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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by bunderbunder on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:07AM (#17302656)
I'm guessing that in this case they're only talking about the "office software running in the browser" version of Office 365, not the "subscription pricing model for the desktop suite" version.
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by rbinv on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:12AM (#17302691)
Except they actually are talking about all the versions, including desktop apps.
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by IshKebab on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @10:35AM (#17303450)
Source? Edit: Never mind; the later tweets confirm they are using Electron and React-Native. Madness!
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by mcintyre1994 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:30AM (#17302834)
I'm guessing they're just going to ship an Electron app and they won't be different codebases any more.
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by TensorMetric on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:47AM (#17302979)
On Windows 10, they will target WinRT on UWP, with Fluent Design UI. Not Electron.
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by cududa on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:59AM (#17303072)
Wrong https://twitter.com/thelarkinn/status/1006761134395834368?s=...
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by TensorMetric on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @10:03AM (#17303109)
Not wrong, see the Windows 10 OneNote app for example, which already uses Typescript on WinRT/UWP. An Electron target will only be for legacy platforms, like Windows 7 and 8.

Also see https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/161295/microsoft-r...

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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by cvwright on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:43PM (#17304732)
It's funny that the "new, simplified ribbon" in Thurott's screenshot looks a lot like the old interface in Office 2000.
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by rpeden on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:15PM (#17304447)
It's interesting they're using Electron for Win7/Win8 when React Native for Windows has a WPF rendered that works nicely on Win7 and 8. Perhaps they just found that maintaining two slightly different RN office apps for Windows wasn't worth the effort given the declining market share of the older Windows versions.
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by roryisok on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:38PM (#17305302)
So much for "learn once, write anywhere".
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