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eWeek对Symphonyv3的评价：http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Lotus-Symphony-30-Vies-to-Eclipse-OpenOfficeorg-as-Microsoft-Office-Challenger-263571/LotusSymphony3.0ViestoEclipseOpenOffice.orgasMicrosoftOfficeChallengerWhen,in2008,IBMresurrecteditsLotusSymphonybrandnameforanewproductivitysuitebasedonOpenOfffice.org,theresultingproductwasatonceforward-lookingandstuckinthepast.Thesuite'sEclipse-basedinterfacelentSymphonyanewlookandapathtowardgreaterextensibility,butthecompany'schoiceofOpenOffice.org1.1.4(asopposedtothethen-current3.0)asthebackboneforthenewproductmeantthatSymphonyuserswouldhavetodowithoutenhancementsaddedtoOpenOffice.orgintheinterim.Lastweek,withthereleaseofLotusSymphony3.0,IBMharmonizeditsofficesuitewiththeOpenOffice.org3.0codebase,withoutdoingawaywithSymphony-specificenhancementsaddedintheinterim.Forinstance,theoverhauledinterfacetothesuite'sDataPilottool(analogoustoMicrosoftExcel'sPivotTable)thatdebutedinlastyear'sSymphony1.3isbackinversion3.0,asistheformat-strippingpasteoptionfromOpenOffice.orgthatI'dmissedwhenIfirstreviewedtheIBMsuite.What'smore,LotusSymphony3.0offersimprovedinteroperabilitybothwithMicrosoftOffice,intheform.ofmodestVBA(VisualBasicforApplications)macrosupportinspreadsheets,andwithOpenOffice.org,intheform.ofsupportforthatsuite'sOpenDocumentFormatversion1.2.ForaLookatLotusSymphonyinAction,CheckOutOurSlideGallery.NowthatSymphonyandOpenOffice.orgareonamoreequalfooting,it'slessclearwhichofthetwosuiteshasthebestclaimtothetitleofchiefMicrosoftOfficerival.Symphony'sEclipse-basedinterfaceappearstoofferbetteropportunitiesforextensibility—aqualitythatcouldgiveIBM'sproducttheedge.ButgiventhatthissuiteisnowmorethantwoyearsoldandEclipsehasprovenitselfanextremelyfertiledevelopmentplatform,I'mdisappointedthatmoreadd-onsaren'tavailableforit.Withthatsaid,IlikethewaythatSymphony'sextensibilitystoryextendsbeyondadd-onsspecifictothesuitetoallowforintegratingRSSfeeds,WebpagesandindividualWebformsintotheapplication'ssidebar.Fororganizationsinterestedinkeepingtheirofficesuiteoptionsopen,LotusSymphony3.0iswellworthevaluatingalongsideOpenOffice.org.LikeOpenOffice.org,Symphonyisavailableforfreedownload,andsupportsWindows,MacOSXandLinuxsystems.Inaddition,SymphonyshouldfitparticularlywellatLotusNotesandDominoshops,consideringthatNotesshipswithSymphonyintegratedwithinit.Fornow,Notesshipswithversion1.3ofSymphony,butIBMwillmakeavailableanapplicationforupdatingNotes-integratedversionsofSymphonytoversion3.0.Symphony3.0intheLabItestedLotusSymphony3.0onmyproductionnotebookrunningthe32-bitversionofUbuntu10.10.Iworkedwithahandfulofdifferentdocuments(includingthisreview),spreadsheets,andpresentationfilesstoredinOpenDocument,OfficeOpenXML,aswellasinMicrosoft'solderbinaryOfficeformats,and,asIexpected,theexperiencewasrathersimilartorunningOpenOffice.org.ThebiggestdifferencebetweenSymphonyandOpenOffice.orgisintheformerapplication'stabbedinterface.Bydefault,alldocuments,spreadsheetsandpresentationsopeninasinglewindowwithatabbarrunningacrossthetop.Icouldright-clickonanyofthetabstoopenadocumentinanewwindow.Alsobydefault,SymphonyopensWeblinksinanembeddedbrowser,althoughIchangethissettingtoopenlinksinmyexternalbrowserinstead.Also,SymphonymakeswideruseofsidebarsthandoesOpenOffice.org—intheapplication'swordprocessorcomponent.Forinstance,typicaltextformattingoptionsliveinasidebar,asdotoolsforapplyingstyles.Inthespreadsheetcomponent,elementssuchasSymphony'sformulaandDataPilottoolssitinsidebarpanels,whereit'seasiertotweaksettingsandselecteddataelements.Symphony'ssidebarsalsohouseadd-onsandwidgetsfortheapplication.Idownloadedsimplecalculatorandnotepadadd-ons,andIcouldaddGoogleGadgets—suchasaTwitterorGoogleTasksapplet—tomysidebar.Symphony'ssidebarcanalsodisplayRSSfeedsorarbitraryWebpagesandforms.IsetaboutcreatingawidgetforasimpleDjango-basedworkflowapplicationI'vebeenworkingonbysubmittingtheURLfortheapplication,creatinganaccountinSymphonytostoremylogoncredentialsfortheapplication,andhighlightingtheparticularform.withinmyapplicationIwishedtouseforthewidget.Fromthenon,IcouldaccessmyWebapplicationfromwithinaSymphonysession.OneSymphonyadd-onthat'slikelytocomeinhandyforuserslookingtomakethemostoftheapplication'snewfunctionalitytotheVBAScanTool,anextensionthatexaminesExcelspreadsheetswithembeddedmacrosandreportsontheVBAAPIsinuseandwhetherSymphonywillsupportthem.VBAmacrosupportforExcelspreadsheetsisanewfeatureinSymphony3.0,butnotallAPIsaresupported.ItriedoutahandfulofExcelspreadsheetswiththesemacrosinSymphonyand,inmostcases,hitproblemsrunningthemacros.Iscaledbackmyambitionsandwroteabasic“helloworld”VBAmacro,whichdidwork.Isuggestrunningyourownmacro-bearingspreadsheetsthroughthescantool—whichonlyworksonWindows—toseehowwellyourorganization'sVBAmacrocodeissupported.Alsoonthefileformatsfront,LotusSymphony3.0nowsupportsversion1.2oftheOpenDocumentfileformat,thesameversionoftheformattowhichOpenOffice.orgdefaults.ThisshouldmeanbetterfileformatfidelitybetweenSymphonyandOpenOffice.org—somethingthatusersmaytakeforgranted,givenbothproducts'useoftheODFformatandtheircommoncodebase.ThecurrentversionoftheODFstandardis1.1,andthisistheversionofODFthatMicrosoftandGooglesupportintheirapplications.ButODF1.2,whichdiffersfrom1.1primarilyinitslevelofspecificityaroundspreadsheetformulahandling,isexpectedtoberatifiedinearly2011.本文来自CSDN博客，转载请标明出处：http://blog.csdn.net/EmmaLuo/archive/2010/12/08/6062871.aspx