Students and workers have become so attached to Google Applications that it’s becoming worrisome.
For the longest time I have been an avid enthusiast for Microsoft Apps, but the older I get, the more backlash I receive for this.
For example, I get someone telling me weekly that Microsoft Word is too complicated, and Google Docs is easier and just as qualified.
I understand that Microsoft Word can be intimidating. But they’re wrong in establishing the fact that Google Docs is “just as qualified,” if not better.
I don’t know when the shift from using applications that could actually do things to applications that just have some features started, but I’m not hopping on that train.
While it takes a while to get used to, you can very clearly see after using Microsoft Applications for more than a week that it has infinitely better and more efficient capabilities than Google.
Just because Google has a more accessible user interface, it does not make it a better application.
Google Applications lack many things compared to Microsoft Apps.
Trying to do anything remotely complicated or unique in Google Apps is like asking a baby to cook you a five-star, three-course meal: it just can’t do it.
Most of the time, using a Google Application feels like it’s fighting against me to complete the task at hand instead of helping me.
But, if I was using a Microsoft Application, it would be done in the blink of an eye and I’d be able to get back to the real work.
Again, a simpler design with less functions does not mean better. It is simply easier to use.
Furthermore, once you are familiar with Microsoft Apps you realize just how infantile the functions of Google Apps are.
I do not exaggerate when I say there are literally hundreds of necessary functions in Microsoft Applications that are nonexistent in Google Apps.
This is why you will never find me using Google Apps unless it is required for class.
Actually, I think the push for Google Apps in schools, especially higher education, is misleading and harmful.
Most workforces do not use Google Apps.
When you are unfamiliar with hundreds of functions, the switch to an unfamiliar system can be jarring.
Instead of settling for the “easy” option we should be teaching our students that nothing worth having ever comes easy.
If you want to do something the right way, you should use Microsoft Apps.
