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synapsomorphy ◴[] No.45659329[source]
Sharepoint is one of the worst, most bug-ridden softwares I've worked with.

It has a bug with Solidworks (3D design suite) that sporadically makes files completely un-openable unless you go in and change some metadata. They are aware of this, doesn't seem to be any limitation preventing them from fixing it, and it has sat unfixed for years.

Microsoft's cloud storage as a whole is an insane tangle where you never know where you'll find something you're looking for or whether it will work. Some things work only in browser, some only in the app, zero enumeration of these things anywhere.

Completely unsurprised and I'm sure there are many more vulnerabilities ripe for the picking.

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bArray ◴[] No.45659452[source]
Microsoft Word online deletes text in Firefox Linux (maybe others too) for at least two years now [1]. The one thing you want a text editor to do is be able to write text into a document, and somehow this bug goes unfixed. You would think it would be priority #1 for paying customers of Business Office 365 - and yet nothing.

It ended up being easier just to switch to paid Overleaf and teach our non-tech members how to write LaTeX and/or use the built-in editor. The documents are beautiful, Overleaf doesn't miss a beat and we are very happy with their solution.

Microsoft should be ashamed - I don't know how anybody would ever consider using them for any serious production work.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5216132/...

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rs186 ◴[] No.45659560[source]
Not defending Microsoft in any way but my guess of what's happening:

* Too few people use Firefox to access Office online, they don't care

* Your organization is too small for them to care

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1. luckylion ◴[] No.45660113{3}[source]
if they will lose data when you're on a rarely used browser, can you really trust them not to lose data in general?

"yes, your car exploded, but you were driving on a dirt drive way. it works just fine on the highway"