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Which market are you referring to? I still crave for a really nice word processor, spreadsheet, and easy database app (in the style of Access). I've always fo
by downtide 11y ago
Which market are you referring to?
I still crave for a really nice word processor, spreadsheet, and easy database app (in the style of Access). I've always found *Office a bit rough around the edges.
My partner recently brought home an iPad from work. Word failed to play well with other (MS Word) Office documents, so file exchange and formats are still a complete pain in the neck. I will be using plain text until something better comes along.
- scholia 11y ago>I will be using plain text until something better comes along. Didn't RTF coma along a couple of decades ago?
- downtide 11y agoI should rephrase that then. The plain text is very portable. And easier to edit and read than RTF. That's not to say that there aren't good RTF editors out there. Even HTML is more readable.
- scholia 11y agoDepends what you want to do. RTF can handle the presentation needs of most simple documents, and most word processors can edit RTF files, including WordPad and TextEdit. It's also very easy to convert RTF to plain text.....
- ucaetano 11y agoI think we can all agree that you're not representative of the market, and to be honest, I'd guess (with no data to back it up) that the majority of readers here aren't as well.
- downtide 11y agoI wouldn't say I was representative of the market. But I would like a good product. How do you define the market?
- ucaetano 11y agoPeople who would like a product/service and are willing to pay enough (in the required scale) for that product/service to exist. The current core market for office productivity suites are business, followed by consumer. And I'd bet only a very small minority of those are sticking with plain text files until something better comes along.
- davidgerard 11y agoWe use Google Docs at work. The word processor and spreadsheet are rudimentary and the OOXML compatibility is terrible. My favourite new feature in LibreOffice is the Google Drive integration (a first-class feature in LO 5.1). Because sometimes I need a proper bloody word processor or to read an OOXML doc someone's sent me. LO Online will be proper LO at the back end, so will be that word processor etc.