Comments on: 5 Great Alternatives To Google Docs You Should Consider

By: Prasanna

Prasanna — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:52:28 +0000

I’m an early user of EtherPad. Loved it.
Now I maintain and host it here: http://www.iEtherPad.com

Note that EtherPad.com is shutting down soon.

Cheers.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:08:51 +0000

You will run into many many more compatibility issues with ie than you did with firefox. Could you tell us what exactly wouldnt work with firefox that caused you to switch back to ie? I’ve never met anyone who went back to ie before so it would be interesting to hear more about what pushed you to it and what kind of things you actually do online.

By: Avraham Saltoun

Avraham Saltoun — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:59:17 +0000

It is know that several “free” online services eventually sold private information to help them pay their bills, Mint.com for instance. I currently use Google docs and recommend it to all my clients. http://say-web.com/?p=2791

By: yoast

yoast — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:08 +0000

I like Zoho because it supports most services with https:// enforced. Google Docs can be used with https but this cannot be enforced (the noscript firefox plugin can be used to achieve this in firefox) the others do not allow using https, as far as I know.

By: John

John — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:36:49 +0000

While I believe that Mozilla and even Google are on the right track and that Microsoft is a behemoth, it doesnâ€™t mean that using an alternative to MS Explorer for a browser is the right thing to do. About a year ago I decided to switch to Mozillaâ€™s Firefox for my default browswer. Just this week I changed back to using MS Explorer because with the new edition of Firefox, I have encountered a few situations where the software I was trying to run wouldnâ€™t execute.

So the bottom line is that each software package that is written for a browser, needs to be tested and changed for whichever browser you might use. Apple has had a hard time getting Safari to be used because most software developers for PCâ€™s only recognize MS Exploerer and Firefox as legitimate enough to spend the time testing their software.

For now, I will continue to use MS Explorer and maybe in the future I can switch back to Firefox, or Chrome might be a good alternative. It just isnâ€™t worth the effort to use something that requires me to use two browswers. You win, Microsoft.

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By: John

John — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:35:58 +0000

I just posted this on my blog:
While I believe that Mozilla and even Google are on the right track and that Microsoft is a behemoth, it doesnâ€™t mean that using an alternative to MS Explorer for a browser is the right thing to do. About a year ago I decided to switch to Mozillaâ€™s Firefox for my default browswer. Just this week I changed back to using MS Explorer because with the new edition of Firefox, I have encountered a few situations where the software I was trying to run wouldnâ€™t execute.

By: aunttammie

aunttammie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:01 +0000

I was going to try Buzzword, but after going round in circles on the Adobe site, I think that I finally figured out that it is a premium service, and rather pricey at that. I have heard several other teachers mention it, and I thought it was free.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:18:32 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this! I used to use Google Docs to track all of my to do lists. It is incredibly buggy – formatting issues, prone to crashing, undo doesn’t work. Zoho was the answer. Again, thank you. This article was a lifesaver.

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:51:29 +0000

Just personal choice. Chrome never ran on my PC. It always gives a strange error. I have tried installing and uninstalling it almost 10 times.

Opera is better for me.

By: Danh ba web 2.0

Danh ba web 2.0 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:06:45 +0000

Nice list. I like Google Doc and Zoho, but i testing Buzzword
Good luck to you !

By: Stefi

Stefi — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:33:19 +0000

Dude! What’s wrong with Firefox or Chrome?
Why don’t you use them?

By: eternalko@gmail.com

eternalko@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:59:29 +0000

Scribd. Good tool

By: Buddy Scalera

Buddy Scalera — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:50:11 +0000

Nice overview. These are good alternatives to Google Docs. Other than Zoho, Google, and OpenOffice, are there good alternatives to the Office Suite?

I mention Zoho and Google in my blog as good Freemium services. wordspicturesweb.com

By: Jeff D

Jeff D — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:48:33 +0000

Hi David-
I invite you to take a look at Office Live Workspace. It can easily integrate with Microsoft’s Office Suite, or it can be used as a stand alone service to save files online that can be accessed from anywhere, or collaborated on with other users. Users do not need to have MS Office to use it, either; there are built in programs that carry out the essential word processing, speadsheet creating etc functions. Here is a good outline of its capabilities: http://workspace.officelive.com/LearnMore

Cheers,
Jeff
MSFT Office Live Outreach Team

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:16:15 +0000

WOW! Just found that Buzzword also does not support Opera! :-( OpenGoo is last one to try or I will have to use ZOHO again.