Applications from Hard Drive to Internet - Everyday use
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Are online applications ready for the big time? I would say not quite yet, or ate least, not for everyone. For starters, there are only a few select types of programs that have online versions, and the ones that do don't have all the bells and whistles yet. In the Wall Street Journal a few months ago, there was an article about an executive trying out these online programs. He decided for a week, not to use any programs but online ones and his Blackberry.
He did manage to successfully make it through the week while doing everything he wanted. He ran into a few problems with finding a site that allowed him to do what he wanted, and he needed to do a workaround of sorts to figure out how to do a three-click function in Office. After a week he was happy to get his applications back, but saw some progress in online applications.
I would like to put myself on the stand for another example. I work, go to school, and have a home computer or two. That's at least three different computers I work on in three different locations. Instead of carrying around a USB drive with me everywhere, I use Google Documents. I save all my files onto Google Docs, and can access them at any location anytime I want. Typically I work with a majority of Word documents, many of them articles. I don't need all of the options, just bold and the ability to type.
I tried to use Google Docs for PowerPoint projects, but found the application a little too light on features. The killer for me was the inability to save PowerPoint presentations to your local machine once you uploaded them. I could show the PowerPoint from Google Docs, but all it takes is some server to be down and I can't access the PowerPoint. Too many things can go wrong with online applications in time of need vs. a USB drive.
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