One of the newest web-based application on the ‘net that has been getting much attention lately (and rightly so if I may add) is Writely. This is basically a web-based word processor that allows users to create and edit documents from their web browser. The most remarkable feature of this is its ability to allow collaboration. By sharing a document, more than one person can vew and even edit the document on the fly.

Feature-wise, Writely can hold its own against standalone/PC-based word processor and it has all the basic formatting menu. Although its feature-set is not as extensive as MS Word, it does the job and does the job well for a web-based application. Once a document is complete, users can choose to store the document online so it can be accessed anywhere, anytime or it can be saved locally in a variety of formats, which includes MS Word, OpenOffice, RTF, PDF and even as a .ZIP file. Users can also opt to “publish” the document from writely.com or even post it on a blog. The .HTML code of the completed document can also be displayed, allowing people with their own website to publish it on their own webhosts.

I for one has already thought of a good use for Writely. I can use this to create my articles for Mobile Philippines (m|ph) and whenever they think that I need to revise an article, I can always go online and do it and they would have the article immediately after my revisions. (Slick huh?)

Oh and by the way, this same article appears on my personal tech blog.