So thanks to a comment from TempWorks Software CEO, Gregg Dourgarian, I decided to give Microsoft’s Sky Drive a shot to be a potential replacement for my obsession with Google Docs. In using it for a whopping 15 minutes or so, I found a few pros and cons:
| Pros | Cons |
| Storage Space (25GB) | Web Apps is only available to a select group of Live users. My team can’t fully use it yet. |
| Shared Security based off of Windows Live Messenger Contacts and Categories | Word is not available yet |
| “Pretty” User Interface with Large Buttons and Familiar Graphics | Can share folders only, not individual files |
| Power User features that Google Docs lacks | Can’t set different security for subfolders, only root folders |
| Familiar User Interface (Ribbon menus) | No integration with Mesh’s storage |
| Drag & Drop file uploading | Slower than desktop version |
| No “invite people” link | |
| No master list of documents; all folder-based. | |
| Doesn’t work on Google Chrome |
As a user who is accustomed to working hand-in-hand with other users, the lack of a clear sharing workflow, the inability for all of my users to use the web apps due to the “preview” piece, and the lack of cross-browser support has put me off of Web Apps… for now, at least.
In my ideal world, Microsoft will fix up their sharing and collaboration workflow and integrate with the other cloud computing products out there, such as Mesh, and it will make this a much more viable option for me. Until then, Google Docs reigns champion still.
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