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An alternative to Google Docs
Hey all,
I've been listening to the Monday nights podcasts for a while now and just recently the one about fresh installs (sorry I'm lagging behind the podcasts). I recall Scott mentioning about not needing to install any "office apps" since there is Google Docs. I completely agree with him. I avidly use Google Docs. I also enjoy the fact that I don't have to rely on the Redmond Mega Monster Apps anymore.
I've found another site like Google Docs that I'd like to share with you all. It's hosted at zoho.com. I'm not sure if you guys have mentioned it ever, either in the forums or in a podcast (I did a search and nothing came up in the forms). Try it out. I think it's a little bit more refined than Google Docs. Don't get me wrong though...I still like the simplicity of Google Docs, and I do use it frequently.
Tob
I've been listening to the Monday nights podcasts for a while now and just recently the one about fresh installs (sorry I'm lagging behind the podcasts). I recall Scott mentioning about not needing to install any "office apps" since there is Google Docs. I completely agree with him. I avidly use Google Docs. I also enjoy the fact that I don't have to rely on the Redmond Mega Monster Apps anymore.
I've found another site like Google Docs that I'd like to share with you all. It's hosted at zoho.com. I'm not sure if you guys have mentioned it ever, either in the forums or in a podcast (I did a search and nothing came up in the forms). Try it out. I think it's a little bit more refined than Google Docs. Don't get me wrong though...I still like the simplicity of Google Docs, and I do use it frequently.
Tob
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Unless this is the only post he makes.
The Truth is Out There...
Sorry, I've been on an X-Files kick recently. I'll stop now.
Well anyway take it anyway you guys want...I just thought anyone who might like Google Docs might be interested in zoho...I always hear Scott mentioning on the podcast about Google Docs being awesome so I figured like minds might like to try other products as well...
I was in college when X-Files came out and so I only saw a few episodes (since I didn't own a TV back then). I thought it was pretty cool until they started introducing vampires. Don't get me wrong. I like vampires, but I didn't feel they fit with the story. Anyway this thread isn't about X-Files so I'll stop here.
Again this is only at a glance. I don't really have a need to save any of the papers I write, being in High School and not caring.
All in all, I'd be open to trying it...but at the moment, Google docs works fine for what I need and I would rather not create yet another account for something on the web that may or may not get much use.
Anyway, I would have got up a post count before talking about some product if I was attempting to infiltrate a forum. This gives me an idea. We must infiltrate geek forums and inform them of the wonders of Geeknights.
However I'm sure every person on this forum has seen or been part of forums which get/got a lot of ad spam, and thus know the symptoms that make for potential ad spam, i.e. first post advertising something in some way by an account that has been barely created. This being, as many like to call it, an ivory tower of at least some intelligence on the internet results in the people here wanting to keep this tower from collapsing by hordes of spam and shitcockers.
On the other hand it should be noted that HMTKSteve was the first to reply here and is pretty much the only one who really was concerned about your post being spam. You see, he's our resident SEO blogging fanatic (no offense meant HMTK) and probably deals a lot with spam in comments on his web pages thus potentially has a greater fear of them invading the FRC forums. As you can see Speckospock instantly made fun of this paranoia with a reference and after that there wasn't any real skeptic talk worth mentioning, only X-files talk. That brings me to my conclusions, what made you say there were a lot of skeptics here out of only 2/3 skeptic posts? Where only 1 is worth mentioning and the others talking about it being stupid paranoia.
Anyways, welcome to the forums, enjoy your stay, get an avatar for yourself (that way I might remember you), and have fun. As for the zoho stuff, I don't use Google Docs a ton, but it does exactly what I need, when I need it, so if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Which means I won't bother finding and testing other options.
I think this guy might be legit. If he was spamming, 1) It would show up in google or on other forums (I think more checking is needed tho.) and 2) He might not have checked back in to see the response.
For the sake of fairness, I say we round up some online office style solutions and talk about them.
I've never participated in these kind of community forums, but after listening to geek nights for a while now, and hearing Rym and Scott mentioning about this forum over and over again, I was compelled to check it out. And so far I've found it quite amusing...I think I'll stick around a bit, as long as you guys don't ban me, presuming that I'm a "rat" LOL... Yeah that makes sense...well at least now LOL. Yeah, it's my lack of experience with forums...I'm a forum noob, virgin, whatever you want to call it. Thanks! I'll work on an avatar when I figure out what it should be...