On 1/4/13 8:29 AM, Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > Sorry, if this is old stuff - I don't really see an answer in the mail > archive (not saying it isn't there). > > This is kind of in response to Shenfeng Liu's response, which I just read, > on the thread deailing the top 10 questions blog. He wrote: > How about this for question 8? > > Q: 8. "When is OpenOffice going to get a visual refresh and be built with > each OSes native widgets?" > A: Visual refresh is part of our continuous effort on user experience > improvement. It is a challenge work to innovate with modern UI vs. support > gradual transformation of huge amount of existing users, leverage OSes > native widgets vs. keep consistent L&F across platforms. Our UX designers > and developers are working together on it, and you will notice some > improvements in 4.0 which is coming around 2nd quarter. The more feedback > we get from you, the better design we can make. > > --- so my question. > > I've downloaded the 3.5 daily build, Linux and Windows. > Is this what is going to be the 4.0 release?
no, it is not the final version. We are still working on some UI improvements, first versions of property sidebars and a reworked toolpanel concept that makes it even more attractive for extension developers. Some further improvements like renewed gallery with vector graphics etc. And yes we are planning for a 4.0 because of the UI changes. Juergen
