Symphony code, with the improved widgets and vcl libraries rewritten by IBM. IBM was based on OpenOffice at the time, but debugged the vcl libraries improving them and giving a better look with a sidebar.
The code is under the Apache and BSD license. Therefore these libraries and enhancements (code rewritten) cannot be implemented in LibreOffice due to licensing conflicts, unfortunately.
Also the download link does not go to the download, it goes to the OpenOffice Sidebar wiki!
Below you will see the download links,
The download links appear as follows.
Windows
Linux 64bitRPM
Linux 64bit DEB
Mac OSX
My opinion is that it is not very comfortable to have it next to it as if it were a gimp or photo shop
Code with Apache and BSD licenses can be used within a GPL project like LibreOffice; what cannot happen is the reverse. In fact, the BSD code can be used within proprietary projects.
As far as I know, LibreOffice is taking things from OpenOffice.
I think the same! There should be no problems in implementing it, the Apache license only requires that a notice be kept that informs the recipients that code with the Apache License has been used in the distribution. Even derivative works can be closed under the terms of another license.
Send a question to Micheal Meeks.
michael.meeks@suse.com
and you will see what it tells you.
Exactly, the writer of this post is not well informed. LibreOffice, it's your MPL / LGPL volume license, can take code from Apache, while Apache cannot take code from LibreOffice.
Another lie is that IBM "has rewritten VCL widgets and" libraries "(sic)." Anyone who follows the commits in the AOO repository you will notice that there is a lot of duplicate code (and duplicate icons too). Of course, cleaning needs to be done, but I doubt it.
Fitoschido you are giving old news of Apache OpenOffice 3.6.
Which Micheal Meeks checked and saw no change.
That is why Apache OpenOffice 3.6 is the same as Oracle OpenOffice 3.4.
Fitoschido we are talking about Lotus Symphony where new widgets were written and used. That in the old Open Office 3.6 they don't exist and that LibreOffice doesn't have them either.
As far as I know I have not seen the tabbed notebook widget in libreoffice, the toolpalletes, the color buttons, the Lotus comboboxes have nothing to do with the LibreOffice widgets.
All not these retouched widgets are not present in LibreOffice
LibreOffice developers would have had no trouble making these widgets more aesthetic, if they already existed in LibreOffice.
But they don't exist in LibreOffice.
The guys at LibreOffice showed me their API and I haven't seen these widgets.
You can ask Micheal Meeks.
He himself said that Apache did not share the same philosophy as LibreOffice.
The licenses for both projects mark a separation.
Micheal Meeks told me that LibreOffice will not see radical changes in its interface, and that LibreOffice will continue on its way.
It's been more than 1 year since Lotus Symphony was released and LibreOffice has not undergone radical changes to its interface since then.
That has nothing to do with the fact that LibreOffice can use BSD code if it wants to. I don't understand what you are trying to argue.
Well, the LibreOffice developers due to differences with the Apache project and its license.
For now they will not implement Lotus code.
I discussed this with them out of curiosity.
They also told me that the changes in LibreOffice will not be drastic as in Apache OpenOffice 4.0 and that the graphical interface will remain almost the same as the current one. In LibreOffice
Looks like Calligra's sidebar
That's right 😀 very similar.
It completely reminds me of calligar 0.0 thank God they are open source projects hehehe
That was what I was going to say, it's nailed.
About license compatibility, it depends on what version of BSD license you are using. The author may be correct.
Mhh interesting, but it's not that I find the interface great, the level is still mediocre, they must hire designers.
Mediocre is a very simple word to describe something, finally, if you are going to criticize, do it with foundation,
So it sucks, well, the interface is not so bad anymore, it is just catching up with caligra, after a delay since openoffice was born from startoffice too many years ago ...
Let's try it and see how it goes ..
Although I prefer Libreoffice first and foremost!
Regards!
I'll give it a try, although in my mind the OpenOffice brand is already smeared.
I am also with LibreOffice, I help LibreOffice as much as I can.
I'm designing an unofficial icon pack for LibreOffice, based on Faenza.
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Faenza+Icons++for+LibreOffice++4.0.0?content=157970
Very good icons, I tried them and my libreoffice now looks much better.
Thank you for your time and dedication.
Greetings from Chile.
You're welcome, I'm going to try to do everything possible for the free software community to improve.
even with these simple icons.
Greetings Mariano.
Thanks a lot. In time I will try them too, a second chance can be given
LibreOffice follows the philosophy of free software, while Apache Open Office follows that of open source. Hence their notable differences, although it is seen that Apache Open Office reminds me of Office XP when it came out.
Congratulations to those Apache Open Office users, because despite the slow development process, they show that they want to convince MS Office users that open source is just as productive as proprietary closed source software.
I would like to try it, does anyone know if I can install it in parallel to LibreOffice on Ubuntu 12.04?
Yes, as long as you download it from the official site. This is what I did with libreoffice 4 and I had no problems with package "swapping".
I installed Lotus Symphony for a while to be able to edit many documents at the same time since it seemed more comfortable to me because of the fact that it opens them in the same window but in tabs regardless of whether they are spreadsheets or text documents.
Too bad that Apache Open Office did not retain that feature ... it would be a delight 😛
I expected the same thing that Apache OpenOffice 4.0 would look more like Lotus Symphony.