I just discovered this; Google has created an on-line word processor that has similar features to word.
I just registered with it and gave it a try. I think web-centric applications like this are the way to go. I tried it on my linux box and it doesn’t hog a lot of system resources.
What do you think?
I’ve been using it for almost a year now, as part of their beta. It’s getting much better (no spell check and stuff at first).
I like it because I’m likely to use 5 or 6 different computers in one day, and this is a great way to always have your documents available. I also use a private wiki to store a lot of my text data, and a private webdav server for files. I can’t get stuck on one computer this way.
Writely has replaced Word for me, in day-to-day work. Google Calendar has replaced iCal. Gmail has (almost) become my main e-mail system too. I’m hoping they improve Google Spreadsheet a bit so I can dump Excel soon.
This is very cool indeed, MiG:-) I’m going to use this; like you I use a number of computers in a day so this will remove formatting problems for me. I like the fact that you can upload files, save to your desktop. Interesting:-)
I am presently trying Writely to see if I can use it with students ( my students will all have laptops by December) and was wondering about formatting options for printing. I tried to print but the Writely url was on the top right. I’ve search around the site but couldn’t find how to remove this.
Yes, I think I will experiment with Writely as well! My students often have assignments that they need to work on at home and this would solve that issue.
I’m curious to see if the printing issue gets solved, BigThumb.