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minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDownlinkfedilink30•2 months agoIt was very niche, but it’s great for viewing docs or other light work on a system you don’t want to install a whole office suite onto.
minus-square@BrkdncrcakelinkEnglish2•2 months agoYou can still do that but it’s through word webview. Some people won’t like that option.
minus-squareBuelldozerlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI don’t want to install “word webview” on a server in order to look at a large log file or peruse some XML.
minus-square@BrkdncrcakelinkEnglish3•2 months agoYou don’t, it’s a browser. You shouldn’t be doing anything interacting from a server anyways.
minus-squareBuelldozerlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months ago You shouldn’t be doing anything interacting from a server anyways. Ideally no but in the real world it happens, especially with with Windows Servers.
It was very niche, but it’s great for viewing docs or other light work on a system you don’t want to install a whole office suite onto.
You can still do that but it’s through word webview. Some people won’t like that option.
I don’t want to install “word webview” on a server in order to look at a large log file or peruse some XML.
You don’t, it’s a browser. You shouldn’t be doing anything interacting from a server anyways.
Ideally no but in the real world it happens, especially with with Windows Servers.