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Re:Show HN: DOM-docx – HTML to native, editable Word docs (MIT) by jrm4 on Monday July 13, 2026 @03:24PM (#48897532)
No, I mean it's absurd that a horrible "standard" like a Word Doc has such staying power, and that we have to keep writing things against it.
Re:Show HN: DOM-docx – HTML to native, editable Word docs (MIT) by fishbone on Monday July 13, 2026 @03:50PM (#48897854)
Since HTML is so rich and the DX is amazing these days, I wish HTML file sharing for the document use case (and using the browser as a client) was widely accepted, it’s another problem/opportunity I’ve pondered a lot.