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Bloggings on native language topics by project members - see disclaimer. May 10, 2008Sophie Gautier : Localization of Open Language Editor in French is over :)
I've finished the review of the localization I made for the Open Language Editor. This editor was the one I have used a long time ago (may be 1.1.3) for OOo localization dealing at this time with .xliff files. It's able to read several file format. The fun part was that to localize it you need to run it ;-) You can find it here : https://open-language-tools.dev.java.net/ Thanks to Simon and Mechtilde from the German community to take care of it. by sophi at May 10, 2008 06:14 PM GMT May 09, 2008Leif Lodahl : OpenOffice.org 3.0 - videosOpenOffice.org 3.0 was released for beta this week. Here is a few videos from the Danish version: New front page: New zoom function New comment function by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at May 09, 2008 10:59 PM BST Charles Schulz : OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta: Creativity Extended
We’re now on the 9 th of May and the final version of OOXML is still not be published either by the ISO or the Ecma as they had to do so. This ongoing scandal affects the industry as a whole and proves once again that OOXML has never been an open standard. The OpenOffice.org project has just released the first « public » beta version of OpenOffice.org 3.0.This first beta version may not support all the expected features that will be included in the stable version but it does give a very good feeling of how the 3.0 will be like. You will find a more detailed list of features on this page. As you can see the 3.0 will sport a number of very interesting and useful features, such as the ability to import PDF documents, switching language inside one document, a new StartCenter, new icons, etc.I wanted to go a bit beyond the list of new features and tell you about the effect that OpenOffice.org 3.0 will have on its users and ultimately on the way we create content share it and stay happily productive in this always-on world. Perhaps what matters the most with OpenOffice.org 3.0 will not so much be the flurry of new features; perhaps what will ultimately matter is the brand new architecture of OpenOffice.org that has been introduced with this new release. You already knew about the ability to use extensions in order to add features to OpenOffice.org. With the 3.0, OpenOffice.org becomes even more modular, allowing even more interested people to develop their own features on top of the 3.0 platform.In the long run, this completely revisited, rearchitected platform will play an essential part in extending the yield of OpenOffice.org . The concept of office suite has kept evolving ever since its appearance in the eighties. At first, what mattered was the wordprocessor and the spreadsheet application. Then, Powerpoint came in and started to control our minds, becoming both a tool and a concept. We then learned about the concept of productivity suite, growing the office suite with all kinds of tools, from a PIM module to specific financial applications and elementary document management features. Today, the paradigm has changed, but it does not necessarily involve the fattening of the whole suite. Rather, I believe that this new paradigm is about creating all sorts of content and sharing it freely. Sharing freely involves two perequisites: The easyness of sharing and the use of open formats, open standards that allow the users to master their own data and content and does not push them into vendor lock-in. This assumption also implies another, subtle point: the boundaries between applications are blurring and the applications themselves become easier to use.What this means leaves some room for interpretation and unveils new, different paths. Let’s see first what these new paths will not be, and second, let’s see what options there are and what are the options Openoffice.org chose. The new paradigm in office suite rests on the following elements:
These three elements ultimately make up for an interesting consequence; they don’t just liberate the content and the creativity of users, they also lower significantly the barriers of adoption for people who could never afford this before. In doing so, this paradigm puts forth the urge to enable participation. Ultimately, that’s what office suites should be nowadays: Participation Enablers. One can understand now why I think MS Office 2007-2008 has already missed this shift of paradigm: The use of proprietary formats and spreading confusion around the concept of openness will not really help in the end. Yet, the latest versions of MS Office suffer from their excessive integration with MS SharePoint, the mother of all office technologies by Microsoft. This CMS/Groupware platform may be very easy to use, but it does create a fortress of formats and DRMs beyond which users are forbidden to go, and share. This centralized process is also very telling of a deprecated mentatlity even before being a compelling offer for certain types of organizations. The truth here, tools such as SharePoints will fade away, as wikis take the lead. And precisely, OpenOffice.org allows you to export your content in certain wiki syntaxes while choosing directly the server that needs to be accessed. So much for command and control…But lets go back to our topic. The appearance of online office suites such as Google Docs and Zoho shows a new path and illustrates the shift of paradigm in office suites. Online office suites make it easier to create and share content while making the issues of platforms and applications fall thanks to their online nature. The ability to import and export from and to multiple formats, some of whose being open standards (ODF, PDF) is also present. At the same time, online services such as Slideshare add value to traditional tools. Nobody wants to have to deal with proprietary barriers of any kind. It is about creating and sharing freely, and ultimately, it is about enabling participation.OpenOffice.org is not an online office suite. But by enabling people to share and to communicate, OpenOffice.org works like a hub for content creation. Its features set covers the full range of functionalities expected