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| <h2><font color="#C63B16">Abstracts of Conference Papers - |
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| OpenOffice.org QA Processes - You |
| Have an Issue with OpenOffice.org?</strong></font></td> |
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| <td>Michael Bemmer <em>Manager StarOffice QA at Sun Microsystems, project co-lead OpenOffice.org QA</em></td> |
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| Work of the QA project, Release Handling, |
| Usage of IssueZilla and Shortcomings:<br> |
| This session will give an overview on how OpenOffice.org QA |
| is handled, what the work of the volunteering QA members |
| looks like and what the involved processes and tools are. |
| There are still some shortcomings in the project, |
| which will be discussed, and I'll try to give an outlook |
| on how some of them might be solved in the future. |
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| <td><em>Biography: Michael has been working on StarOffice |
| at Star Division/Sun Microsystems for more than 7 years, |
| mainly responsible for QA. Last summer he started the |
| QA project on OpenOffice.org, which has mainly been |
| focused on confirming issues and running the smoke |
| tests on OpenOffice.org builds. |
| But there's more to come!</em></td> |
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| <p><a href="friday.html" |
| title="Agenda for Friday">Back</a></p> |
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| <font color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Integration with |
| Gnome</strong></font></td> |
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| <td>Michael Meeks <em>Christian and Hacker, Ximian, |
| Inc.</em></td> |
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| <td>This talk will give an outline of how OpenOffice.org |
| can be more deeply integrated with Gnome to provide a |
| smooth and pleasant user experience even in complex |
| heterogeneous environments. It'll also introduce Gnome |
| to those unfamiliar with it.<br /> |
| The necessity of adopting a richer platform than plain |
| Unix will be explained, and how only Gnome provides an |
| acceptable solution. I'll show what Ximian has done so |
| far, the ideal scope of desktop integration, and what |
| remains to be done.<br /> |
| Finally, I'll try to clarify a little of how the Free |
| software world really works, what that means to the |
| professional hackers, and suggest some ideas for |
| encouraging participation.<br /></td> |
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| <td><em>Biography: Michael is a Christian and |
| enthusiastic believer in Free software. He very much |
| enjoys working for Ximian Inc. where as a member of the |
| Research Labs he has worked on Gnome 2.2 infrastructure |
| and applications, particularly CORBA, Bonobo, Nautilus |
| and accessibility, amongst other interesting things. He |
| now works full time on OpenOffice.org. Prior to this he |
| worked for Quantel gaining expertise in real time AV |
| editing and playback achieved with high performance |
| focused hardware / software solutions.</em></td> |
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| <td bgcolor="#184090"><font color="#FFFFFF"><strong>The |
| Mac OS X/Darwin port of |
| OpenOffice.org</strong></font></td> |
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| <td>Daniel C. B. Williams <em>Community Slave</em></td> |
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| <td>The Mac OS X/Darwin port of OpenOffice.org is of |
| the most politically charged ports, and probably for |
| good reason: Mac users have very high |
| expectations. This doesn't necessarily make |
| for easy development however. In this talk, I will |
| briefly review the history of the Mac OS X port, its |
| current status, and its future directions before |
| discussing the technical and some of the political |
| sides of porting.<br /> |
| Working on and directing an OpenOffice.org port is no |
| small task if the port is not one of the |
| "mainstream" |
| three. It requires a significant time |
| investment for development, constant patch and source |
| code management, effective communication, and infinite |
| patience. One should not underestimate the |
| time required for source code and build system |
| management; it's quite |
| high. Actual development time varies from |
| platform to platform due to a number of factors, which |
| will be discussed here: compatibility with |
| the low-level OS layer, structure and fit with the |
| native windowing system/interface, and availability of |
| resources to name a few.<br /> |
| Even though an OpenOffice.org port actually runs on a |
| platform it may not be ready for prime |
| time. While the user interface normally |
| kept as consistent as possible across all platforms, |
| there are variations. Mac OS X users, for |
| the most part, will not accept a gray, Windows-like X11 |
| interface. Therefore, a significant amount |
| of work must be done to ensure the interface looks and |
| works like any normal Mac application: |
| native-style buttons, a fluid look and feel, |
| integration with unique system services and |
| conventions. Once this is done however, and |
| done well, the battle is won.</td> |
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| <td><em>Biography: Dan has been doing Mac porting since |
| 1996, and Mac programming since roughly |
| 1994. He is currently an undergraduate |
| student studying Archaeology at Beloit College, but |
| likes OpenOffice.org a lot and that's why he works on |
| it in his spare time. He spends more of |
| that precious spare time working on the OOo build |
| system than he would like, and not enough time working |
| on making OOo into a insanely great, visually |
| attractive, and stunningly fluid Mac OS X |
| application. His ideal job, when he |
| graduates this spring, would be actually getting paid |
| to work on OpenOffice.org for the immediate |
| future.</em></td> |
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| <font color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Common experiences using |
| the OpenOffice.org API</strong></font></td> |
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| <td>Berend Cornelius</td> |
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| <td>Common experiences using the OpenOffice.org API which |
| involves frequent problems and how they can be coped |
| with. Basic Methodology when programming with the |
| API.<br /> |
| Differences (advantages/disadvantages) in usage between |
| Star Basic and Java. Some words about the Basic IDE, |
| API development in Java (remotely or as a component), |
| performance of both languages. Basic |
| Problems about the use of API Dialogs / |
| Swing dialogs.<br /> |
| Common means like newsgroups, Openoffice.Org links, |
| Tutorials where you can look for help.</td> |
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| <td><em>Biography: I have been working for about 4 |
| years with the OpenOffice.org API. As I think that I have |
| gained some insight and have made some useful |
| experiences meanwhile I would like to share |
| these with the OpenOffice.org community.</em></td> |
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