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Microsoft doesn't use an abstraction to create Word for Mac OS. They have shared code, yes. But they are different products with different user interfaces to
by wvenable 7y ago
Microsoft doesn't use an abstraction to create Word for Mac OS. They have shared code, yes. But they are different products with different user interfaces to match their respective platforms. I'm not sure why mobile is so different that one needs a platform abstraction if you've already got a bazillion developers working on the product.
Of course, Facebook does benefit by owning that abstraction making it exactly what they need. For everyone else, the risk is a bit different.
- Androider 7y agoMicrosoft has been building Word on Windows since the 80's, so it's never going to be re-written. I'm not that familiar with the Mac version of Word, but I find the Mac Excel version lacking compared to its Windows counterpart. For Word and Excel for iOS and Android they use... React Native [1]. [1] https://blog.appfigures.com/microsoft-goes-all-in-on-react-native-for-their-mobile-apps/ https://blog.appfigures.com/microsoft-goes-all-in-on-react-n...