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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