Online Sharing

The concept of online web applications is new to me. I love the idea of being able to share and have access to Office documents online. This makes life easier by eliminating the need to send attachments back and forth and having to wait for the other person to respond with changes. I read some of the Google Docs comments on the "read user examples," and some users have come up with clever ways to incorporate Google Docs. For example, the Red Sox season ticket holder created a spreadsheet of available tickets allowing his friends to access it to claim their dates. A "Fever Pitch" style of distributing these tickets would have been more fun, but this works. I am even further impressed by the options that Zoho offers, such as online invoicing and web conferencing. Zoho would be a great asset to local businesses. While the Snohomish Library offers classes on basic internet and email, they could expand their classes to teaching patrons how to set up and use Google Docs or Zoho to their advantage.
While these applications are great, I have a few complaints about these programs. One is that the graphic and font options are limited on both Google Docs and Zoho. I created a PowerPoint presentation on Google Docs, but I am limited to a few font styles and background. The same goes for Word documents. I understand that these are still new concepts, with Google Docs being in the beta stage. I guess it will take some time before its kinks are worked out, but I am now a fan of online web applications.