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Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by sirjaz on Thursday June 27, 2024 @08:46AM (#40809891)
Maybe they can finally make Google Sheets, etc... off-line stand alone app.
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by tantalor on Thursday June 27, 2024 @09:07AM (#40810075)
Work on Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides offline https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6388102?hl=en
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by makeitdouble on Thursday June 27, 2024 @10:03AM (#40810667)
> You must use the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser.

Thanks Google.

PS: I think it's basically ancient wisdom at this point to keep a Chrome instance around to best handle most Google properties, but I don't remember seeing it much spelled out in official documentation.

Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by tredre3 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:16PM (#40812157)
What do you want them to do? Firefox categorically refuses to support things like PWAs.
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by makeitdouble on Thursday June 27, 2024 @06:12PM (#40815745)
They had to make an extension for this to work in Chrome, so the browser's base capacities shouldn't be the limiting factor.

Building a Firefox extension would be the right move.

Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by sirjaz on Thursday June 27, 2024 @10:35AM (#40810985)
I wish Google wouldn't force us to use chrome. Hell they have Google Play for games on Windows, they could just offer the complete app store this way and get a close to native app.
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by IncreasePosts on Thursday June 27, 2024 @11:22AM (#40811532)
How much effort should Google put into supporting browsers that don't have the feature sets to support the use case?
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by wing-_-nuts on Thursday June 27, 2024 @11:52AM (#40811824)
Depends, are the serious about avoiding antitrust cases?
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by sbarre on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:02PM (#40811985)
I think Microsoft Office's mere existence precludes Google ever being considered a monopoly in the office apps space.
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by toast0 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @01:14PM (#40812761)
Mere existence of a competitor doesn't preclude an anti-trust case for monopolization or abuse of a dominant market position.

Lots of office suites exist, but Microsoft has to tread lightly. In Recent News, the EU is dinging them for bundling/tying Teams with Office. Because it's a dominant market position, regardless of competitors.

If at some future time, Google Sheets has a significant market share, they might get dinged, too.

Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by makeitdouble on Thursday June 27, 2024 @06:15PM (#40815776)
How many browsers are there with more than 2% global user share ?

We're talking about 4 or 5 browsers, putting serious effort into supporting them all would be reasonable.

Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by michaelothomas on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:29PM (#40812306)
Switching to WasmGC doesn't really change the equation here.