![]() I'm even willing to overlook the way visual feedback is currently marred in NeoOffice by a somewhat odd choice of cursors (try resizing an object by the bottom-left corner, and watch as the cursor changes to a top right corner indicator). ![]() I'm not talking about the lack of Aqua controls, or how the ones that are present seem (nearly every last one of them) to be subtly mis-aligned (something I find very distracting), or the green(!) handles on selected objects in Draw. No, it's the NeoOffice interface itself that keeps putting me off. It's the UI, or rather, the lack of polish it currently displays - and I'm not a fan of flashy UIs or a font kerning fundamentalist (those who work with me often wonder why I use Word almost exclusively in "draft font" mode and outline view). The trouble with OpenOffice and NeoOffice isn't just file formats or the amount of CPU power it hoards to itself. That doesn't happen much these days (especially with my switch to Citrix about a year ago), but it's enough for me to give stuff like NeoOffice a very thorough run through its paces.Īfter a couple of days trying to open and draft work documents with it, I'm starting to find Pages and the upcoming Office 2008 (which is still in private beta, and sadly nowhere near any of my Macs) more and more appealing. Or rather, I find myself immersed in a veritable torrent of documentation that I read through, comment upon, revise and allow to re-spawn in the form of other documentation that I have to draft, refine, submit for review, print, present, etc.Īnd to cope with it, I sometimes bring stuff home.
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