@TH51
I have used both - Desktop for 20 years and Online for 5+ years.
Are you using Desktop Enterprise in your business? All other versions of QB Desktop have been discontinued, and Intuit is aggressively transitioning everyone to Online.
To answer your question, yes, QB Desktop and QB Online feel very different. However, the terminology is similar between them (bills, invoices, sales receipts, deposits, vendors, etc.). Personally, I like them both. Many die-hard Desktop users hate Online. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.
It's my opinion that it's easier for a Desktop user to transition to Online than it is for an Online user to transition to Desktop. Desktop has many more features than Online, so an Online user who has never used Desktop will have a longer learning curve. However, I think any good company that trains its new hires should be able to train a strong candidate who has experience using Online to be able to use Desktop effectively in short order.
