People seem to miss the point about being *native* *Mac* applications. OpenOffice on X11 doesn't look or feel like a native X11 program. If I wanted to run OpenOffice, the Mac is probably the worst platform for it. That's the reason I have a Linux box.
NeoOffice is a slight improvement. It looks Aqua-ish, but it still tries to do things the Windows/Linux way. Where are the floating palettes? 2 - 3 tiered toolbars is not the Mac way of doing things.
I've used OpenOffice for years. This was already mentioned in the original post. If I truly wanted OpenOffice, I would run Linux. OpenOffice is slow w.r.t. large documents, it doesn't look or feel native on the Mac and to be honest the only thing it has going for it is the price.
The original post is an attempt to get peoples input on applications that are native to the Mac, but may perhaps be little known because others are
quick to point out well known, bloated and less suitable alternatives. NeoOffice being the prime example. Sure it's free. But perhaps there are other tools out there that do not cost much, but do a far better job? I'm hoping that people will bring up lesser known applications, instead of rehashing the whole "use NeoOffice" meme.
Sorry. It's been a long day at work. I'll stop ranting now
