I have used the Internet for years now I have fallen into the trap of using many of the same pages year after year. With having to look over various search engines and the new to me online word processing, my eyes were opened.
In looking at different search engines it took me a bit to get away from my ever easy Yahoo. Yahoo was easy as it did not take me much to get to every thing I need. Yahoo tells me the news stories, weather, Email, and search. I can shop, image/video search, get maps and directions all on the page I have set for my homepage. What I did discover in looking at Bing was a page that is really designed to search. There is not much else to the page than what is needed to search. There is no trying to focus your eyes or find where that little search bar is.
I also took a look over a few of the various online word processing sites. I can say I have never used this type of technology before, but I love it! My favorite part is the collaboration that is possible and at even a distance between users. It does not matter where the collaborators are long as they have the net. This also cuts down on the emails sent back and forth attachments and downloads. There is so much that can be done with this online word processing that I can see a decline in the need for the installed software. I do wish however that there were more to the formatting tools of the online processing. I would not imagine it would take much more to add some of the tools that are in the software driven programs.
Overall the Internet is extensive, seemingly endless. There is not much that is not on the web now and each day there is much more coming. I look forward to seeing what is next and making sure that I keep up-to-date with the technologies and not sticking with the easy close pages.
As these online tools get better and better, it'll be interesting to see when people are having the conversation about whether or not they still pay for Office software, or go completely online.
ReplyDeleteBlogger just ate my comment. It was not profound, but I will try again.
ReplyDeleteI have the same brand loyalty issues, but with google. I'm so used to using it everyday that when I venture out of the search comfort zone to Bing or Yahoo the results just feel off. It's not a good trait to have in such a rapidly changing industry.
"Overall the Internet is extensive, seemingly endless. "
ReplyDeleteThat is a valid comment. As you become more experienced with these tools, you will narrow down your choices to a few standards, just like we've done with desktop software. I know I'm down to no more than 10 online programs that I use on a regular basis.