> But video recording and streaming? Why would anyone prefer to use MS Office for that when OBS exists?
OBS is very powerful, but the complexity of its UI can scare non-technical newbies away. MS Office gives you a lot less power, but is much more welcoming when you aren’t technical and this is the first time in your life you’ve ever done it
> But video recording and streaming? Why would anyone prefer to use MS Office for that when OBS exists?
OBS was a lot more complicated. Yes, professional streaming you should use it.
She was doing a ph.d in social sciences. She had little desire, or really need, to use it when MS Office did what she wanted out of the box. Screen recorded presentations with powerpoint.
> Is it as obnoxious as having to use Teams for chat?
They did not use teams for chat. They used gsuite for almost everything else.
> That's certainly a case of having a hammer and thinking all problems are nails xD
No, it really is not.
> Annotations, citations, bibliography management I can understand, even if I use LaTeX for that and consider it a far superior tool.
Really? My mother was struggling to remember how to use a Windows desktop. You really want to suggest learning latex when she had term papers to do for a $60k degree? The required document format was ms word.
But video recording and streaming? Why would anyone prefer to use MS Office for that when OBS exists?
Is it as obnoxious as having to use Teams for chat?
That's certainly a case of having a hammer and thinking all problems are nails xD