Comments on: I am really really torn http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/ aka Steve Hodson - a cranky old fart wandering the internet causing mayhem as he goes Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32207 Steven Hodson Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:50:16 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32207 rod, you see this is something that I just cannot for the live of me understand - how is running all your daily programs within a browser any type of a saving - productivity or even resource ... Oh hell now you've made me borderline cranky enough to write a little more on this ..... :) rod,

you see this is something that I just cannot for the live of me understand - how is running all your daily programs within a browser any type of a saving - productivity or even resource …

Oh hell now you’ve made me borderline cranky enough to write a little more on this …..

:)

]]> By: Rod Templeton http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32160 Rod Templeton Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:04:38 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32160 I'm in the process of trying to get all of my work into a browser window, simply due to the fact that at work I need to run Firefox, Outlook, Notepad++, Pidgin, and a couple of other apps that will eventually be web based, and my machine just slows down towards the end of the day. While Firefox is admittedly a pig when it comes to grabbing RAM, I'm hoping that if it's the only app that I'm running throughout the day, it won't be as bad as it is now, so that's why I wind up turning to Google Docs for my notetaking. Only problem is that it's not as easily searchable with Google Desktop (?!) so I'm willing to forgo a little comfort to get convenience and better performance. I’m in the process of trying to get all of my work into a browser window, simply due to the fact that at work I need to run Firefox, Outlook, Notepad++, Pidgin, and a couple of other apps that will eventually be web based, and my machine just slows down towards the end of the day.

While Firefox is admittedly a pig when it comes to grabbing RAM, I’m hoping that if it’s the only app that I’m running throughout the day, it won’t be as bad as it is now, so that’s why I wind up turning to Google Docs for my notetaking. Only problem is that it’s not as easily searchable with Google Desktop (?!) so I’m willing to forgo a little comfort to get convenience and better performance.

]]> By: Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32034 Steven Hodson Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:54:28 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32034 I kinda surprised myself as well Papa :) but I think the thing that got me was the simple and usable elegant UI which for me answers a long held believe that there is a marketplace for this type of approach for supposedly complicated programs like wordprocessors. That said I'll take your review request into consideration but I will say right off the bat that I don't trust Google further than I can spit into a headwind so that might make it a tad hard to be objective :) regarding their wares. I kinda surprised myself as well Papa :) but I think the thing that got me was the simple and usable elegant UI which for me answers a long held believe that there is a marketplace for this type of approach for supposedly complicated programs like wordprocessors.

That said I’ll take your review request into consideration but I will say right off the bat that I don’t trust Google further than I can spit into a headwind so that might make it a tad hard to be objective :) regarding their wares.

]]> By: William "Papa" Meloney http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32032 William "Papa" Meloney Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:43:19 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/11/08/i-am-really-really-torn/#comment-32032 I believe I understand you aversion to storing documents on other people's servers - very understandable. So I was surprised that you would even consider reviewing Buzzword. All that aside, I would really like to hear your views on some of the other Web 2.0 word processors. Have you tried Google's offerings? Peace - Papa I believe I understand you aversion to storing documents on other people’s servers - very understandable. So I was surprised that you would even consider reviewing Buzzword. All that aside, I would really like to hear your views on some of the other Web 2.0 word processors. Have you tried Google’s offerings?
Peace
- Papa

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