OpenOffice.org to Get Firefox Extensions and More

I_am_Rambi writes "OpenOffice.org is set to get new features including Firefox-like extensions. From the article: 'Second, and I think that although we have no clear road map for this yet (besides, our version naming scheme is going to change once again ), OpenOffice.org and StarOffice shall include the Mozilla Foundation's Thunderbird and Sunbird (calendaring application) in the future. Besides the inclusion of those two softs inside the office suite, connectors to Sun Calendar Server and Microsoft Exchange will also be developed accordingly.'"

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What Open Office Needs...

[Frosty Piss]

What Open Office really needs is not Firebox plug-in, but a complete code rewrite so that it is not a bloated whale of an application. In its current incarnation, Open Office is not anywhere near an alternative to MS Office except for home users and Open Source / Anti-Microsoft zealots who are willing to ignore critical usability flaws.

Oh come on...

[Frosty Piss]

So you're telling me that writers, doctors, teachers, students, shop owners and other people who use word processors also need to learn to be programmers before they can dare to suggest that Open Office has usability issues? Come on! I'm just pointing out something that has been pointed out over and over again. It would be nice if Open Office offered a real alternative to MS Office, for many reasons. But the folks who do know how to fix Open Office have to admit that these flaws are a critical roadblock to the adoption of Open Office in a broader context than hobby and fringe users. Smart-assed fanboy comments like "well, why don't YOU write the code" do nothing but alienate the majority of users.