Photos: Native Aqua OpenOffice on Mac
News The OpenOffice team have announced this week the first alpha release of the Aqua version of OpenOffice productivity suite for Mac OS X. This version of OpenOffice Aqua is squarely aimed at developers and early adopters.
[June 11, 2007, 12:56]
Free OpenOffice for Mac users
News Mainstream Mac OS X software uses Apple's Quartz and Aqua graphics and interface software. The Quartz/Aqua build represents a substantial amount of work on the OpenOffice.org user interface, and there is much still to be done," the OpenOffice...
[October 15, 2002, 7:57]
Sun to push StarOffice for Apple's OS X
News One of the biggest challenges facing Sun is supporting Mac OS X's Aqua interface and Quartz 2D rendering engine. If you have two products, one that takes advantage of Aqua and Quartz and one that doesn't, the one that does could be more compelling...
[July 29, 2002, 8:55]
OpenOffice 3 enters beta stage
News Version 3.0 will be the first to run on Mac OS X using the standard Aqua user interface, rather than relying on the Unix windowing software X11, and will add partial support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) on Mac OS X, according to Sun...
[May 8, 2008, 17:42]
Free office suite coming to the Mac
News Among the pieces yet to be added is Mac OS X's distinctive Aqua interface. OpenOffice is a project initiated by Sun Microsystems to offer a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, which dominates the productivity software market.
[May 8, 2002, 14:47]
Office for the Mac vs OpenOffice 3 for the Mac
Blog According to OpenOffice.org, "OpenOffice.org 3.0 will be the first version to run on Mac OS X without X11, with the look and feel of any other Aqua application. Just as OpenOffice.org prepares to release the latest version of its open source...
[May 13, 2008, 14:46]
AOL links up with Apple's OS X
News Although older Macintosh programs work in the so-called classic environment of Mac OS X, programs must be tweaked to take advantage of the operating system's new features such as improved stability and its Aqua user interface.
[December 12, 2001, 11:54]
Evesham Technology E-scape Li review
Reviews The starting screen is very familiar, combining elements of the Windows desktop with bits of Macintosh Aqua, half-forgotten ideas from the Amiga and some ideas of its own. We plugged our review system into our office LAN, and it immediately...
[October 11, 2002, 10:02]
OpenOffice releases Mac alpha version
News The Microsoft Office competitor works on Linux and Unix systems using the X11 graphical interface, but the new version uses Apple's native Aqua interface. OpenOffice.org programmers have released a rough version of the open-source office suite that...
[June 13, 2007, 11:51]
SAP slams open source 'socialism'
Talkback And I suppose 3D desktop experience is also not innovative.because before Avalon/WPF ideas came long after project looking glass (Apple's Aqua is incredible, but is not really 3D) The new Office 12 XML formats then are not going to be several years...
[November 12, 2005, 17:56]
HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault review
Reviews There are large aqua-white status LEDs for each drive, plus power, network and health indicators (these can be dimmed or turned off). It may be badge engineering, but there's nothing wrong with that — especially when the base product is an...
[October 19, 2009, 13:16]
Best and worst products, 1996-2006 review
Reviews Vista's Aero is playing catch-up with OS X's Aqua. The basic idea was fine -- a wireless tablet that let you browse around the home or office -- but everything else was disastrously, almost comically, incorrect.
[July 13, 2006, 16:15]
Palm joins OS X supporters
News Although older programs for Macs work in the so-called classic environment of Mac OS X, they must be tweaked to take advantage of the operating system's features such as its improved stability and Aqua user interface.
[December 28, 2001, 10:21]
