Weir: Merging Lotus Symphony: Allegro moderato

Apache OpenOffice developer Rob Weir has posted a summary of the Lotus Symphony code contribution and what is being done with it. "Of course, a long list of bug fixes is impressive, but what about new features? Symphony brings those as well. A large one is a user interface addition of a 'Task Pane'. Since a Task Pane is continuously available, it can greatly improve productivity with some repetitive operations. Symphony had one version of this feature, but we're not just doing a literal copy of that UI, since grafting a UI of one application onto another is rarely successful. So we're reviewing several variations on a Task Pane design, which you can see on our wiki. Coding for this feature is ongoing in a branch."

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