Buzzword by Adobe is the Coolest Online Word Processor Ever
Let the ‘wow’ start! Buzzword is really just a word processor, much like Google Docs or some other counterpart. What separates Buzzword from the rest, you ask me?
Heh… almost everything.
You see, I use Google Docs for word processing (sometimes Zoho) only because most of the people I work with use it – it’s become a kind of a standard. Now Buzzword is not you everyday ajax app, it is built on top of Flash, which means teh interface looks much better than your standard web writing application. Now that Preview 7 is available, you can really enjoy the full power of Flash 9 : as Emily Chang wrote, Buzzword is not WYSIWYG, it is WYSIWYP.
And now for my favourite feature, the collaboration support: simply by selecting ‘Share’: now all your friends who have a Buzzword account work with the same version of the document. Neato! More points for web productivity there.
Of course, Buzzword still has a few flaws which I would like to point out: I’m not a big fan of the black interface, black interfaces are not for serious apps in my opinion, let the football manager games keep it. Also, don’t't forget, it’s still Flash. That means you’ll see the loading screen a few times.
That’s all I noticed, in comparison to others, it’s a great choice, especially for Opera users, because it ‘s a Flash based app, so it’s not supposed to have any compatibility issues. You can sign-up and try Buzzword by signing up here.
In short, the guys at Virtual Ubiquity (purchased by Adobe somewhere in the beginning of winter 2007) have done a great job. Congrats!
Has anyone else tried Buzzword? How do you feel about it in comparison to other online word processing apps?
Wow, this is pretty much the most interesting Web application I’ve heard these days. Will this kill Microsoft’s office apps? I hope so.
Me too, John, me too
@Buzzword – I’m in love with your colourpicker but still … I’ll stick to OpenOffice.
Show me where to DIGG this up
I’m in love with it! It’s very intuitive, and easy to use. But I disagree with you guys on the black, I find that it keeps me more focused than stark white with some tan and green thrown in there. My computer throws a wobbly (which is an official term) sometimes over Open Office, and so far this has been great. I’ve checked out others and this is my favourite by far, browser based or otherwise.