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Last post 06-27-2008 5:50 AM by jamiet. 2 replies.
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06-26-2008 6:16 PM
  • jamiet
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Was using it, not any more

Hello,

You're probably not gong to like this but in the interests of constructiv criticism I'll share it anyway.

 I was using OLW a lot until recently. Principally my fiance and i were using it to share a spreadsheet that we are using to plan our upcoming wedding. That was until we got onto the Live Mesh beta.

The whole premise of Live Mesh (sync) is simply killer and OLW doesn't have anything that competes. If I make a change to a document the updated version automatically appears on my fiane's computer - you can't compete with that I'm afraid. As Mesh matures I suspect that everything I do online will be through the Mesh somehow. OLW does still have some useful features (e.g. Ability to permalink to a file, ability to view an office doc in a browser, ability to share a file with the public, version history) but these pale into obscurity alongside Mesh. if you can find a way of getting the differentiating features of OLW into Mesh somehow then I'll be very happy.

The title of this post is actually not true. I DO still use OLW to share my CV/resume with whomever wishes to see it and the reasons for that are:

  • I can permalink to it
  • The person viewing it doesn't need Office installed

 But for most things I'm going to be headed for Mesh. Sorry.

-Jamie

http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com/
http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/
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06-26-2008 11:40 PM In reply to

Re: Was using it, not any more

Jamie: I want to thank you on behalf of the whole team for taking the time to come here and give us this feedback; indeed not the words we prefer to read but they are appreciated.

I will make sure your post is looked at by the right people.  

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06-27-2008 5:50 AM In reply to
  • jamiet
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Re: Was using it, not any more

No problem Filberto. I remain a big supporter of OLW and I will carry on putting feature requests up here as and when I think of them. OLW is still a great service - but in my eyes you've been usurped by something better I'm afraid. In the meantime you could do worse than implement all my feature requests here: http://officeliveworkspacecommunity.com/forums/p/227/724.aspx#724 :)

Oh one other thing, I'd be a liar if I didn't say my negative experience with the Office add-in (http://officeliveworkspacecommunity.com/forums/t/926.aspx) hadn't contributed to this.

-Jamie

http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com/
http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/
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