Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript
by TensorMetric on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:47AM
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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 TensorMetric on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @10:03AM
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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...
Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript
by cvwright on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:43PM
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It's funny that the "new, simplified ribbon" in Thurott's screenshot looks a lot like the old interface in Office 2000.
Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript
by rpeden on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:15PM
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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.