Writely.Com: The Future of Word Processing?

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.