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> the cloud port will be powered by the existing LibreOffice code. The application will run on a server and its user interface will be painted in the user's bro
by forgotusername 15y ago
> the cloud port will be powered by the existing LibreOffice code. The application will run on a server and its user interface will be painted in the user's browser window on an HTML Canvas element. The LibreOffice cloud prototype is powered by Broadway, an impressive HTML-rendering backend for the Gtk+ widget toolkit.
So basically for the cost of leveraging an existing library (Broadway), you get LibreOffice in places you wouldn't previously, and it's much better than the alternatives (rewrite LibreOffice from the ground up, or have no mobile solution at all). Sure it's not perfect, but practicality > correctness.