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1. Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 05-Dec-2021 12:42:16 UTC Baldur Bjarnason

   It’s impressive just how much worse word processing is today than it used to be even just a few years ago. Google Docs is consistently awful but the decline of MS Word over the past decade is awe-inspiring. Between the two of them, it’s amazing the written word is still a thing

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Dec-2021 12:48:42 UTC Tagomago

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     @baldur Crawled my way onto LibreOffice Writer and, once you assume that you’re going to work more hours, need a set of extra tools, and very good eyes, just to produce the same, it’s OK.

   • Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 05-Dec-2021 12:48:43 UTC Baldur Bjarnason

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     MS Word used to actually be a great app. Bit unwieldy but a solid workhorse. Wrote a lot in it until about 15-20 years ago.

     I've still have had to use it semi-regularly since then (can't avoid Word entirely if you're even just a little bit publishing-adjacent). And it's just been one steep nosedive since they added the ribbon UI. Keeps finding new lows.