Comments on: Writing With the Web http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/ Fri, 25 May 2012 02:59:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian Solis http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51432 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:08:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51432 I started with Writely, jumped to ZOHO, went back to Writely…now I find myself really using approver.com quite a bit.

]]> By: Terrance http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51431 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:58:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51431 LIke other people, I started using Writely before Google bought it, and after trying Zoho and another online wp, I found myself going back to Writely. It and Google spreadsheet have become my virtual office suite. I usually create and work on documents in one of the two and only export to a desktop app when I’m sendnig it to someone who can’t quite figure out how to do the online collaboration thing.

]]> By: Pierre http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51430 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:45:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51430 I am a fan of Zoho writer and Google spreadsheets.

M$ Office has lost all appeal to me. There’s no need for it.

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51429 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:11:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51429 The timing of this post is funny. I have always just kind of ignored writely until recently. I have multiple copies of my resume and coverletter in MS word format from each of the different jobs I have applied to. I got tired of keeping track of so many versions of my resume and converting to pdf, text etc. So I decided to give writely a try. I actually love it. The biggest benefits to me were:

- allow multiple users to change the same document even at the same time and keep track of changes automatically
- compare versions, eg. 10 minutes ago vs. 13 days ago.
- export to pdf, MS Word, Open Office, html
- publish online, publish to blog
- nice searching
- you can email documents in with a special email address

It is so much nicer to use than word if multiple people are editing a document. I don’t miss any features so far, but I am not sure how to add headers/footers and page numbers for printing.

Another bonus, if you are logged into gmail, you don’t need to log in to writely.

my 2 cents

]]> By: Andy C http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51428 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:27:12 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51428 Just started to write all personal documents in Writely. I find it fast and responsive with a sensible set of features that I actually need (compare with Word) and great value for money. I can then access my documents from any PC anywhere.

For hardcopy printouts, I save locally to PDF to remove the header line which I keep as a reference copy.

Also, similarly (and recently) smitten by Google Notebook for random jottings.

]]> By: Andy C http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51427 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:26:47 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51427 Just started to write all personal documents in Writely. I find it fast and responsive with a sensible set of features that I actually need (compare with Word) and great value for money. I can then access my documents from any PC anywhere.

For hardcopy printouts, I save locally to PDF to remove the header line which I keep a reference copy.

Also, similarly (and recently) smitten by Google Notebook for random jottings.

]]> By: Silvio http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51426 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:34:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51426 Hi,
Writely that’s the thing! I love it! And in a comment above I read about google notebook. I didn’t know it before. People, I love it minimum as I do writely! They are great. Light, fast, easy, free and I can use them indepedent of the place.

]]> By: Roop http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51425 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:55:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51425 among all the bunch of online writers, i like writely because 1. its quick 2. its elegant 3. the most important reason is its with google, as i use many google services like To do list, personalized homepage gadgets and tabs, gmail, having writely with them, all at one place, adds to lot of convienience.

]]> By: Steve Turner http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51424 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:15:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51424 I’m a big fan of Writely, having used it since late last year, way before Google bought it. Obviously there are plenty of things it won’t do that Word does, but if you (as most people really) are just writing standard text documents, then it’s great.

I use it mainly for its mobility functions, knowing that I can access my set of documents anywhere there’s a net connection (nearly anywhere now), with no more need to import and export files and worry about versions and so on. (Mostly, I use this to work on files at home and in the office).

The import/export functions are good also, but I freely admit I haven’t even used the main collaboration functions, but it’s good to know they exist. The ability to have users anywhere work on documents together and see each other’s changes would be excellent for remote collaboration work.

]]> By: Michael Kamleitner http://gigaom.com/collaboration/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51423 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:34:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/writing-with-the-web/#comment-51423 hm, I’m kind of torn.. agreed, Writely is great for memo’s, all documents without _any_ need for layout. but as soon as you want

a) import from microsoft word without loosing layout
b) print your documents
c) produce documents which go outside your company

you’ll probably stay with your desktop-word-processor.

did a longer review of writely: http://nonsmokingarea.com/blog/2006/08/01/office-is-dead-5-google-writely/

greetings,
mike

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