by advanced users, and its inherently free nature (in beer and in speech) allows anybody to use it in order to create and share in the easiest way possible.Its extendability not only creates an ecosystem, it creates something more powerful: A community of users contributing to OpenOffice.org in order to serve their needs, and ultimately enriching the codebase.The modularity of OpenOffice.org (turning it into a set of modules running on top of a runtime environment, the URE) also make it possible to turn the overall platform into a RIA (Rich Internet Application) , thus addressing even more use cases. In any case, OpenOffice.org is on its way to become the hub of your digital content, by enabling freedom; freedom to use, freedom to share, freedome to modify, and freedom to distribute. by Charles at May 09, 2008 03:55 PM GMT May 07, 2008Leif Lodahl : Behind or aheadClarifying versions: OpenOffice.org 2.0 - 2.3.1ODF 1.0Approved by ISO OpenOffice.org 2.4ODF 1.1Has not submitted to ISO for approval OpenOffice.org 3.0 (upcomming) - ?ODF 1.2Under development The problem with Alex Browns validation test (http://www.griffinbrown.co.uk/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=f0384bed-808b-49a8-8887-ea7cde5caace) is, that he is using a document from OpenOffice.org 2.4 and by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at May 07, 2008 12:10 AM BST May 04, 2008Leif Lodahl : Java update adverts OpenOffice.orgFor some time there has been an advert for OpenOffice.org showing on the screen as the regular Java Update downloads and installs. I'm very happy about Sun advertizing for OpenOffice.org like this and its a good way to spread the message to millions and millions of computers and users all over the world. A few days ago I got a call from a journalist (http://www.computerworld.dk/art/45636) asking by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at May 04, 2008 01:11 PM BST April 29, 2008Leif Lodahl : Consensus in the Parliamenthttp://www.version2.dk/artikel/7121 It is expected that the Danish Parliament will reach consensus http://www.ft.dk/doc.aspx?/Samling/20072/forespoergsel/F24/index.htm about opening two new investigations about open standards: First one is a technical investigation about the suppliers ability to provide full interoperability between the formats ODF and OOXML. This investigation will be carried by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 29, 2008 03:11 PM BST April 26, 2008Leif Lodahl : Was it Donald Duck or ?Tonight I suddenly found three ducks in my garden. On the roof was another duck: We soon found out the reason. Among the tulips was a she duck: by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 26, 2008 09:21 PM BST Leif Lodahl : Danish Newsletter from OpenOffice.orgThe May issue of the Danish Newsletter is on the street now: http://doc.oooforum.dk/Nyhed/2008Maj by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 26, 2008 06:33 PM BST April 25, 2008Leif Lodahl : More details...The Parliament decided today that implementation of open standards in Denmark will be watched by the The Danish Competition Authority and another neutral 3rd part. The theird part could be Professor Mogens Kühn Pedersen from Copenhagen business School (also chairman of the Danish National committee for document standards). Another person who has been menthioned is Judge Bo Vesterdorf (http:// by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 25, 2008 11:50 PM BST Sophie Gautier : Nouvelles fonctionnalités 3.0 suite
La dernière fois c'était plutôt orienté Calc, là nous allons visiter Writer Mais tout d'abord, le Centre de démarrage pour bien commencer :)
Nouvelles notes et mode multipage
Notez dans la barre d'état les différentes présentations possibles des pages Les renvois dans la page sont simplifiés
by sophi at April 25, 2008 04:38 PM GMT Leif Lodahl : Danish Parliament agreesIt seems that the Danish Parliament has agreed to ask a 'neutral' person or organization to make sure that the Danish public handles open standards according to the previous agreements about interoperability and free competition. I expect that such person or organization will be announced on Tuesday next week. by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 25, 2008 12:21 PM BST April 21, 2008Sophie Gautier : Quelques nouvelles fonctionnalités de la 3.0
En écrivant nos tests d'assurance qualité, j'ai réalisé quelques copies d'écran Voici quelques nouvelles fonctionnalités de Calc Tout d'abord le Solveur
Puis la sélection avec transparence
Les feuilles Calc en mode partagé
L'ajout d'une barre d'erreur Y à un diagramme XY (Dispersion)
L'_angle de départ_ et _l'orientation_ des diagrammes en secteur
Courbe de tendance et _équation_
Les titres, sous-titres et titres des axes
to be continued... by sophi at April 21, 2008 10:57 AM GMT April 20, 2008Sophie Gautier : The AFNOR Affair: Interview with Frédéric Couchet, Ex. Dir. APRIL, on OOXML in France
This interview is first in English and then in French - Cette interview est d'abord en anglais puis ensuite en Français. Une interview intéressante de Fred Couchet dans le Groklaw Some times ago, there was also an interesting article about the RGI, the title is speaking for itself 'New OOXML Scandal - A Leaked Email Surfaces in France' ... and the update about Norway at the end of the article too. When I think back to all the people who have worked to make the RGI and the RGAA possible, all the comments that have been made on the wiki, the reference it is now for a lot of administrations in several countries... what a sad step back. Pour information en conclusion à ce que j'ai pu lire à droite ou à gauche, OpenOffice.org ne supportera pas OOXML, mais bien le format utilisé dans Office 2007. Puisque ce billet est bi-lingue, je vous invite à lire OOXML Import In Writer: A Shape Is a Shape, Is a Shape?. Merci à Henning Brinkmann pour cette belle démonstration. by sophi at April 20, 2008 06:11 PM GMT Leif Lodahl : What really happened in Norway..The former chairman in Norway speaks about what actually happened: http://topicmaps.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/the-norway-vote-what-really-happened/ by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 20, 2008 03:12 PM BST Sophie Gautier : La 3.0FR où en est-on ?
