Microsoft calls Zoho the "Fake Office" - Zoho responds with a zinger
Why do I have to sign up to use their free document tool?<p><pre><code>  0. http://fakeoffice.org/ -> 
  1. click "Try Zoho Now" -> 
  2. A cluttered menu of options -> 
  3. click "Zoho Docs" -> 
  4. see three purchase options & feature list -> 
  5. "Why do I need to see this? I'm not buying anything" ->
  6. click "Free 1GB space" ->
  7, 8, 9??? CREATE ZOHO ACCOUNT!
</code></pre>
I want to try your product. Stop making it hard for me to do so.<p>Seriously, that makes sense if I want to "save" the document I'm going to play with, but I don't understand why I need to sign up for an account to see if I can insert a table into a document and then set different backgrounds for different table elements.<p>Nor do I understand why there are so many steps between clicking 'try now' and actually being able to 'try now'! If I click "save" I can understand. Theoretically I'd like to be able to open a document too, without having to register, but I understand limiting that to one or two.<p>The reality is, I already have Office installed. If you want me to try your alternative, you should have barriers as low as possible. I even picked Documents, instead of, say, CRM, because I -knew- I'd be able to test a document without signing up. I was wrong.