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Unzipping and parsing XML with javascript doesn't sound like a very hard task, why isn't there a simple web-viewer?
by guard-of-terra 14y ago
Unzipping and parsing XML with javascript doesn't sound like a very hard task, why isn't there a simple web-viewer?
- wbkang 14y agoMSFT's web version of office (office.live.com) actually handles Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote in web browsers without any plugins. I am not sure why Google had to write this.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoOffice Web actually handles the files server-side, as does Google's own Docs/Drive. This is a purely client-side extension.
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- gcr 14y agoThat could work for 2007+ documents, but probably not the older .doc files that were in the obscure binary format.
- Spittie 14y agoI guess it's not that easy, just look at Libreoffice, it still struggles with somewhat-complex files.
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