> Your average web based word processor with cloud storage performs about the same as Microsoft Word did on Windows 3.1 on a 486 saving onto a floppy.
It is now trivial to embed high definition photographs in a document. There is a figure-creation tool right there in the application. I can make notes and comments and mark up a document. I have an automatic and recoverable record of the history of my document. I can collaboratively edit that document with people from across the world. I have spellcheck that works across dozens (perhaps hundreds) of languages.
In the sense that we have a WISIWYG editor whose primary interaction is a keyboard typing letters - sure. But I wouldn't describe this as "about the same."
It is now trivial to embed high definition photographs in a document. There is a figure-creation tool right there in the application. I can make notes and comments and mark up a document. I have an automatic and recoverable record of the history of my document. I can collaboratively edit that document with people from across the world. I have spellcheck that works across dozens (perhaps hundreds) of languages.
In the sense that we have a WISIWYG editor whose primary interaction is a keyboard typing letters - sure. But I wouldn't describe this as "about the same."