Technologizer

Will Google Docs Replace Word? Perhaps, but Not Today.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Google is predicting that its online office suite, Google Docs, will soon give people the option to “get rid of” Microsoft Office. With Google Docs in a less than robust state, that pronouncement sounds more like vendor bravado than prophecy. Google’s entire premise is based on vaporware: It is promising to update Google Docs within the [...]

Google Says Bye-Bye to Beta. Good!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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“We’re often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta,” begins a post at the Official Google Blog. The post…doesn’t explain why Google loves to label so many things as beta for so long. But it does announce that the company’s taking the bushel of useful apps that make up Google [...]

Google Docs Gets Drawing Tools: Not Bad, But Very Basic

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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The permanent-beta culture at Google may be a source of amusement as much as information, but in the case of Google Docs, it’s probably something more: an admission that Google’s productivity suite is still missing some pretty basic tools. Once that Microsoft Office, say, has had forever. Little by little, though, Google is filling in [...]

Operation Foxbook: More Fun With Web Apps

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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The experiment known–by me, anyhow–as Operation Foxbook is winding down. By tomorrow, I’ll have packed up the HP Mini-Note I’ve been using as a dedicated Firefox machine, and I’ll allow myself to use desktop applications instead of relying on Web apps whenever possible. Already, I’m weaning myself off of my Web-only regimen–I may allow myself [...]