• John Richard@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I got a kick out of Google Docs alternative since it is trying to be AnyType, AFFiNE, AppFlowy, etc and none of those editors are stupid enough to claim to be Google Docs alternatives nor are they a bloated mess. Proof is in the pudding though… Try putting 1 inch margins on a page & add tab stops with this & printing it out where you get the same results… oh wait, you can’t… Cause it isn’t a Google Docs alternative.

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      12 hours ago

      I disagree. There’s Microsoft Office, and there’s everything else. Google is in that second bucket.

      • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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        10 hours ago

        Depends on who you hang with. Pretty much all businesses at this point do collaboration either with Office 365 or with Google Docs, and the same in Academia. Usually it’s a mix of both.

      • John Richard@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        That is fine to have that opinion but it is irrelevant to the discussion since no where did I praise Google Docs. I’m just explaining the difference between this & and editor that does descent typesetting.

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          11 hours ago

          And an editor that does a decent job is not google docs.

          It is embarassing that MS has dominated this for more than 30 years and Google, despite its infinite wealth, hasn’t made a decent office app.

          • John Richard@lemmy.world
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            10 hours ago

            I wholeheartedly agree with this opinion. Google Docs has done very little to innovate. The fact that you’re still limited to like 6 built-in styles & lack of integrated syntax highlighting is ridiculous.