> Office already has "direct" OneDrive integration and it's pretty useless, how could it be any better on Dropbox?
> The whole "save in the cloud" nonsense that desktop Office programs have these days feels like a mistake.
I feel exactly the opposite way. As a student, I have all of my schoolwork stored on OneDrive and I don't know how I would live without it anymore. I can access all of my documents from any computer via onedrive.com (very helpful when printing for free in a computer lab) and I can check and edit OneNote notebooks from my mobile device. I don't understand what you mean by desktop Office going for a "no files" design because it seems to be the opposite in my view.
> The only problem with Dropbox and Office is how Office locks the files so they're only synced after I close the Office program, not after every Ctrl+S. Fix that, and it's integrated.
OneDrive can sync files that are being edited with an Office program. With this news, I'm sure Dropbox will have the same functionality soon.
> The whole "save in the cloud" nonsense that desktop Office programs have these days feels like a mistake.
I feel exactly the opposite way. As a student, I have all of my schoolwork stored on OneDrive and I don't know how I would live without it anymore. I can access all of my documents from any computer via onedrive.com (very helpful when printing for free in a computer lab) and I can check and edit OneNote notebooks from my mobile device. I don't understand what you mean by desktop Office going for a "no files" design because it seems to be the opposite in my view.
> The only problem with Dropbox and Office is how Office locks the files so they're only synced after I close the Office program, not after every Ctrl+S. Fix that, and it's integrated.
OneDrive can sync files that are being edited with an Office program. With this news, I'm sure Dropbox will have the same functionality soon.