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ajaxWrite is cheesy looking but it gets the job done

Posted Thu, 2006-03-23 00:57 by Roland
ajaxWrite is u*ly but it is faster and appears to work as well as Writely. I must be tired but I can't break it using the nested lists and the Roland and Troy test. Troy, I know you can break this!

From www.ajaxwrite.com.:

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The look, feel, and functionality of Microsoft Word, in a completely web-based AJAX platform. Try ajaxWrite today, and experience first-hand how AJAX applications are changing the way the web works, and redefining the software industry.

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Google please don't break Writely

Posted Thu, 2006-03-09 21:06 by Roland

It seems like only yesterday that I first started using Writely. In fact it was back in early October 2005, five months ago. Since then it's become my default cross platform way to create rich documents collaboratively despite its bugs like the fact that it can't pass the "Roland and Troy nested list test" (but then no web writing app does!). Congrats to the Writely folks.

To the fine folks at Google a few humble pleas: Please don't pull a Blogger. Keep adding features such as fixing the aforementioned nested list bug. Keep Writely competitive unlike Blogger. And finally consider picking up Dabble DB as your spreadsheet web app.

From Google? Yep, Google! .:

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Writely is now part of Google!

Yes, we've been acquired by Google, and we're really excited about this for many, many reasons. But I can hear you saying, "I don't care why YOU'RE excited - I want to know how this change will impact ME!"

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How do I upload Word documents into Writely?

Posted Tue, 2005-11-22 14:22 by Roland

Sorry I tried but couldn't find a way to load Word documents from Writely! Is this my bad or has this feature not been turned on yet? Help!

From Writely Embraces the OpenDocument Movement.:

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Writely users can upload documents into Writely from Microsoft Word and Sun Microsystems' OpenOffice.org, as well as save the documents back into either of those formats

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Writely rocks as long as you don't use nested lists

Posted Sun, 2005-10-02 18:59 by Roland

Just had a great time collaboratively editing over the internet a document using Writely. And it was great until we started using nested ordered lists. Of why oh why can't we have WYSIWYG editors in 2005 that can cope with nested lists properly without b*rking the HTML? Guess we really need a robust collaborative Web Outliner (I know Marc et al are working on it!) Please can I have it yesterday?

From Writely - The Web Word Processor FAQ's.:

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Writely allows you to edit documents online with whomever you choose, and then publish and blog them online.

What exactly can I do with it? You can:
  • Upload Word documents, HTML or text (or create documents from scratch).
  • Use our simple WSIWYG editor to format your documents, spell-check them, etc.
  • Invite others to share your documents by e-mail address.
  • Edit documents online with whomever you choose.
  • View your documents' complete revision history and roll back to any version.
  • Publish documents online to the world, or to just who you choose.
  • Download documents to your desktop as Word, HTML or zip.
  • Post to your documents to your blog.

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