Comment by dr_kiszonka

I really like the idea. I could see some of my academic collaborators use something like this because it has features typically only supported when working with plaintext. A lot of academics do not love working with LaTeX.

But I would push back a bit against the UX and it being a "better Word". It is not immediately clear from looking at the website whether you support tracking changes. If you support editing Word documents, why aren't basic editing features, like font selection, size and weight, exposed in the UI. (I am viewing it on mobile Chrome and I might have missed it because your page doesn't support pinch to Zoom.)

You don't have to make it look like Word but it must be designed to facilitate common interaction patterns needed for working with Word documents.

(If you are building it on top of VSCode you could use its multiplayer features, which could be a good sell. )