I've been testing it and it seems like a good solution for general productivity and a great option for people migrating from MS. It's open source and cross-platform, but I just don't see it in any conversations about office software.

For me, it's so far leagues beyond LibreOffice. I really need something that works on my phone and syncs across devices, and allows collaboration. OnlyOffice seems to fit the bill. It's also far more intuitive to my preferences.

I am sure that some people wouldn't like the fact that the interface runs as a webapp, or use of Java, but it's strange to me that it's not usually even in the conversation.

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Back in the day it was just OpenOffice and LibreOffice. When did OnlyOffice come out? And, more importantly, did they call it that after OnlyFans became famous for some reason?

Edit: have done some googling and I thibk personally I'll be sticking with Libreoffice. I can see the utility for Windows folks making a switch but I often find open source tools which do not try to copy the proprietary alternative. Some of the best FOSS like Krita were successful because they broke the mold of slavishly copying UX and tools from bigger companies. Ditto with Godot to an extent.

Btw it was indeed called OnlyOffice after OF had taken off. Their name change was in 2022. Maybe I can sub to clippy and get him to uncurl! FOSS projects are so bad with naming and logos.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is this a joke of some kind? It's been OnlyOffice since 2014.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Genuinely never heard of it before yesterday. Libreoffice just worked.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You never heard of it yet wrote silly things about it that is not true.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sue me lol

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If that was a joke, it was a really bad one. If that was not a joke, just take care of your mental health. That's all I'm gonna say.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Merry Christmas!

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

Merry Christmas to you too!

[–] ComradePedro@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

No.