Friday, September 15, 2006

Life of Tech � Blog Archive � Review of Free Web-based Office Apps

Collaborative real-time editor Browser-based collaboration
Acrobat.com Buzzword Adobe
Google Docs
Google Wave collaborate
docs.com Office Web Apps, Microsoft Fuse Labs, Facebook

Office 2.0 Setup

Web Office update - Google and Zoho make moves
Google welcomes Writely sign-ups | CNET News.com

Microsoft Office - Access, Communicator, Excel, FrontPage, InfoPath, Live Meeting, Office Live, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Small Business Accounting, Visio, Word

ThinkFree Online Office Suite, Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Java, 1GB storage, 10MB file size limit, used by g.ho.st webtop

Zoho - Affordable software for individuals, small & medium business Show, Writer, Sheet, Virtual Office, Projects, CRM, Creator, Planner, Chat, AJAX, separate sign-on, no dbf support, timeout on large rows

Google spreadsheets no dbf support, Writely AJAX 500 kb limit

Ajax13 requires Firefox 1.5, ajaxWrite, ajaxSketch, ajaxXLS no dbf support, ajaxPresents, ajaxTunes. ajaxWindows also works on Internet Explorer with plugin

FlySuite Word, Calc, Slide (n/a), Java, no free upload, $29, 1GB

gOFFICE Word Processing, Desktop Publishing (simple), Presentations (N/A), Spreadsheets, AJAX, 0.99 per month, timeout on large file

eyeOS Free Server | Web desktop - Web OS - Web office Folder, Edit, Calendar, Phone, Calculator, Message, Board, Nav (Browser), RSS Reader, AJAX

dabble db paste data, 10000 row limit
Edit Grid no dbf, 2MB limit
Num Sum 500k excel only

wikiCalc

for spreadsheets, thinkfree (java) >> goffice >= google >= zoho
for documents, thinkfree (java) >> google >= zoho, goffice has no uploading

Recasting the Word Processor for a Connected World - New York Times Mr. Kang from ThinkFree has plenty of company in the market, including the Web-based application suites Ajax13, gOffice, iNetOffice and ZoHo Virtual Office. There’s also the Writeboard word processor, the EditGrid and Num Sum spreadsheets, and WikiCalc, a new spreadsheet from Dan Bricklin, the software developer who, with Bob Frankston, created the very first spreadsheet, VisiCalc, back in 1979.
Meanwhile, the Web’s 800-pound gorilla, Google, has its own online spreadsheet, and it bought a Web word processor, Writely, in March 2006.

Online Office Suites: The Winner Is Clear Review: Four Free Online Office Suites, Ajax13, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, ThinkFree Office Online, Zoho Office Suite

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