Well I have applied it and as others mentioned the start up times are much better now. For me it would always hang for quite a while on the building fonts menu, now it starts up in about 3-4 seconds.
The biggest improvement that I know I will enjoy is the ability to use the clip art through a proxy server. I use Appleworks clip art all the time and it bugged the heck out of me that it wouldn't work at my work because I am behind a proxy there.
Other than that it is pretty much the same for me. I don't use the presentation module, though I might if I could find some cool templates to use with it. They mentioned multimedia with the databases but I don't use any multimedia with my mail merge files.
it would always hang for quite a while on the building fonts menu, now it starts up in about 3-4 seconds.
Does that responsiveness extend to the Font menu in a WP document?
6.2.4 always takes a second to think about these before displaying the fonts, though that's probably related to me having squillions of fonts and having the "Display Fonts in actual Font" box checked...
Does that responsiveness extend to the Font menu in a WP document?
6.2.4 always takes a second to think about these before displaying the fonts, though that's probably related to me having squillions of fonts and having the "Display Fonts in actual Font" box checked...
It still thinks, but only the first time. After that it seems pretty fast.
I've also heard that Adobe also goes by 18-month development cycles. But Adobe apps aren't Cocoa. I wonder if we'll see shorter development time for those Cocoa apps or whether they'll stick to 18 months and try to milk the apps more. I guess it's just that major software development in general (tries) to follow that pattern.
Just a FYI for interested parties, the International English 6.2.7 Updater (the download is Z-AppleWorks625-627.dmg) has snuck out just today. Who says Apple don't work weekends?
Here's a question I thought I'd place here rather than bother everyone with a new thread. What is the likelihood that the new version of Apple Works will be a powerful Office compeditor? The reason I ask is that I loath putting a Micro$oft product on my machine (well aside from Age of Empires 2) when there may be a new powerful Apple Works coming because the current version isn't exactly doing it for me. Is this thing going to rock or just kinda be...ehhh? Just curious for those with insight. Also, what is it with a lack of hard core options for Office competition? Why hasn't Corel done anything for the Mac with their Word Perfect stuff? I haven't really kept up with the company so I don't know what's going on, but it seems to me that they are missing an opportunity to make some cash as a Microsoft competitor as a Mac OS X Office alternative. Any insightful info would be greatly appreciated.
The release of the AppleWorks 6.2.7 update clearly signals that whatever Apple has in mind for office productivity, it's not a new version of AppleWorks.
It's generally belived that Apple hired most of the team that worked on Gobe Productive, an Office-alternative for Linux and Windows. Those guys are up to something, and are likely the driving force behind Keynote (the PowerPoint replacement). It's probably also taken a while to bring them up to speed on using Cocoa to build programs rather than whatever they were using before.
I'm one of those hoping for a new Word Processor and Spreadsheet, to join Keynote and an upgraded Filemaker Pro. I think WWDC is going to be largely a software show, and I hope that Apple shows something in the Office space.
As for Corel, the easiest explanation is that they're idiots. They never understood what Bill Gates learned long ago: For a program to be a desktop standard, it has to be cross-platform. Corel had Mac users' respect with WordPerfect 3.5e, and then got lazy by never building the rest of the suite for us. Thus everyone has had to buy Office, and recommended it to all their Windows counterparts.
Corel then made the brilliant decision to build a Linux OS and Office Suite, for the droves of Linux offices which existed only in their minds.
Frank777, thaanks for your input, I too am hoping to see some awesome new software (I already have and use Keynote). It's rather sad that I have to use Text Edit to write letters because it has spellchecker on the fly. Hopefully we'll be seeing some cool new stuff at WWDC. Thanks again.
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The biggest improvement that I know I will enjoy is the ability to use the clip art through a proxy server. I use Appleworks clip art all the time and it bugged the heck out of me that it wouldn't work at my work because I am behind a proxy there.
Other than that it is pretty much the same for me. I don't use the presentation module, though I might if I could find some cool templates to use with it. They mentioned multimedia with the databases but I don't use any multimedia with my mail merge files.
Nick
Originally posted by trumptman
it would always hang for quite a while on the building fonts menu, now it starts up in about 3-4 seconds.
Does that responsiveness extend to the Font menu in a WP document?
6.2.4 always takes a second to think about these before displaying the fonts, though that's probably related to me having squillions of fonts and having the "Display Fonts in actual Font" box checked...
Originally posted by Overhope
Have you moved the AppleWorks 6 folder from the Applications folder? That's probably where the updater's looking for it.
Nope, it's patiently sitting in the application folder, waiting to be updated. Can I reintsall it of the OSX CD?
Originally posted by Overhope
Does that responsiveness extend to the Font menu in a WP document?
6.2.4 always takes a second to think about these before displaying the fonts, though that's probably related to me having squillions of fonts and having the "Display Fonts in actual Font" box checked...
It still thinks, but only the first time. After that it seems pretty fast.
Nick
I think Adobe uses an average 18-month cycle with major revs to Photoshop and InDesign.
Is 18 months a sort of benchmark for doing major apps in Cocoa?
(And does anybody know how long it's been since Apple hired the Gobe team?)
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The release of the AppleWorks 6.2.7 update clearly signals that whatever Apple has in mind for office productivity, it's not a new version of AppleWorks.
It's generally belived that Apple hired most of the team that worked on Gobe Productive, an Office-alternative for Linux and Windows. Those guys are up to something, and are likely the driving force behind Keynote (the PowerPoint replacement). It's probably also taken a while to bring them up to speed on using Cocoa to build programs rather than whatever they were using before.
I'm one of those hoping for a new Word Processor and Spreadsheet, to join Keynote and an upgraded Filemaker Pro. I think WWDC is going to be largely a software show, and I hope that Apple shows something in the Office space.
As for Corel, the easiest explanation is that they're idiots. They never understood what Bill Gates learned long ago: For a program to be a desktop standard, it has to be cross-platform. Corel had Mac users' respect with WordPerfect 3.5e, and then got lazy by never building the rest of the suite for us. Thus everyone has had to buy Office, and recommended it to all their Windows counterparts.
Corel then made the brilliant decision to build a Linux OS and Office Suite, for the droves of Linux offices which existed only in their minds.