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muxika@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People seem to be doling out some hate for OnlyOffice because of its compatibility with MSOffice formats.

  I maybe reporting it wrong. I just didn’t get it at the time, either.

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  • digger@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Back in 2020, those of us who had been using the OnlyOffice community document server were greeted with a notification stating that mobile editing was no longer supported and that we’d have to buy their commercial product.

    Some folks quickly figured out a patch. Others, like myself, left with a bad taste in our mouths.

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    • warmaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plus, they are shady about their origins.

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  • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it has to do with a recent decision by OO to default save all files in MS format vs an open format ? I saw some post about it on Mastodon. I use LO

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    • njordomir@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thought that was odd too. Including the MS Office formats with everything else OnlyOffice can open is fine, perhaps even fantastic, but it’s weird as hell to make it the default.

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