I know. I have only been using Google Docs in place of Microsoft Office for two days, but so far it is a fairly frustrating experience. Suffice it to say, I'm not in love with Google Docs just yet.

Where to begin? Well, for starters, I don't like that every time I click on one of the Google Docs tools at the top left of the browser window it opens a new tab. I do a lot of clicking from Gmail, to Calendar, to Documents--where I might open various docs and spreadsheet files. I don't need 37 tabs open in my browser, and I don't want to have to stop and clean up after Google Docs every 15 minutes.

I use Internet Explorer 9 by default, so upon opening a new doc to begin writing I am greeted with a sort of warning message at the top that proclaims "Your browser does not support all features of Google Docs. If you are having problems, try Google Chrome." Fair enough. I would expect that Google would optimize Google Docs for Chrome, and the Chrome browser for Google Docs. I'm stubborn, though, so I am sticking with IE9...at least for now.

At one point, I had switched over to another browser tab to do some research, and when I came back to my doc there was a little yellow warning bar at the top that said "The server is unavailable. Trying to reconnect..." I don't have that problem working with locally-installed software.

I have persistent lag issues that greatly hinder my productivity. When I type, I want the letters to appear instantly. When I delete, I want the letters to disappear instantly. I don't know if the issue is my PC, my browser, my Internet connection, or Google, but I spent way too much time today pausing and waiting for my doc to catch up with what I had already typed.