Microsoft launches a new office web application in comparison with Google docs. There are two version one for home and small office and second is for business use. User can share the document of word, Excel and other with friends who have Windows Live mail Id. It has some limitations also.
Office Web Apps Currently supported browsers include Internet Explorer 7 and above, Chrome on Windows and Mac, Firefox 3.5+ on Windows, Mac, and Linux, or Safari 4+ on Mac. Some mobile browsers too are supported. This list includes Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile, Safari 4 on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia S60 browser, Net Front, Opera Mobile 8.65 and later, and Open wave.
Microsoft Office Web Apps Workspace is limited to 500 MB of space, which equates to about 1000 Microsoft Office documents while Google Docs allows for documents of 500 K each, plus up to 2 MB per embedded image. Presentations can be 10 MB in size. Spreadsheets can be 10,000 rows, or up to 256 columns, or up to 100,000 cells, or up to 40 sheets – whichever limit is reached first. Each spreadsheet can have up to 20,000 cells with formulas.
Office Web Application Workspace allows you to upload all kinds of files, not only Office document file types. So, in addition, you can upload .PDFs, pictures, or seemingly any kind of file except those on the blocked list, which are blocked to protect users as they are file types Windows sees as executable files while Google Docs is limited to the types of files their service allows you to edit online: HTML, .txt, .doc .rtf, .odt, .xls, .csv, .ods, .tsv, .tsb, .ppt, and .pps.
Some interesting features of office Web application
• Office Live Workspace offers some nice features, such as the ability to comment on files stored on the service.
• Also, an “Activities” feature keeps track of workplace activities with the new activity panel and can send you notifications when changes are made in the workspace.
• Integration with Shared View beta allows Office Live Workspace users to share screens with each other in real-time.
Then we start the conversation that who are giving more benefits, Google or Microsoft?
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