Other: I think this is a reasonable thing to want to do with a spreadsheet and it's reasonable to want to use spreadsheets but I'm not convinced that advanced functions in general are within the remit of Google Docs.
I know some tech commentators like to talk in terms of Google vs Microsoft, but from my perspective there's little crossover between the typical usage scenarios of Docs and Office. I like Docs because it means I never have to use Office, but that says more about me as a user than it does about Office.
As I see it, Office occupies that awkward space between professional tools (Adobe, Quark etc.) and lightweight apps. But if you happen to want to do moderately complex things without investing too much money it can be the right call. (Although then you get to have a separate bunfight about whether StarOffice or OpenOffice have replaced MS Office...)
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Date: 2011-01-30 04:46 pm (UTC)I know some tech commentators like to talk in terms of Google vs Microsoft, but from my perspective there's little crossover between the typical usage scenarios of Docs and Office. I like Docs because it means I never have to use Office, but that says more about me as a user than it does about Office.
As I see it, Office occupies that awkward space between professional tools (Adobe, Quark etc.) and lightweight apps. But if you happen to want to do moderately complex things without investing too much money it can be the right call. (Although then you get to have a separate bunfight about whether StarOffice or OpenOffice have replaced MS Office...)