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| === Neolithic Office (NeoOffice® and NeoOffice®/C) === | === Neolithic Office (NeoOffice® and NeoOffice®/C) === | ||
| - | In order to prototype methods for adding native Mac features and an Aqua appearance without fighting the constantly-changing [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org]] code, Edward H. Peterlin (lead developer on the 1.0.3 | + | In order to prototype methods for adding native Mac features and an Aqua appearance without fighting the constantly-changing [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org]] code, Edward H. Peterlin (lead developer on the Mac port of OpenOffice.org 1.0.3) and Dan Williams (a primary developer of the 1.0.3 port) began the [[NeoOffice/C|NeoOffice/C]] project. (''Note: In December of 2004, the by-then-dormant original NeoOffice was renamed "NeoOffice/C"—"C" stands for Cocoa—in order to prevent confusion with the actively-developed NeoOffice/J and to allow NeoOffice/J to one day use the NeoOffice moniker. To avoid confusion, it will henceforth be referred to as "NeoOffice/C".'') [http://www.dashboardbuddha.com/OOo/first_aqua.html Written originally over a weekend] in response to the [http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-946714.html?tag=mncol;txt Sun-Apple-StarOffice] [http://news.cnet.com/Sun-muddies-StarOffice-plans-for-OS-X/2100-1001_3-947746.html vaporware fiasco], the suite's first appearance as “NeoOffice†was as a proof-of-concept application for the O'Reilly Mac OS X Con 2002. |
| The [[NeoOffice/C|NeoOffice/C]] project sought to replace [[Wikipedia:X11|X11]] technologies with native Mac APIs and routines like CoreGraphics and ATSUI in order to give OpenOffice.org a Mac “look-and-feel†and make it a well-behaved Mac application. NeoOffice/C was a prototype project aimed at software developers only and was not stable enough for day-to-day use. Its two binary "releases" only ran under Mac OS X 10.2.x ("Jaguar") and then only for a few minutes at a time. | The [[NeoOffice/C|NeoOffice/C]] project sought to replace [[Wikipedia:X11|X11]] technologies with native Mac APIs and routines like CoreGraphics and ATSUI in order to give OpenOffice.org a Mac “look-and-feel†and make it a well-behaved Mac application. NeoOffice/C was a prototype project aimed at software developers only and was not stable enough for day-to-day use. Its two binary "releases" only ran under Mac OS X 10.2.x ("Jaguar") and then only for a few minutes at a time. | ||
| - | As of late 2004, [[NeoOffice/C|NeoOffice/C]] | + | As of late 2004, [[NeoOffice/C|NeoOffice/C]] had ceased development, but many of the lessons learned in its early development were being applied to further development of its sister, NeoOffice/J (now known simply as NeoOffice). The work also formed the basis of the Native Widget and Native Menu Frameworks that debuted in OpenOffice.org 1.1; these frameworks are being used to provided operating system-specific menus and buttons by NeoOffice as well as by OpenOffice.org implementations under Linux GUIs such as KDE. |
| ==== Screenshots from NeoOffice/C ==== | ==== Screenshots from NeoOffice/C ==== | ||
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| [http://www.neooffice.org/flaming_yeti.html Flaming Yeti build] (26-Nov-2002, OpenOffice.org 1.0-based) Built for O'Reilly OSXCON 2002. | [http://www.neooffice.org/flaming_yeti.html Flaming Yeti build] (26-Nov-2002, OpenOffice.org 1.0-based) Built for O'Reilly OSXCON 2002. | ||
| - | [ | + | [[image:home-improve.gif|300px|Flaming Yeti opening an Excel spreadsheet]] [[image:preso.gif|300px|Flaming Yeti opening a PowerPoint presentation]] [[image:letter-whimsy-full.gif|300px|Flaming Yeti opening a Word template]] |
| [http://www.neooffice.org/incendiary_goblin.html Incendiary Goblin build], aka NeoOffice/C 0.0.1 (22-June-2003, OpenOffice.org 1.1-based) Built for Apple's WWDC 2003. | [http://www.neooffice.org/incendiary_goblin.html Incendiary Goblin build], aka NeoOffice/C 0.0.1 (22-June-2003, OpenOffice.org 1.1-based) Built for Apple's WWDC 2003. | ||
| - | [ | + | [[image:goblin_sdraw.jpg|300px|Draw document created by Incendiary Goblin]] |
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| + | '''("NeoOffice" is a registered [[NeoOffice_CD_Distribution_%26_Trademark_Usage|trademark]])''' | ||
| + | {{botlangbarEN|[[Fr:Historique_de_NeoOffice_et_OpenOffice.org:_NeoOffice/C|Français]] [[It:Storia_di_NeoOffice_e_OpenOffice.org:_NeoOffice/C|Italiano]] [[NL:Historiek van NeoOffice en OpenOffice.org: NeoOffice/C|Nederlands]]}} | ||
| [[Category:NeoOffice/C]][[Category:Screenshots]] | [[Category:NeoOffice/C]][[Category:Screenshots]] | ||
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Neolithic Office (NeoOffice® and NeoOffice®/C)
In order to prototype methods for adding native Mac features and an Aqua appearance without fighting the constantly-changing OpenOffice.org code, Edward H. Peterlin (lead developer on the Mac port of OpenOffice.org 1.0.3) and Dan Williams (a primary developer of the 1.0.3 port) began the NeoOffice/C project. (Note: In December of 2004, the by-then-dormant original NeoOffice was renamed "NeoOffice/C"—"C" stands for Cocoa—in order to prevent confusion with the actively-developed NeoOffice/J and to allow NeoOffice/J to one day use the NeoOffice moniker. To avoid confusion, it will henceforth be referred to as "NeoOffice/C".) Written originally over a weekend in response to the Sun-Apple-StarOffice vaporware fiasco, the suite's first appearance as “NeoOffice†was as a proof-of-concept application for the O'Reilly Mac OS X Con 2002.
The NeoOffice/C project sought to replace X11 technologies with native Mac APIs and routines like CoreGraphics and ATSUI in order to give OpenOffice.org a Mac “look-and-feel†and make it a well-behaved Mac application. NeoOffice/C was a prototype project aimed at software developers only and was not stable enough for day-to-day use. Its two binary "releases" only ran under Mac OS X 10.2.x ("Jaguar") and then only for a few minutes at a time.
As of late 2004, NeoOffice/C had ceased development, but many of the lessons learned in its early development were being applied to further development of its sister, NeoOffice/J (now known simply as NeoOffice). The work also formed the basis of the Native Widget and Native Menu Frameworks that debuted in OpenOffice.org 1.1; these frameworks are being used to provided operating system-specific menus and buttons by NeoOffice as well as by OpenOffice.org implementations under Linux GUIs such as KDE.
Screenshots from NeoOffice/C
Flaming Yeti build (26-Nov-2002, OpenOffice.org 1.0-based) Built for O'Reilly OSXCON 2002.
Incendiary Goblin build, aka NeoOffice/C 0.0.1 (22-June-2003, OpenOffice.org 1.1-based) Built for Apple's WWDC 2003.
("NeoOffice" is a registered trademark)
