Thing 6 | Creating and Editing Docs
I was super excited to see I could link the CloudOn app to my Google Docs account. I usually having running lists of ideas or to-do's lists in my Google Drive, in addition to tracking my spending/monthly budgets. Having access to these with my phone to either remember something or add to my lists in an app that also lets me create Microsoft documents to be used on a computer seemed like a great addition to my apps.
After using it, I was pretty disappointed in its quality. The view of Word Doc, Excel, etc isn't very visually appealing. In it's description, a benefit is that you are viewing these items as they look on a computer so you don't need to re-learn any of the tools - but if you think of a Microsoft word file condensed down to the size of your phone, you realize it's not that much more user friendly.
It also would auto-correct my spelling when I was actually spelling words correctly, to an incorrect spelling. For example, I typed the word 'cloud' and as I hit space it changed it to 'clcloud'. Then when I misspelled the word 'initially" (missing an l) it auto-corrected to 'iminitiality'.
After that, I decided to jump over to previously created files in my Google drive and see if they worked any better. When I opened my budget tracker (in a spreadsheet format) I was told "Changes to this Google Doc file will be saved in a new Office file." I suppose I understand why this is necessary, but it completely removes the convenience I was expecting when having access to these documents on all of my devices.
I've already deleted this app, and will return to using my Google Docs app for access to these files. When it comes to creating and editing docs, I realize that's just not something I'm interested in doing from my phone - I'm better off emailing something to myself and formatting it into a document later when I have the use of a full-size monitor.