Some people do not have the money to purchase Microsoft Word and others simply despise Microsoft (I'm looking at you, Berry). What's more, similar word-processing programs aren't any cheaper than Word.
And while I'm sure notepad-type text editors are perfectly suited for some purpose, I am not really sure what it is. Hand-coding HTML, I suppose.
Anyway, Google has just (re)launched Writely, an online word-processor that can do literally everything Word can do... free. It can even save its output as a .pdf! Sweeeeeet! It also lets you save out to a file in your blog, as opposed to your hard-drive, thus it is also great for bloggers.
It is Mac-compatible, depending on your browser.
Storage space is currently unlimited, but a single document cannot be more than half a meg and any embedded images (which are tabulated separately) must be under 2 megs each.
Of course, everything must have its balance. So, the drawback? Well, everything is stored on Google's servers, so if Google ever rolls over and exposes its belly to the NSA, anything you wrote in Writely may be scrutinized.
Via BoingBoing
And while I'm sure notepad-type text editors are perfectly suited for some purpose, I am not really sure what it is. Hand-coding HTML, I suppose.
Anyway, Google has just (re)launched Writely, an online word-processor that can do literally everything Word can do... free. It can even save its output as a .pdf! Sweeeeeet! It also lets you save out to a file in your blog, as opposed to your hard-drive, thus it is also great for bloggers.
It is Mac-compatible, depending on your browser.
Storage space is currently unlimited, but a single document cannot be more than half a meg and any embedded images (which are tabulated separately) must be under 2 megs each.
Of course, everything must have its balance. So, the drawback? Well, everything is stored on Google's servers, so if Google ever rolls over and exposes its belly to the NSA, anything you wrote in Writely may be scrutinized.
Via BoingBoing
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