Here’s my list of pros and cons of using the Google Web Interface over Outlook (note cost is ignored because I already have Outlook). What would you do?
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Pros |
Cons |
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Native Interface lets you use all of Google’s capabilities. |
Does not interact with desktop, providing alerts on email arrival etc. |
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Reduces complexity by avoiding yet another program on the computer (Outlook), plus another synchronization with yet another program (SyncMyCal) . |
Face it, Google is not very pretty . And the Firefox add-ons that try and make it look better are mostly epic fails. |
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May improve computer performance, Outlook is a known dog. |
Interaction with other MS Office applications. |
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Available everywhere on every device with internet access. |
Viewing attachments can be more cumbersome. No drag and drop, no instant native viewers etc. |
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Excellent Calendaring Services |
No viewing pane for mail. |
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Recently introduced task list in Google Labs. |
No offline viewing or composing mail. |
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Super fast searches of email and contacts. |
No “home”, no one place to go for mail and calendar stuff. |