As OpenOffice 2.0 gets closer to being finalized, they have started to release preview release snapshots. Of greater interest to me at this point is a nice list of new features.
So why the jump from 1.x to 2.0? Here are the things that stood out to me:
- Switch to OpenDoc XML format from the Oasis Open Standards Group
- Native widgets on Windows XP, Gnome, and KDE
- Improved MS Office import/export
- Export XHTML 1.0 Strict from all modules
If you have ever seen the export of html from Microsoft Word, then you will be especially excited about #4. Sure running things through htmltidy works, but think about the joy of having someone post web pages or content snippets using strict xhtml 1.0 from a word processor.
