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Moving to Google Docs would be a big step backwards in functionality. Word + Dropbox is perfect because it combines cloud availability with native capability.
by GavinB 17y ago
Moving to Google Docs would be a big step backwards in functionality. Word + Dropbox is perfect because it combines cloud availability with native capability.
If you want me to switch, you need to offer something better. The ability to handle the organization of large documents would be a great start. I'd love something with the features of http://www.bartastechnologies.com/products/copywrite/ http://www.bartastechnologies.com/products/copywrite/ would be awesome. CopyWrite is only for Mac and I don't want to switch OSes just for a word processor . . .
- quizbiz 17y agoGoogle Docs would definitely be more trusted if it worked a bit more like dropbox. Special folder where docs were automatically synced to. Browser + Finder = redundancy and assurance.
- weaksauce 17y agoFew things work as well as dropbox in my opinion. Though the newest word for the mac with the publishing layout changed my mind about microsoft a bit.
- litewulf 17y agoI remember seeing a google docs python backup tool. I think it'd be pretty awesome if there was some sort of two-way bridge for this sort of thing. (Hm. Let me go check out that google docs api...)
- riffic 17y agoGoogle Docs offers collaboration and revision control. native capability isn't much of a "feature" these days imo
- GavinB 17y agoI suspect that we just have different needs, and that's fine. I use google docs for quick access to simple documents, and it works very well for that. I'm just disturbed by the trend to less feature-rich word processors, when I would like a program with greater power and features for serious writing.