I am sure it sounds to some as if I am just whining about trivial things. But, it is those trivial things that I rely on throughout the day, and those are the things I have missed the most during this experience.

I have to be fair, though, and point out that using Microsoft Office instead of Google Docs would not resolve some of these issues. While they aren't browser tabs, opening a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet, Outlook email, and a PowerPoint presentation simultaneously does, in fact, open four different applications on my Task Bar. Perhaps it is an unreasonable pet peave to expect Google Docs to somehow keep all of the different applications contained within a single browser tab.

And, although I haven't tested it to the same extent that I ran Google Docs through the wringer, in my limited experience using the Translate feature in Microsoft Office the results have not been any better really. Apparently, translation technology just has a way to go before it can do more than translate single words.

Fear not, though. There are some things that I really liked about Google Docs as well. We'll talk about those tomorrow.