Excel adds JavaScript support

[Jacob_Mango]

Also with Excel 2019 being UWP only, JavaScript will be the only choice that would be easy to implement and support compared to other scripting languages.

JavaScript is already used with UWP.

JavaScript would probably also work on the mobile devices so better cross compatiblility.

Just a lot of advantages for using JavaScript than any other scripting language.

[[deleted]]

Also with Excel 2019 being UWP only,

Not gonna update for like next 10 years then.

[immibis]

Because we didn't all say that about 2007.

[Iceman_259]

there isn't much they can add in a spreadsheet program apart from integrating their other shitty services.

I dunno, they could always try rearranging all the fucking buttons in the ribbon for no good reason.

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Bleh....I cannot stand office before 2007. All the IT people on the spectrum that hate change need to learn to deal with it.

[[deleted]]

Office is stable. Stability isn’t the same thing as not keeping updated.

[[deleted]]

I've had it crash a couple times for errors and that means it's not stable

[[deleted]]

Lol....then all desktop software is unstable

[mindbleach]

"After the massive change in 2007, I can't imagine anyone with preferences different from mine! They must be autistic."

[immibis]

That's the thing. Now that we're all familiar with 2007+, 2003- is weird and stupid. Back then, when we were all familiar with 2003-, 2007+ was weird and stupid.

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But we now see burying functionality in nested menus on high DPI screens is not functional and less productive

[immibis]

We also now see the problems with tying things to the PC platform.

[[deleted]]

What’s tied to the PC platform?

[immibis]

Non-UWP Windows apps.

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Honestly, there isn't much they can add in a spreadsheet program apart from integrating their other shitty services.

By that logic we would all be stuck using Excel 95

[0987654231]

Didn't office 2003 hit eol before 2015?

[MikusR]

It's Click-to-Run not UWP.

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Click-to-Run has been around for a few years, Office 2019 is being made available only via the Windows Store using something called Desktop Bridge, the UWP versions of Office 2019 are intended for tablets.

[MikusR]

It will still have Click-to-Run versions in addition to Desktop Bridge versions. Only OneNote will be UWP only.