GDocs

Even GDocs is (arguably) better than OpenOffice. jeevesofRKdia thinks he

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Google Docs: I might switch over to the more feature-rich Zoho Suite one day, because the feature I love most about GDocs is simply that it saves every few seconds.

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However I don't trust GDocs enough for some stuff.

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Looks like it handles them just about as well as if you were to upload the file through the GDocs interface .... to be expected, I guess.

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Next, hit CTRL+SHIFT+F to put GDocs into full screen mode, then hit F11 to put Firefox itself into full screen mode.

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So comparing GDocs '"Live Update" feature to Wave's live messaging is -- not a proper comparison. (sorry, I couldn't think of a witty, comparable comparison, and "apples to oranges" is so cliche ...).

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Gmail, GCal, GDocs, and my WM6 phone are central to the whole thing.

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Web-based apps like GDocs have to use AJAX or AHAH or something like that to poll the server (where the changes are saved) at certain intervals, just to make sure you have the most up-to-date document.

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A: GDocs is more like collaborative/web-based Microsoft Word, where the object is to create a flat file that gets printed or emailed to someone.

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Using the GDocs revision history feature (see the post for details), you can then get a nice highlight and strikethrough comparison of differences between the two docs.

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