Walking on water - hot news from the Mac OS X Aqua port

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  • 1.

2. Aqua versionfor Mac OS X 3. Plan

  • What does Aqua version mean
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • Available Architectures
  • Baseline
  • Timeline
  • The Future of Mac OS X Aqua port

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  • What does Aqua version mean
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • Available Architectures
  • Baseline
  • Timeline
  • The Future of Mac OS X Aqua port

5. What does Aqua version mean

  • OpenOffice.org runs natively on Mac OS X
  • Easy installation: just a few clics
  • No more X11
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • ... and more

6.

  • Install it ....

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  • What does Aqua version mean
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • Available Architectures
  • Baseline
  • Timeline
  • The Future of Mac OS X Aqua port

8. Mac OS X Aqua Look ...

  • Aqua Look :
  • Aqua windows
  • No more menu in the windows
  • Aqua buttons and controls

9.

  • Run it ...

10. ... and Mac OS X Feel

  • Better Finder integration
  • Uses native File Picker
  • Uses Mac OS X shortcuts
  • Copy paste
  • Apple System fonts integration

11.

  • Draw ....

12. ... and more

  • Spotlight plugin included
  • Mac OS X spellchecker included
  • Mac OS X Address book included

13.

  • Calc ...

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  • What does Aqua version mean
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • Supported architectures
  • Baseline
  • Timeline
  • The Future of Mac OS X Aqua port

15. Supported Architectures

  • Intel Machines
  • PowerPC machines
  • No Universal binary
  • Locales provided : all locales usually provided with other OpenOffice.org ports.

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  • What does Aqua version mean
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • Available Architectures
  • Baseline
  • Timeline
  • The Future of Mac OS X Aqua port

17. Baseline

  • Needs Mac OS X 10.4 aka Tiger
  • Works already on Leopard beta
  • ( aka Mac OS 10.5 )

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  • What does Aqua version mean
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • Available Architectures
  • Baseline
  • Timeline
  • The Future of Mac OS X Aqua port

19. Timeline

  • Regular development snapshots already available:
  • http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/aqua.html
  • Once all other archs will reach 3.0 status : beta will be available
  • Scheduled for OpenOffice.org 3.0 (early 2008)

20.

  • What does Aqua version mean
  • Mac OS X Aqua Look and Feel
  • Available Architectures
  • Baseline
  • Timeline
  • The Future of Mac OS X Aqua port

21.

  • Add missing features
  • Drag and drop (very soon, work in progress)
  • Native print dialog box
  • QuickTime player implementation
  • use Apple Security API ( encryption,...etc)

22. Cocoa Migration

  • Already started (and works ! )
  • create a real Mac application from resource files turned into .nibs
  • antialiasing and Mac OS X port
  • new iconset:provide revamped icons with a more familiar Mac look

23.

  • Thanks to ..
  • Universitat de Barcelona, and SoftCatala
  • The Community: nothing would be possible without OpenOffice.org community support.
  • Mac porters Team:Currently counting between 10 and 20 people including Developers, Builders, QA testers, Advanced users
  • Cusoon ( http://www.cusoo.org) , Sun MicroSystems , unnamed on unnamed behalf, Ben Bois ( image at last page)
  • my wife, for her infinite patience with me :)

24.

  • Don't forget ....

25. Yes, don't forget that ...