6/3/2023 0 Comments Paying for neooffice![]() ![]() Instead, we feel that this is the time for us to use donations saved from better times to preserve our existing levels of user support and bug fixing and, at the same time, devote a small portion of our development time to consulting work so that we need less donations to pay our bills. Although many organizations are reacting to this economic situation by trying to solicit more donations from their supporters, we think this is a bad idea. Given that the global economy is very bad, we assume that donations will continue to remain low for the rest of 2009. We would appreciate any feedback from our donors especially if you believe that donations would be better used for a different set of tasks. Our plans for the rest of year are list below. After all, the people that donate their time and money to NeoOffice are who make it possible to provide a free product to hundreds of thousands of Mac users. ![]() We would like to fix every problem that a user finds, but since that is not possible with only the one full time developer that our donations fund, we want to focus on the most ciritical needs of our donors. What we are most concerned with is making sure that, in these times of reduced donations, we are working on projects that benefit our donors. Nearly everyone is facing this same problem, but rest assured that we believe we are well prepared to survive these troubled times. Ed and I know that this is frustrating for our users but our primary task has been to preserve the our existing levels of user support and code development during a time of reduced donations. As a result, we have not been able to expand our scope despite the frequent requests for new features or improvements to NeoOffice's underlying features. Unfortunately, the global economic problems have curtailed both the amount of time and money that users have donated in recent months. Fortunately, donations from our users have enabled me to continue to work full time on NeoOffice and have allowed Fran (also known as "narf") to work half time to enable me to work almost exlusively on fixing issues that our users have found. Since September 2008, nearly all of my time has been spent upgrading NeoOffice to the 3.0.1 code and fixing the many new crashing and hanging bugs that our users have found in NeoOffice 3.0's underlying 3.0.1 code. Getting NeoOffice 3.0 up to the level of stability and speed that we had attained for NeoOffice 2.2.5 has consumed all of our time. Now that NeoOffice 3.0 has been out for two full months, we felt that it is a good time to give an overview of our the state of the NeoOffice project and lay out our plans for the rest of this year. Posted: Wed 8:01 am Post subject: NeoOffice development plans for second half of 2009 NeoOffice :: View topic - NeoOffice development plans for second half of 2009 NeoOffice development plans for second half of 2009 NeoOffice announcements have moved to the NeoOffice News website While the suite provides all the basic tools to complete your work and maintains established interface conventions, its lackluster graphics and lack of iWork document support make it a generally inferior product.Įditors' note: This is a review of the trial version of NeoOffice for Mac 3.4.1.This website is an archive and is no longer active If you have an aversion to the established office suites and want to try something based on a popular open source project, NeoOffice for Mac presents a possible alternative. The suite also features a drawing app, a database solution that requires Java, an HTML and XML editor, and a business card designer. During testing we encountered layering glitches, and some pallets didn't remember their positions, getting in the way as a result. There are two toolbars, the editing area, and numerous windows and palettes, which pop up with additional options throughout your workflow. When launched, you are presented with the suite's text editor, which sadly features a lackluster interface with a design from the early 2000s. The software tries to differentiate itself from its predecessor by adopting OS X features like file versioning, fullscreen support, and trackpad gestures, but leaves one large gaping hole: there is no iWork document support.įollowing an installation that requires administrative rights, you will notice that unlike most office suites, NeoOffice for Mac keeps all individual apps under one icon. ![]() Using the OpenOffice foundation, this shareware product covers nearly all the bases. NeoOffice for Mac offers a suite of productivity apps that aim to rival the likes of Microsoft Office and Apple iWork. ![]()
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