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I’m in a similar situation to you. I use Google Docs as my primary office suite and occasionally switch to native Microsoft Office when I need to edit a complex
by snazz 6y ago
I’m in a similar situation to you. I use Google Docs as my primary office suite and occasionally switch to native Microsoft Office when I need to edit a complex or macro-covered Excel sheet. Google Docs is very convenient, free of frustration, and quickly improving. It also integrates nicely with the other G Suite apps.
I think a lot of the free software people prefer to avoid proprietary web apps made by companies that they view as poorly aligned to their beliefs. Also, performance is a valid reason to avoid web apps.
- bobthepanda 6y agoI don't know if it's improved since I last tried it but the offline experience with Google Docs was not great. Web apps do require the web, and sometimes there are situations where you don't have it or are not willing to do it.
- threentaway 6y agoI've had no issues with offline mode. Pre-covid, I worked on a long document while on a cross-country flight and once I had WiFi again it just synced it up to Drive.
- fauigerzigerk 6y agoThere's quite a bit of essential (to me) functionality that is not available offline though. For instance, you can't convert a sheet to PDF or XSLT. Version history is not available either.