![]() But as you can tell already I am not a software builder/designer/programmer. The only reason I suggested the toolbar panel is because I wondered if it might exist as part of the standard Mac UI toolkit and wouldn't be too hard to hook into - if you were already making changes to this area. Sure if greater usability/functionality comes along I'm as pleased as the next user - but this particular issue is not a deal breaker for me. My own thoughts are that this is one of those areas where I am content to accept some limitations because I pay (next to) nothing for the software. If we spend all of our limited time implementing something that only a few people will care about, our donation revenue will drop quickly like it did in mid-2009 and we would quickly be out of business. That is why we set a minimum number of donors to post their support for a new feature before we devote any time to implementing it. The business model is that we keep providing the small features and services in the hope that it will entice donors to continue donating. Collectively, donor's donations pay our salaries so that we can imcremental add small feature improvements. The software is free, but for an optional donation we provide services like Early Access releases and online support. For the last several years, we have run NeoOffice like a small "mom and pop shop" business. ![]() Open source software development is not a hobby but a way to earn a living. Most NeoOffice users are not customers of Oracle or at least don't appear to be so their requests are pushed to the bottom of their priority list. 's engineers are paid by Oracle and they are tasked with doing what Oracle wants them to do. But for the most part, most successful open source projects are staffed by developers who are paid by an employer. Sure, there are some people that portray open source as a bunch of volunteers coding for the sheer joy of it. In other words, someone needs to fund the development and whomever funds it tends to set the project's development priorities. Open source software is subject to the same business constraints as proprietary software. I have heard all sorts of marketing people over the years talk like there is some magic to software that is open source, but open source is a code license. I have no idea what you mean by "the open source way". Isn't that the "open source way"? Or am I just being way too Posted: Sat 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: Bad blood?Įxhodus202 you saying that the OOo community snubs us NO folk? Seems to me that they'd be happy to have as many people coding, collaborating, promoting, repurposing OOo/ODF as possible. If no one other NeoOffice donors posts, it tells us that this is something that is not of value to most donors and, in turn, we are not likely to recoup our investment if we implemented it. Basically, what we can do is add existing widgets in the Format :: Paragraph dialog to the Formatting toolbar and making those copied widgets take immediate effect when changed.Īlso, since implementing only copying of the existing widgets to the Formatting toolbar and making the widgets take immediate effect when changed will require a not so small investment of our limited donation resources to implement, I will only start work on the toolbar changes once 20 NeoOffice donors have posted that they want it to. I hate to sound brusk, but I sense that this forum topic is turning into an abstract redesign discussion so I really need to set expectations for what we can and cannot do. NeoOffice :: View topic - Word-style formatting palette. ![]() Problems after upgrading to NeoOffice 2022? Try these steps Download or installation problems? Try these steps
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