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Microsoft Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps
- shanselman 13y agoLooks like SignalR...
- mrmondo 13y agoThis does not work at all well in browsers other than IE.
- bryan_wood 13y agoworks fine in chrome for me
- csmuk 13y agoYes it does. This is hokum and misinformation.
- simgidacav 13y ago<joke>Hey, this statement generated a mess up the thread! You troll! :D</joke>
- simgidacav 13y agoI think I don't get the point. Real-time collaboration is something we have already (google docs, hackpad, ...). And besides, if it's true that it works only for IE, what's the point? EDIT: A guy in this thread told it works only for IE, then this statement was fixed in "also works on Chrome". Since I'm a GNU/Linux user I could not verify myself.
- TobbenTM 13y agoBecause large parts of the target audience for this feature only uses IE? I work with many companies that will take use of this feature, and none of them use any other browsers than IE. Wether or not IE is any good is irrelevant.
- sz4kerto 13y agoGoogle Docs is a far cry from Office. I use Gdocs, because it's good enough for me, but Office works much better, offers better compatibility with its own file format (not surprising), etc.etc... There is a reason why big companies are moving back to Office after a short encounter with GDocs. I am not a shill, I can completely understand why GDocs is enough for people on HN, but there is more out there. :)
- pvidler 13y agoApple did just release online versions of the iWork apps with collaboration (I don't know how well it works in real-time, but then I don't know that for Office either). They also made fun of the MS equivalent in their keynote. I'm sure that's unrelated :-)
- kooshball 13y agoWhere did you see that it only works in IE?
- fekberg 13y agoWho said it only works in IE? Works in Chrome for me.
- simonh 13y ago>EDIT: A guy in this thread told it works only for IE, then this statement was fixed in "also works on Chrome". Since I'm a GNU/Linux user I could not verify myself. I'm pretty sure there's a version of Chrome for Linux.
- acchow 13y agoThey don't release a binary, but you can build Chromium yourself.
- valvoja 13y ago7 years after Google Docs. What am I missing?
- oakaz 13y ago8 years after EditGrid.
- valvoja 13y agoNever heard of EditGrid before but looks like it will be switched off in May, 2014. 1 guys "hobby" vs. 60,000 Microsofties.
- fekberg 13y agoSo just because other tools have this feature it is bad that Office gets it too? I use Microsoft Office and this is certainly a welcomed feature.
- valvoja 13y agoThis feature has been essential for so many years that I've stopped using Office entirely. Most of my docs are shared and edited among a few collaborators. I'll reconsider office 1.) when it is free 2.) when it works seamlessly on a Mac.
- Encosia 13y ago> I'll reconsider office 1.) when it is free 2.) when it works seamlessly on a Mac. So, for the past year or two? https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/myoffice.aspx https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/myoffice.aspx The free online Office apps work great in Chrome on both Windows and Mac (not sure about Linux).
- valvoja 13y agoOffice for Mac. For free online apps I've got Google Docs. Last one I paid for was Office 08 for Mac and it was quite buggy.
- iamshs 13y agoIt is free? MS released their main product for free? Unbelievable. Their must be some catch here or I am missing something, either functional restrictions or buying a skydrive account. Well, looking forward to trying this out. Potential to be big in academic environments, especially with formatting fidelity.
- Encosia 13y agoThe online Office apps have been free for quite a while. At least a year now, if not more.
- sz4kerto 13y ago> functional restrictions The online Office suite has much less functionality compared to desktop versions. The most loyal Office users are not the people who write 2 page long documents. For example think of a bank who has completely customized Excel so it displays real-time market data. Now that's where you _need_ the full suite.
- iamshs 13y agoWill try it out to see what is missing and if it is suitable for my use case.
- blackoil 13y agoIt was always free, these are just webapps not the desktop Office 365 which is their main product. But it competes favorably against google docs.
- Toshio 13y agoI cringe at the thought that some people consider this to be startup-relevant news (or even hacker-relevant news, for that matter). I flagged this submission, I hope the usual complainers understand why. If you don't, by all means, please elaborate.
- skrebbel 13y agoAgree, but then the same should hold for all the 'samsung beats apple in the cell phone market' nonsense.
- sz4kerto 13y agoI believe the fact that you can collaborate on documents online with a suite that offers you quite high level of compatibility with legacy documents is relevant. Also, a big player in the software industry implemented something significant. It's probably much more relevant to hackers that how important role India plays in controlling AIDS (or, for that matter, the daily BTC/Tesla/etc. posts).
- Toshio 13y agoHuh. I don't follow news about India/AIDS or BTC, but Tesla is a startup IIRC.
- DanBC 13y ago> I don't follow news about India/AIDS Are you honestly saying that you cannot see how smart people with excellent computing could possibly do anything to help with significant problems such as HIV/AIDS or world hunger or food insecurity? Are you really only interested in news about the latest cat-photo startup? (I'm not dismissing those web sites. People have fun, and winning a start-up lottery gives that person money to spend on good science.) > Roving engine of chaos and snide remarks. That's not a good thing, especially here.