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The main reason for using google docs is not it’s superlative editor... /sarcasm It’s the collaboration features. And no I don’t mean the multiple people typin
by eric4smith 6y ago
The main reason for using google docs is not it’s superlative editor... /sarcasm
It’s the collaboration features. And no I don’t mean the multiple people typing the doc at the same time.
It’s the ability to quickly share a document with a set of people that you want.
Sure I use Vim every day, but without that git push and a trip to GitHub to invite collaborators I’m a man on a desert island waiting for that next weekly ferry.
Code editors and that ecosystem is good for code, but too slow for people who just want to share some recipes with their brother and not think about it too much.
Until we have some sharing infrastructure easy enough for a any client to sit on top of, it’s all a dream.
- alexf95 6y agoI think your point is spot on and probably one of the bigger reasons why we won't see any change happening in the Google Docs department.
- munificent 6y ago> It’s the ability to quickly share a document with a set of people that you want. In particular, it lets you do that while maintaining a single source of truth. It's equally easy to just email people a document. But then if you change the doc, they still have the old version. Maybe they forwarded it on to some other people you don't know about it after making some changes. The next thing you know, there are twenty versions of this file floating around all slightly different and everyone thinks they are on the same page.
- asdff 6y agoWhat about emailing your brother the recipe? That's ultimately the sharing infrastructure Google docs sits on top of.