La plupart de la localisation est maintenant intégrée dans la version ! Depuis la dernière version développeur OOo-dev3.0m9, la plus grosse partie de la localisation de la version FR est intégrée ! Il reste cependant pas mal d'erreurs, les chaînes présentent dans les fichiers n'apparaissant pas toutes dans l'inteface, il semble qu'il y ait eu des problèmes d'intégration. C'est donc plus de 5 000 chaînes qui ont été ajoutées à l'interface et environ 35 000 à l'aide. OOo compte maintenant 80 000 mots dans l'inteface et environ 425 000 dans l'aide ! L'aide comporte également maintenant des liens vers le wiki et notre projet Documentation maintient ces pages à jour également. Cette semaine c'est le fichier Lisez-moi qui a été retravaillé et il sera finalisé dans les prochains jours pour être intégré à la version Beta. Cette version Beta sera celle qui sera testée en long et en large tant pour les fonctionnalités que pour la localisation. Nous avons donc ajouté de nouveaux tests en français sur l'outil que nous utilisons pour les tests manuels, le TCM. En tout pour le moment il y en a 45 nouveaux pour le test des modules de la version 3.0. Certains qui nous servaient pour la version 2.0 ont été actualisés pour reflèter l'interface de la nouvelle version. La version 2.0 comptait 161 tests, il y en a donc maintenant 206 pour tester cette version 3.0FR sur toutes les plateformes. Ce qu'il reste sur ma to-do liste :
by sophi at April 20, 2008 01:47 PM GMT April 18, 2008Leif Lodahl : 24.335 downloadsThe Danish version of OpenOffice.org 2.4 has been downloaded 24.335 times from http://da.openoffice.org. This is the first time we have some kind of statistics, so it has been very exciting to follow the numbers. This is the day-by-day numbers. by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 18, 2008 05:07 PM BST April 16, 2008Leif Lodahl : Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?The answer is no ! From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 16, 2008 01:49 PM BST April 15, 2008Leif Lodahl : Thunderbird & Lightning - just discovered a new featureI'm very happy to use my Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client for mail. I also use the calendar plug-in called Lightning. Lightning is connected directly to my Google Calendar account, so I can view my calendar live. I use several calendars on Google for different purposes. I just need a Todo thing on Google, but I solved that by creating a local account for that purpose. Allright then. What is by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 15, 2008 08:58 PM BST Leif Lodahl : Disgusting is what it isMicrosoft wanted that approval at any cost.We didn't cheat. It wasn't fraud. It was clean and honest.All' right then. Then we dont use the same definition of those words. We don't share the same moral.Take a look at these 37 letters that was received at Standard Norway just before the vote: http://people.opera.com/howcome/2007/ooxml/37-brev.pdf . 37 letters with exactly the same words. Some of by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 15, 2008 01:44 PM BST April 14, 2008Leif Lodahl : Wild translatingThe translation has gone wild. The Danish project now only needs to translate another 300 strings before we are done with the job. Thanks to all the translaters. You have done a great job. by Leif Lodahl (noreply@blogger.com) at April 14, 2008 04:33 PM BST Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the OpenOffice.org Community. If you find any offensive or objectionable material, please notify the Native Language Confederation Leads. |
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