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I can't see an Electron based Excel appearing. Excel is pretty much the best spreadsheet application that exists in terms of performance. Using Electron would l
by onei 7y ago
I can't see an Electron based Excel appearing. Excel is pretty much the best spreadsheet application that exists in terms of performance. Using Electron would likely kill that to the point that no one would use it. The browser based versions of Office applications fall short when you start pushing them hard already - they're fine for light editing, but I wouldn't use them for anything substantial.
- jay_kyburz 7y agoI can very much imagine a Goole Stadia but for real apps rather than games, where you are interacting with a video stream rather than the app itself.
- filmgirlcw 7y agoThat already exists. Citrix was doing this a decade ago - VMware too. I think Office was even one of the apps Citrix used to demo its thin client plan when Chromebooks first launched. Honestly, containerize it (for easy spinups), and if you have the bandwidth, a lot of apps would probably be really great run fully remote. Microsoft released Windows Virtual Desktop earlier this year that is basically a cloud version of Windows 10 (or 7) or Office, that’s designed to be used like Stadia. Disclosure: I work at Microsoft but not on any of these projects
- jay_kyburz 7y agoDo you know if they run in a browser on Linux?
- balakk 7y agoIf you're asking if WVD desktops can be delivered to a Linux browser, yes - there's a HTML5 client that renders desktops. In addition, a Linux toolkit was announced for thin clients in the recent Ignite conference. https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/81670?source=sessions https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/81670?...