Microsoft Office Live

[Ric_NYC]

I'm in shock!
I didn't expect anything like that from Microsoft.

[kamaboko]

No biggie. I don't use any of the free Google office product apps either.

[McRat]

Are they just sitting back and giggling like schoolgirls?

No link to Safari, no support for Chrome.

Perhaps, but they didn't list Win7 as a compatible O/S.

And it's odd that they would recommend IE6, unless they are doing a crash test.

[MCVenom]

Has anyone tried it with Ubuntu? It's entirely possible that it could be compatible, but they just don't bother to mention it due to lack of interest.

Look at the system requirements for most hardware components. How many of them even mention Linux?

If it means anything, I've managed to use Outlook Web Access in Ubuntu through Firefox.

I don't know if I'm Jesus or something, but I tried it in Firefox on Ubuntu last night and it seemed to be working just fine... no user-agent modifications neccessary.

[MCVenom]

i'm in shock!
I didn't expect anything like that from microsoft.

i know! I mean wow, it works on linux!

[chessnerd]

Office Live is not the equivalent of Google Docs. It is intended for use with Microsoft Office only.

When you open a document in Office Live it opens up the Microsoft Office program associated with that file. This is why they don't support Linux: because they don't make Microsoft Office for Linux.

On the Office Live page you can:

1. View and print the document with formating.

2. Upload and download documents.

You can't edit anything on the site. The computer you are using must have a copy of Microsoft Office XP or later installed with the Office Live Add-on to directly edit anything.

Honestly, if you want to do that in Linux, use Windows Live SkyDrive. It is a good tool for file storage and does all the same stuff. Office Live is only good if you actually have a copy of Microsoft Office installed on Mac or Windows.

Later, when SkyDrive and Office Live merge, you will finally be able to edit through Microsoft Web Apps. I believe someone posted a picture of the beta...

EDIT: The guy above me did, and it works on Linux! Well done Microsoft, you're finally getting in the game.