Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java...
by tredre3 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:16PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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.