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A feature like this is VERY application specific for a lot of files since you can't just take out the rendering engine and would need to usually have a third pa
by BLanen 7y ago
A feature like this is VERY application specific for a lot of files since you can't just take out the rendering engine and would need to usually have a third party make the software to render to web-views, whether opensource or proprietary. It's not even as if first party software is allowed to run as server. Example, psd rendering to web. AFAIK photoshop has no server license. Pretty much all services that need to render psd files use ImageMagick afaik. I looked it up and iirc. Photoshop's own api is pretty terrible to interact with and iirc licensing for servers is weird and expensive even if available.
EDIT: This comment is almost a word salad, I need to sleep lol.
- mercer 7y agoWhile true, as others have said it could be rolled out piece-meal. For me, for example, simple text diffing would scratch a major itch, both for text and code.
- Traster 7y agoRight, but as the article points out - github already has the feature for some file formats, but it's not good enough for him because he wants it specifically for powerpoint and word. In other words, someone wants a diff tool for Microsoft products but specifically wants Dropbox to implement it.