OpenOffice.org, the open source office suite that gives Microsoft Office a run for it’s money (no pun intended), will soon be able to have its features expanded by the use of Extensions.
Extensions are small, add-on programs created by developers to add functionality to a particular program. The best known use of this is in the Firefox browser, of which I am a regular user.
The extensions I use with that program are the Groowe toolbar (think Google toolbar, then add a dozen or more additional sites to search) and the HTML Validator toolbar, which has been extremely valuable in my web design projects. There are hundreds more.
No word as to what types of extensions might become available, but I am sure that it will change the way people approach the program.
from OSDir
