misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down19
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minus-squareRheingoldRiver@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou could make a new filetype, default new versions to it, & not break compatibility. Wouldn’t do anything for existing workbooks, and keep xlsx an option, but “it would break compatibility” is not a be-all end-all argument against this.
You could make a new filetype, default new versions to it, & not break compatibility. Wouldn’t do anything for existing workbooks, and keep xlsx an option, but “it would break compatibility” is not a be-all end-all argument against this.