OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta now out

[OllyM]

Just thought some of you might be interested to know that OpenOffice 3.0 beta is now available, and it finally has a native aqua interface, so no need to use X11.

I've had a quick play with it, and while it isn't as good as Office 2008, it'd do the job perfectly and best of all it's absolutely free.

Get it from here: http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/

 

[J1234]

I've always used NeoOffice, but just downloaded this to try, and it's a lot better!

 

[Caged]

Does it still line up Writer documents to the left

 

[Aspect]

I've always used NeoOffice, but just downloaded this to try, and it's a lot better!

How so? Isn't NeoOffice based on OpenOffice anyway?

 

[Fillado]

Yeah, but this always had the potential to be better since NeoOffice uses Java to integrate with Mac OS X whereas OpenOffice Aqua uses Cocoa.

Needless to say IMO the only thing Java has going for it is cross-platform compatibility.

 

[OllyM]

Indeed, NeoOffice is pretty nasty to use (being Java based).

 

[Aspect]

Both have the same native formats right?

 

[J1234]

What they said ^

OpenOffice seems a lot faster to me

 

[Sic]

Needless to say IMO the only thing Java has going for it is cross-platform compatibility.

see, this is what I don't understand about why Java is so popular. Is portability really that essential?! It'd be much more beneficial in my opinion to write platform-specific versions as Java's sluggishness just irritates me.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Any screenshots?

 

[Aspect]

Woah its waaaaay quicker to load than neooffice. Im switching immediately!