OnlyOffiice partnership
To disconnect from Google completely, a competent privacy oriented office suite is required. Don't rebuild the wheel, partner with Onlyoffice please. PLEASE.
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latsss commented
Please don't. The company and its development are based in russia, despite their claims to be based in Latvia
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bldgzr commented
Good idea!
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Kazimierz Krauze commented
Or libreoffice! Accually nextcloud has such features. So as nextcloud is open source you can just implement it.
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soulton commented
Please DO rebuild the wheel! Take your time and do it right. OnlyOffice is up to sketchy things, collecting and selling data back to Google and other companies. Any collaboration at all with OnlyOffice would go against Proton's core values, drastically slashing the trust and respect I have for Proton as a company.
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ProtoDucto commented
I already said it, but acquiring a different project is, in my opinion, not the way to go. Independent projects are essential for a strong and resilient open source community.
Collaboration and cooperation are required though, as they help to promote different projects and raise the awareness of Open source. They can even allow for new standards or feature reach integrations. At least they should.
However, I support the initially posted idea, prefer/recommend Collabora Office though.
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Anonymous commented
I agree that acquiring OnlyOffice rather than starting from scratch would be the way to go if Proton ends up adding office services to their suite.
However, OnlyOffice is quite functional on its own, and free to use. I use OnlyOffice and Proton Drive desktop together quite seamlessly. I don't know anything about OnlyOffice's collaboration functionality, though; individuals who need collaboration may know something I don't that makes Proton integration more important.
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trader mu commented
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trader mu commented
I forgot to throw Trello up there. I know it is a Kanban type software, but it sure is a good one.
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trader mu commented
Proton Office:
An integration with OnlyOffice (for online GUI), CryptPad or OpenOffice would work just fine; I would pay an additional bit for some form of office suite or Notion/Kanban esq integration with for the Proton software suite. Ideally, all of the features of OnlyOffice/OpenOffice with a notion-like productivity journal.I think this is IMPERATIVE if you are aiming to compete with Google and Microsoft for their cloud software suites. You would easily be able to shill buying more Proton Drive space if this were added, which I would likely buy on top of any price increases for an office feature.
I love that Proton Pass has notes, but it isn't enough. Maybe start with an OnlyOffice integration that works with Proton Drive similar to how Cryptpad.fr does it? Furthermore, I know that XWiki, the creators of Cryptpad, do contract work with corporations. Since they have almost exactly what I am asking for on Proton, maybe reaching out to them and OnlyOffice would be a good idea?
Developers, check out OnlyOffice and Cryptpad.fr (which is also an E2E encrypted service that offers collaborative editing) and see if you could replicate their offerings for us Proton users. That would essentially complete the software suite in my eyes.
Even if you wanted to eventually create your own native solution, THIS would be a great starting/testing point.
Thank you.
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Ronnie commented
Onlyoffice decided to make mobile usage require a subscription fee, even though it was previously available to everyone for free. Collabora is an awesome alternative!
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ProtoDucto commented
Collabora Office is also a viable, if not better option for a collaborative, integrated and encrypted open source office suite.
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J commented
Hi, please integrate Onlyoffice`s office suite into Proton Drive. Comparable to Cryptpad. So drive can become a fully operational office suite.