I’m a Web 2.0 but I must admit since I have converted to OS X, I am using online utilities much less. No longer do I use Gmail’s webmail (and that was the only reason I used Google Docs!).
I see the benefit of Google Docs but if I require a document to be portable, I’ll put it onto my USB pen or into a WebDAV folder. I used to only use Google Docs because it nicely integrated into Gmail!
How many of my readers actually use online office suites? If you do, are you a Linux, Windows or Mac user (or heck, an AmigaOS one if you’re so inclined!).
A proper post is coming on Wednesday!
Tags: online office, google docs
I use Gmail for all of my personal email (for work I am still using Thunderbird) and it’s great. I also find the collaboration features of Google Docs is especially helpful for a number of things at home and at work, so I use that quite a bit, but I stick to Office for larger projects where I need more control over the document than what Google will offer me. I don’t know if this counts as part of the office suite, but I use Google Reader exclusively for RSS (except for the odd “live bookmark” in Firefox). Oh, and I’m on Windows Vista.
That’s interesting - I thought you would be all about the web apps! I think online office programs are in their infancy though. They’re cool, but they’re still nowhere near as robust as complete as a desktop suite like Open Office or MS Office. Google Docs is good for online storage though!
I use Google Docs for collaboration. I’m sure many many people use it, we’re just not important enough to have much use for it as of now.
Google seems to be playing catch up for a change. In the cloud computing firms like Zoho,Thinkfree, and eDeskOnline allow us to do all what Google has announced. The start ups are more aggresive, and Google may well lose the race.