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Tagging questions about crossplatform software
This is a follow-up to Should we use more specific version tags for software?
The referred question is about tagging software, more specifically software versions and presents the case of windows-10-21h1, which is an operative system.
One of the answers mentions the ms-office, but it doesn't consider that some companies like Google and Microsoft use the same "brand" for all the platforms Windows, Mac, Web, Android, iPhone and iPad, etc.
i.e. Nowadays, "Microsoft Office" is "Microsoft 365". While the apps for all the platforms have the same name, their look and feel is not the same and not all the features are available on all platforms.
We already have a question about how to sort numbers separated by commas in MS Word. Thanks to the screenshot, it's evident that the OP is using a MS Word version for Windows. Let say that I would like to make a follow-up question about the same but using apps for different platforms:
- Word app for the Web
- Word app for Android
How should these questions be tagged?
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Adapting @samcarter proposal shared in a comment to the question
Use two tags
- One tag for the software, i.e.,
microsoft-word - One tag for the platform
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windowsor the corresponding child tag -
macosor the corresponding child tag -
android(no child tags so far) -
ios/iphone/ipad(not available at this time) linux-
web-applicationwhen using a web app.
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Remarks for questions about web applications
- Some features depend on the type of account used; a public / consumer account, i.e. an account having from outlook.com domain, might not have access to some features offered to work, school domains, but also work, school accounts domain might impose restrictions to these accounts. Because of this, when available, add a tag corresponding to the type of account used.
- Some features depend on the web browser used, i.e., offline access to Google Drive web app files is only possible when using Google Chrome. In these cases, add the tag corresponding to the web browser used.
- On questions about a feature not working as expected, always include the tag corresponding to the web browser used.
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