I still use Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word - am I old-fashioned, Bruvs?

Reply 40

jimmyclyro

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Original post by Juichiro

Because I say so. :smile:

Couldn't really care less to be honest.

Reply 41

Welsh_insomniac

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Original post by Juichiro

I hope you mean OpenOffice.

I've been using Libre, but I didn't realise OpenOffice has got so good so fast. I'm so behind with the times!

Reply 42

Juichiro

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Original post by Welsh_insomniac

I've been using Libre, but I didn't realise OpenOffice has got so good so fast. I'm so behind with the times!

Behind the times, or behind the sheeps? :colone:

Spoiler

Reply 43

Fullofsurprises

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Original post by Maid Marian

I switched to Firefox ages ago :smug:

But I also use yahoo mail :biggrin:

Firefox? What prithee is that - some old incantation of former times? :eek:

I summon my web demons via Chrome and I use a combo of Google Sheets/Docs, notes from a specialist app and Gmail to commune with the planetary docbases.

OP probably resides in a museum someplace.

Reply 44

Beastie

I quit with M$O, had several frustrating experiences with alternatives such as LibreOffice, OOo, or Kingsoft Office, and finally found SoftMaker Office, a pretty cool office suite made in Germany.

Compared to all other M$O alternatives, it is the only that opens / saves all Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats faithfully. Never had problems giong back and forth by now. All others produce a lot of oddities, e.g. formatting losses.

Plus, it has a broad range of features including several additional ones compared to M$O, e.g. portable usage. The Professional version has a good Outlook alternative included (eM Client 5 Pro), and Berlitz dictionaries. All that for a
fraction of the price of M$O.

And Internet Explorer? Too slow, too many security gaps. I prefer good old Firefox.

Reply 45

Fullofsurprises

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Original post by Beastie

I quit with M$O, had several frustrating experiences with alternatives such as LibreOffice, OOo, or Kingsoft Office, and finally found SoftMaker Office, a pretty cool office suite made in Germany.

Compared to all other M$O alternatives, it is the only that opens / saves all Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats faithfully. Never had problems giong back and forth by now. All others produce a lot of oddities, e.g. formatting losses.

Plus, it has a broad range of features including several additional ones compared to M$O, e.g. portable usage. The Professional version has a good Outlook alternative included (eM Client 5 Pro), and Berlitz dictionaries. All that for a
fraction of the price of M$O.

And Internet Explorer? Too slow, too many security gaps. I prefer good old Firefox.

That's really interesting, thanks for posting about the SoftMaker product.

Have you tried Chrome? I find it much faster than Firefox.

Reply 46

Tpos

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I didn't know there was a better and more popular alternative to MS word :s

Reply 47

Fullofsurprises

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Original post by Tpos

I didn't know there was a better and more popular alternative to MS word :s

The two main competitors are Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org/) and Google Docs/Sheets, Google Drive etc.

Reply 48

techno-thriller

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No, I'm still on the IE 5

Reply 49

Psyk

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You're way ahead of the curve compared to most 19th Century engineers.

Original post by techno-thriller

No, I'm still on the IE 5

You're a bad person, and you should feel bad. Think of those poor web developers. Seriously though, do many sites still work on IE 5?

Reply 50

techno-thriller

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Original post by Psyk

You're way ahead of the curve compared to most 19th Century engineers.

You're a bad person, and you should feel bad. Think of those poor web developers. Seriously though, do many sites still work on IE 5?