Mac OS X Porting - Roadmap
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Features / ToDo's for OpenOffice.org 3.0
- This page lists the most important features and bugs that need to be fixed for OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Mac OS X.
- Our goal is to have at least all Prio 1-3 features done until the Beta Release.
- Please see the release schedule of OpenOffice.org 3.0 for the current timeline.
Roadmap
| Issue | Type | Prio | Status | Owner | CWS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drag&Drop | Feature | 1 | ongoing | tra | macosxdnd |
| Accessibility | Feature | 1 | ongoing | obr, fne | aqua11y01 |
| Use Setup for installation (.mpkg) | Feature | 1 | not started | obr | |
| Support Language Pack installation | Feature | 1 | started | cloph | [1] |
| Install Spotlight Plugin during setup | Feature | 1 | not started | obr | |
| Multi-Monitor support / resolution change | Feature | 1 | not started | pl | |
| Update Readme (minimal OS requirements, etc.) | Bug | 2 | not started | ||
| Java support: detection, extensions, applets, JDBC drivers, ... | Bug | 2 | ongoing | pl,jl | |
| Plugin support: detection, embedding | Feature | 2 | not started | pl | |
| SDK (installation, setting build environment, check samples) | Feature | 2 | not started | pl | |
| Minimum font features (kerning, glyph fallback) | Bug | 2 | ongoing | hdu | |
| Advanced font features (clipped ligatures, justification etc.) | Bug | 2 | ongoing | hdu | |
| Advanced font features (BiDi support) | Bug | 2 | ongoing | hdu | |
| Font fallback (adapt VCL.xcu) | Bug | 2 | no started | hdu | |
| Severe paint issues while resizing | Bug | 2 | not started | pl | |
| NWF issues: many dialogs are too small, controls overlap | Bug | 2 | ongoing | pl | |
| Suppress empty window when opening files from finder | Bug | 2 | not started | pl | |
| Put Need Save status in closer | Feature | 2 | not started | pl | |
| Provide a way to start with something else than an empty writer (could be some dialog) | Feature | 3 | not started | ||
| Change online help for Ctrl-Command mapping | Bug | 3 | not started | ||
| Use Quicktime for media playback | Feature | 3 | in QA | msicotte | macosxquicktime01 |
| Implement canvas API using Quartz (for slideshow) | Feature | 3 | not started | ||
| Detect input language/locale and notify changes | Feature | 3 | not started | pl | |
| Use system print dialog | Feature | 3 | ongoing | ericb, pl | nativeprintdlg01 |
| Hide empty backing window | Feature | 3 | not started | hdu | |
| Docking not possible by window move only | Bug | 3 | not started | pl | |
| Statusbar invisible after document load | Bug | 3 | not started | pl | |
| NWF issues: not all controls working correctly (spin buttons, scroll bars,...) | Bug | 3 | ongoing | pl, ismael | |
| Installation of extensions via double-click (register .oxt filetype) | Bug | 3 | not started | ||
| Toolbars do not restore their last position | Bug | 3 | not started | pl | |
| Follow hyperlinks does not work (Ctrl-Click -> Command-Click) | Bug | 3 | not started | pl | |
| Show embedded document thumbnail in file picker / finder | Bug | 3 | not started | fheckl? | |
| Use system security API (keychain) for digital signatures | Feature | 4 | not started | obr/jl | |
| Support window zoom button in a useful way | Bug | 4 | not started | pl | |
| Data acquisition (scanners etc.) | Feature | 4 | not started | ericb | |
| Support remote control for slideshow (unknown API?) | Feature | 5 | not started |
Future tasks
Things that are not required for OpenOffice.org 3.0 but should be considered for future releases:
- Integration with Services menu
- Access to iPhoto/Aperture library (Gallery)
- Get user data from address book during installation
- Netbeans plugin for SDK
- Mozilla/Safari plugin
- reduced Toolbar Icon set
- Support for AppleScript
- ...
