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To be fair, Google "work" products seem to be a tier below Microsoft's even, and Google doesn't iterate as quickly to improve them either.

znpy 5y ago
Indeed. Outlook is not my preferred email client but having. Used it on both windows and Mac OS as groupware tool, it's still better than most things by Google. It's just snappier, because it's native code. And outlook on Mac OS used to be gorgeous. Excel is a jewel and a marvel of software engineering. Google sheets is good for doing just 2+2. And so on. When it comes to office stuff, Microsoft software is just better. Sadly, because it's all proprietary software, but it is was it it.
- Tostino 5y ago
  Google's is all proprietary too if it's any consolation lol.
- toast0 5y ago
  > It's just snappier, because it's native code. And outlook on Mac OS used to be gorgeous. I've been forced into using Outlook on Windows and Mac and snappy has never been my impression, although I seem to recall it being somewhat more usable on Windows. Not that GMail is snappy either, but a browser based client isn't necessarily slower than Outlook. Although an actually fast native client would be hard to beat.
  - sokoloff 5y ago
    I’ve used only the outlook web access client for outlook for four-plus years (literally haven’t installed the native client). It’s been more than tolerable.
- nicoburns 5y ago
  > It's just snappier, because it's native code. Gmail used to be snappier than Outlook is now when it launched, even as a webapp. I'm not sure quite how they've managed to mess it up so badly, but it's poor engineering not a limitation of the tech stack. Agree with you on the other office products though. Word, Excel, etc aren't perfect, but they're much better than the alternatives for most things.
  - Orphis 5y ago
    The problem was that most people compared big inboxes managed in Outlook when brand new emails in GMail. It's certainly easier to search when you have very little data to go through.

znpy 5y ago

Indeed. Outlook is not my preferred email client but having. Used it on both windows and Mac OS as groupware tool, it's still better than most things by Google. It's just snappier, because it's native code. And outlook on Mac OS used to be gorgeous. Excel is a jewel and a marvel of software engineering. Google sheets is good for doing just 2+2. And so on. When it comes to office stuff, Microsoft software is just better. Sadly, because it's all proprietary software, but it is was it it.

Tostino 5y ago
Google's is all proprietary too if it's any consolation lol.
toast0 5y ago
> It's just snappier, because it's native code. And outlook on Mac OS used to be gorgeous. I've been forced into using Outlook on Windows and Mac and snappy has never been my impression, although I seem to recall it being somewhat more usable on Windows. Not that GMail is snappy either, but a browser based client isn't necessarily slower than Outlook. Although an actually fast native client would be hard to beat.
- sokoloff 5y ago
  I’ve used only the outlook web access client for outlook for four-plus years (literally haven’t installed the native client). It’s been more than tolerable.
nicoburns 5y ago
> It's just snappier, because it's native code. Gmail used to be snappier than Outlook is now when it launched, even as a webapp. I'm not sure quite how they've managed to mess it up so badly, but it's poor engineering not a limitation of the tech stack. Agree with you on the other office products though. Word, Excel, etc aren't perfect, but they're much better than the alternatives for most things.
- Orphis 5y ago
  The problem was that most people compared big inboxes managed in Outlook when brand new emails in GMail. It's certainly easier to search when you have very little data to go through.