On Sat, Jul 25, 1998 at 01:08:16PM -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Perry Moon wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, you wrote:
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On 24/07/98, 19:28:55, Perry Moon <pmoon@mindspring.com> wrote regarding Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] StarOffice Advice:
Perry, there are MAJOR changes coming in the next release of SO, which is due at the end of Aug./1st of Sept.
Fred
Fred, Do you know what we might expect. I think it is a pretty killer set of apps so far. Takes a bit getting used to after spending to much time in Windoze though ...
I was told that it will be faster, NEW CODE, NEW GUI...i.e., a WIN95 "look," which I can live with. I've given them a number of things that MUST be done in the browser of the new release, as fonts aren't quite right, and there's NO plugins!! There's also the same limitations in file size that can be read into any module like Office95 that should be fixed. There are new features etc., but I don't know what all of them are. I bought OS from them awhile ago.....GREAT application and am very much looking forward to version 5.
Fred
-- Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fmiller@lightlink.com fm@cupserv.org
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-- I have run SO on linux and OS/2 and while I like the feature set, I dont particularly care for the behavior of the program at stealing resources and keeping them after it closes. Applix while it does not have the "flash" seems somewhat kinder to resources. I saw that a third fixpack is out for SO 4 but its quite large (for me). I am hoping, after reading the applixware list, that applix sees that providing more enhanced filters and other featuresets will provide a more productive work area. SO 4 is nice but it suffers from that thing I want away from -- windowitis. I dont want a office suite with win95 looks. If I want a office suite that looks like win95, I run the Office Pro97 suite. What I would like is: *modern features like import/export of modern wp/graphics/spreadsheets *good graphics handling abilities *integration at the file and workspace levels to include a unique multiple document interface. I have some ideas about what I would like to see in this area but its hard to write them down. *Nice hard disk footprint. Applix now is somewhat beefy while SO is less. Admittedly I do use the clipart and a few other features *better gui html editor. I can use a variety of tools but sometimes like to play with a gui editor. ImO the SO4 suite suffers from trying to be too many things at one time. Perhaps the shared codebase or the shared development brings this liability. Michael E. Perry mperry@basin.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e