More Zoho Loves

You can publish to your blog from Zoho in a matter of seconds....yes that's right people! SECONDS! If I can do it, anyone can. I think I've got Zoho lust.

Yo! Zoho!

Zoho - Thoughts of a First Time User

• Why is the new button so far away from the toolbar?
• Do people have to have a Zoho account to gain access to my documents? I'm guessing they do!
• Why does the login page look remarkable like a google page? Is Zoho acknowledging that google sets the standards the world loves?
• Where would the world be without Windows? It's made all those tool bar icons instantly familiar! Obviously I've never owned a Mac so I don't know better
• Why can't we have these great emotive faces available on Outlook? It would cheer up the dullest email....I'm way off the point here and am obviously very unprofessional sometimes, cue another

Zoho - Loves of a First Time User

• You can work off-line! Simply genius!
  
• I like the tag option, I just have to work out where I go to search the tags!
  
• It reminds me of a Wiki (that whole sharing and collaborating with one document)
  
• It's easier to use than a Wiki because of the familiarity to Windows
  
• the cool face
  
• It automatically gives you a word count when you save. I would have appreciated this when I was a uni student!
  

Zoho - Hates of a First Time User

• Why do I have to hit the spell check button to get my mistakes highlighted? I must see if I can turn it on all the time!
  
• Using the left click to bring up the spell check options
  
• Sometimes Zoho is painfully slow. I've been using it at work today because Word has decided it really doesn't like me and Helpdesk is perplexed by the error messages I'm receiving! And daddy-o, it is slow!
  

Thinking About A Revolution

Obviously Web 2.0 offers the world of libraries a challenge; it's time for us to step up to the ballplate and really examine what we are doing, how we are doing it and maybe most importantly, why we are doing it.

I enjoyed reading the 5 recommemded articles, with the exception of 'More Powerful Ways to Cooperate' they gave me something to ponder over. My challenges to the articles were more based on practical experience and limitations due to the realitites of operating environments rather than issues with the writers ideas.

I think everything talked about in 'Better Bibliographic Services' could be done right here and right now! Let's give our patrons (note I don't use the word client, it's a term I hate) multiple choices of navigational methods, offer options to review and rank books and let's broaden our relevance rankings so patrons aren't solely reliant on browsing the shelves waiting for their next book to jump out at them!

Let's have us a revolution baby!