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Yeah, none of us are using Microsoft Word any more.

Ever print anything from Google Docs? Look at the typography. Look at the letter spacing and kerning. It's a joke.

And don't even get me started on javascript.

I like to use word processing as an example because it's probably been the #1 client app for 40 years with no web app competitor even close. I would argue 1992 WordPerfect is better than Google Docs in quality, features, and reliability.

The last decade of software development has been focused on web apps, and the promise that it's write-once-run-everywhere. So we've all been suffering by taking a huge step backwards in UI/UX by shoving everything in a browser.

It is just not there. So you can keep struggling with your ugly javascript hacks and unsupported CSS quirks. But the best stuff is being made on the client right now. It's cleaner, easier to maintain code, and the UI/UX is delighting users. User's don't care about cross-platform.



Would you mind elaborating on how WordPerfect in 1992 is better than modern day Google Docs?




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