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I use Google Docs, but I dislike them. The worst part is, that this dislike is pretty much irrational—Google Docs just seem extremely fragile to me. I don't kno
by rimantas 13y ago
I use Google Docs, but I dislike them. The worst part is, that this dislike is pretty much irrational—Google Docs just seem extremely fragile to me. I don't know why I get this feeling but it is there and I am not sure I will ever trust any non-trivial documents editin within web browser.
Are there other feeling the same way? Maybe you have some idea why do I have this kind of mistrust?
- caf 13y agoIt's probably because you know a little too much about how the sausage is made.
- YZF 13y agoI feel the same way. Dislike. It just never seems to do what you want it to do and things don't quite interoperate. In a previous life I could draw something in Visio and copy paste that into e-mail (Outlook), make a graph in Excel and copy that as well. Communicate; you know. In gmail you can try inserting an image but more often than not it comes out as gibberish and forget about any other form of interop. There's no reason why you couldn't do everything within a browser but we don't seem to quite be there yet.
- artagnon 13y agoFeature-wise, Google Docs hasn't caught up with these Office applications; no doubt about that. However, there's nothing wrong with it objectively: plenty of people use it quite happily, and it has no serious deficiencies. In short, I think your mistrust arises purely from familiarity with the desktop solution; don't let it cloud your judgement, because I really don't think these dinosaurs have a future.