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List:       openoffice-discuss
Subject:    Re: [discuss] OpenOffice docking
From:       CPH <cphennessy () openoffice ! org>
Date:       2004-03-30 21:19:55
Message-ID: 200403302219.55533.cphennessy () openoffice ! org
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On Thursday 18 March 2004 08:14, +  Simon Lilburn wrote:
>  [ MODERATED ] ***********************
> Dear OpenOffice, I've been using the OpenOffice suite for some time instead
> of Microsoft Office. But one thing has always bugged me about it, the lack
> of a "bar" or a dock. When you install Microsoft Office you can install a
> dock with it, a group of icons which autohide for easy access. I thought
> that OpenOffice can could take this one step further by making a
> open-source version of the MacOS-X dock for Windows. This could include all
> of the OpenOffice icons, maybe some system information and various other
> improvements.
> Also, it's worth looking into expanding the traditional Office suite sense
> by including things like a download manager or a theme selector. All of
> these things haven't been suitably made with open-source technology, but
> are very possible. This would be obviously beneficial for the OpenOffice
> project as people see these extra programs as extras which beat the
> competition.

On this list on Friday 19 March 2004 04:26, Arturus Magi wrote:
> This is a good example of something that should be done by a third
> party.  It appeared in MS Office mainly because there was no way for
> anyone other than Microsoft to make parts of it work when it was first
> done.  It has little to nothing to do with an Office Suite at all, and
> Explorer itself can do this much better than Office's Quickstart
> Toolbar can now.
>
> If you really need something other than what Explorer already offers
> with floating toolbars, I would suggest looking into the products
> offered by Stardock Systems, Inc. (http://www.objectdesktop.net or
> http://www.stardock.com ), although it must be noted that most are not
> free in either sense of the term.  ObjectBar, in particular, would be
> the first to examine.

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