Wow so French and German government agencies are building a joint #opensource, self-hostable #GoogleDocs replacement. 
I would ofc prefer this being built by someone independent and *funded* by the public, but hell this does feel cool nevertheless:
Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.
TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.
#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant
RE: https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0
That means, this sheet is more powerful than the one I built on #GoogleDocs. That's all thanks to #DataTables and the very helpful community there.
I'm quite certain, that there are still mistakes with the languages and the country of origin, so if you spot one, please tell me. @Flipboard has a helpful sheet with all accounts, they federated, but it doesn't contain languages and no country for about half of them.
Who has worked with @numerique_gouv #Docs or @cryptpad Documents?
For easy, low-threshold inter-institutional co-authorship (parameters are usability for authors used to #GoogleDocs as much as #datasecurity):
My always up-to-date table of now 942 verified media accounts in the #Fediverse (which is not on #GoogleDocs anymore) is beginning to be helpful:
https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
I added a custom search builder (above the table at the left) that gives powerful options to filter the whole database.
There are now also the first bridged media accounts from #Bluesky und accounts from other software in the #Fediverse (like from @index): Search by Software.
Next is styling the page a bit 
EDIT: Problem kinda solved by deleting all browser data, but still weird because I've never heard of Canva and run several privacy extensions simultaneously in Firefox. Any further comments welcome, but problem is at least resolved if still unexplained.
Help needed #Google #GoogleDocs #GoogleDrive
Background: I often make Google documents to share with students to edit, set to public, no login required.
Problem: Today it seems that something called "Canva Integrations" is required for somebody to access a newly made public/edit Google Doc link. This is pervasive across several Google logins, including my work-based enterprise access.
Older Google Docs, including as recent as last week do not seem affected.
Is this Google's new business model? Something else?
Hoping some #NVDASR user who uses #chrome with #GoogleDocs can shed some light on this to help a friend. When she goes into a new document in Docs, she isn't able to type, and I am unable to reproduce the issue. Any ideas on what could be causing this? Boosts welcome and appreciated. Thanks!
***Hashtags***
#Accessibility #A11y #Google #ScreenReader
US gov't allegedly uses AI to scan internal messages for Trump criticism
Government employees in the US have been warned that the government is using AI to search for criticism in internal communication channels, according to a report
US-Regierung sucht angeblich mit KI in interner Kommunikation nach Trump-Kritik
Staatsbedienstete in den USA sind laut einem Bericht gewarnt worden, dass die Regierung mithilfe von KI in internen Kommunikationskanälen nach Kritik fahndet.
Ich suche eine Alternative zu Google Docs, die folgenden drei Kriterien genügt:
* Hosting in der EU
* Möglichkeit, Texte per Link zum Bearbeiten mit unangemeldeten Personen zu teilen
* Android-App, die meine Augen nicht beleidigt
Muss nicht gratis sein (Testphase wäre praktisch). Muss außer Text und ein bisschen Formatierung (fett, kursiv, so was) nicht viel können (Tabellen, Gleichungen, Code sind nicht wichtig).
Ich dachte an iA Writer, aber die haben (aus verständlichen Gründen) keine Android-App mehr.
Ich teste gerade OnlyOffice. Das ist okay, aber besticht durch eine 90er-Jahre-Optik und Fonts, die irgendwie alle pixelig aussehen. Es funktioniert, aber macht keinen Spaß. (Außerdem lädt mein Testdokument gerade nicht.)
Hat wer noch eine Idee?
Für die Tabelle nehme ich noch Tipps entgegen. Ich baue das ja in #GoogleSheets, aber ich bekomme das nicht in #Airtable oder #Grist.
Versuche jetzt noch, was mit #DataTables zu bauen, aber wahrscheinlich scheitere ich. Am besten ein Tool, das #GoogleDocs einlesen und synchronisieren kann, aber hübscher aussieht. Sollte filtern und sortieren können, Gruppieren wäre auch noch cool.
Google Documenti: "Aiutami a creare" ora parla italiano
#AI #AssistenteAI #FunzioniAI #Gemini #Google #GoogleDocs #GoogleDocumenti #GoogleWorkspace #IntelligenzaArtificiale #Italiano #Multilingue #Notizie #Novità #NuoveFunzioni #Produttività #Scrittura #TechNews #Tecnologia
https://www.ceotech.it/google-documenti-aiutami-a-creare-ora-parla-italiano/
It would be on #GoogleDocs again, because I wouldn't know, how to do it anywhere else.
But if someone asks really nice, maybe I would built at least an output as csv or on another platform.
https://www.techspot.com/news/107225-france-germany-unveil-docs-collaborative-tool-rival-us.html
Re"writing" history independently of American products. #GoogleDocs #Word #Europe #Canada #Trump #Politics #Technology
I swear that I will never again write a scientific paper in either #MSWord or #GoogleDocs. Ever.
I don't care that my collaborators in a medical school can't handle #TeXLaTeX or #Markdown. The costs of final typesetting and conversion are just Too Fucking High.
It's costing me more than a week of my life just to do menial shit that is fully automatic with my normal workflow. smh
I know that my normal tool chain lacks some collaboration tools, but I just don't care anymore.
@barbarakathmann Proficiat, goed gedaan. Maar er is meer te doen. Zie vandaag berichtgeving hoe afhankelijk scholen zijn van #Chrome #googledocs en #ms365 leerlingen en studenten moeten alternatieven hebben. Dus een serieus #EuOffice pakket.
@nextcloud it's also cheaper due to the econonies of scale compared to #Microsoft365 & #GoogleDocs...
https://lukakopajtic.com/independence/
Very nice list of app alternatives for big tech. Would also add #Syncthing as an alt (p2p) for #GoogleDrive, #digiKam as an alt (offline) for #GooglePhotos / #ApplePhotos, and #LibreOffice as an alt (offline) to #GoogleDocs.
