Google finally integrated Writely (acquired in march 2006) and Google Spreadsheets in what would probably become Google Office at some point – Google Docs & Spreadsheets (http://docs.google.com). supplementing those Google Apps released a few weeks ago, the online office suite is now almost complete, the last piece of the puzzle still missing [...]
as of today, Google re-opened public access to their online word-processor Writely (via TechCrunch). beta-access was closed down to invitation-only after Writely’s aquisition earlier this year. from what I can see, there haven’t been any changes in functionality since my review a few weeks ago, which means that Writely continues to be probably the best [...]
first released august 2005, online text-processor Writely has been one of the first attempts of moving desktop-office-apps to the web. initial hype among web2.0-evangelists eventually peaked in an aquisition by Google in march 2006. since than, Writely kept quite stable (not to say stalled) – it hasn’t got any new major features, isn’t integrated with [...]