Online Word Processing with Writely
If you haven’t seen Writely (the beta online word processor) yet, you really should check it out. I think the “online platform” thing is going to be huge, and (although I love Excel) I hope Writely rocks proprietary Microsoft to its core. Writely looks sharp and is sure to grow with the funding and reputation of Google behind it.
Some things I like:
- Writely imports and exports to Open Office’s newly ISO approved OpenDocument files
- Writely automatically backs up your files every 8 seconds
- Writely supports multiple editors at once (a purpose for which I used wiki all through college).
- Writely versions your editions so you can easily revert to previous state.
One thing I don’t like:
- “WWW2″ right in the URL… It’s just too much.
I’m sure I’ll find other things I dislike as I try it out. Writely is free, but it won’t accept new users until June or July. I signed up for the mailing list to get an early crack at it.
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Tags: Business, Buzzword Compliance, Disruptive Technology, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Office, Online Collaboration, OpenDocument, OpenOffice, SaaS, Software, Source Control, Technology, Web 2.0, Wiki, Word Processing, Writely
June 28th, 2006 at 12:00 pm
If you visit their site, the www2 is no longer used anywhere that I can see.