Friday, November 28, 2008

thing 18 - web based apps

well, i'm writing this using the Google Docs program. it is an interesting program and works quite well, especially for something that's free. it has nowhere near the level of something like Microsoft Word, but most users don't use 3/4ths of the features Word offers, so in general, this program would be suitable for most people. i'm sure there are some special features in word that are also available in Google Docs - i just haven't found them yet - because the layout is pretty straight forward. the part i really like is that you can save your documents and access them elsewhere without needing to save them on flash drives or floppy disks (if any computer uses floppy discs anymore).


for a free app. i'm quite impressed and i can see myself using it at times i don't have my flash or access to it (something that happens entirely too often). i've noticed it's still listed as a beta product and hope this is something a number of people learn about and use if only to keep it available for those who don't have access to expensive word processing programs.

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