Comments on: ajaxWrite – a Microsoft Word Lookalike Online Editor

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By: .: On Tokyo Time :. » Ajax = no installation

.: On Tokyo Time :. » Ajax = no installation — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:06:13 +0000

[...] [via Ajaxian] uses XUL and therefore requires Firefox. Very impressive though! You can also bookmark this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos [...]

By: AustinSlacker

AustinSlacker — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:46:53 +0000

For quick and dirty word processing, it is great. I loaded several different times, most were less than 5 seconds. That is as fast as Word loads locally on my system. Maybe folks should stop complaining about how slow a free app loads, especially when it their system/connections. Anyway, I can’t wait to start using more web delivered apps. Its nice not to have to worry about licensing and loading.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:57:32 +0000

funny…
yahoo: Results 1 – 10 of about 31,400 for ajaxwrite
google: Your search – ajaxwrite – did not match any documents.

By: WeeJames

WeeJames — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:10:00 +0000

Not impressed… its like FCKEditor, except with less functionality and a half assed Word parser builtin. Can you even define an A4 page? The pages seem to go on endlessly.

By: Ajaxian » AjaxLaunch.com: An Ajax App Each Week

Ajaxian » AjaxLaunch.com: An Ajax App Each Week — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:17:22 +0000

[...] The much-publicised AjaxWrite is only the beginning for Michael Robertson’s push into Ajax. Further to the release a couple of days ago, here’s some info on their plans: But ajaxWrite is just the start. We have a library of applications we have been working on to replace most of the standard PC software titles. Every week we will launch a new sophisticated program on Wednesday at 12:00 PST on http://www.ajaxLaunch.com. These programs will push the boundaries of what people believe is possible today with web-delivered software. These programs look and operate much like their traditional software cousins, but are cross-platform, loaded dynamically, and are available to users at no charge. I’m convinced if you try a few of these products you will understand how the software business will fundamentally change. [...]

By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:44:56 +0000

Lame, I’ve seen javascript blog HTML editors with a lot more functionality than this. Besides a half-assed attempt at opening .doc files, its not very impressive.

By: Bert Fonteyn

Bert Fonteyn — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:55:18 +0000

Sweet webapp, but rather slow and a very bad signal to send out to the world.I’m a Mac based developer. Years ago everybody (not only those who work on a Mac or any other Unix system off course) was complaining about websites that would only work in Internet Explorer on Windows. Now the new trends are webapps and websites that only work correctly in Mozilla/Firefox. Apparently developers can afford this now that so many people have switched, but this switch in terms of behaviour is rather hypocritical.In a couple of years the market shifted, an now so many developers are doing the samething they cursed Microsoft for a couple of years ago. If you really care about the health of the web, you do all that’s in your power to give everyone the best experience possible, not just lock groups of web users out. Don’t come complaining when the market might shift again in a couple of years.

By: Stefan Mokros

Stefan Mokros — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:46:30 +0000

I wonder what is the deal with creating such an app as ajax software when doing such a sing in java would create a much better result. What is the buzz about all this Ajax about? I would really like to know, this comment is in no way intended to be a flame.

By: Ramblings of a Short Man » Blog Archive » ajaxWrite: what about IE?

Ramblings of a Short Man » Blog Archive » ajaxWrite: what about IE? — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:23:03 +0000

[...] There’s buzz over at Memorandum about the launch of ajaxWrite. Some good and some not so good. [...]

By: Azer KoÃ§ulu

Azer KoÃ§ulu — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:56:52 +0000

This is Simple&useful tool, but very slow.. Google should buy this :)

By: Chris Cornutt

Chris Cornutt — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:40:48 +0000

Actually, the first time I loaded it up this morning (about 30 min before I wrote the post), it did load up in the “6 seconds” mentioned.

I wouldn’t jump to conclusions that it’s the application when it’s probably the server load. It’s also been mentioned on:

digg: http://digg.com/technology/ajaxWrite:_A_Web_Based_MS_Word_Compatible_Word_Processor
and has made it to the del.icio.us popular page: http://del.icio.us/popular/

Think there might be a tiny bit of load on their servers?

By: Ryan Gahl

Ryan Gahl — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:21:54 +0000

…after it finally loaded, clicked “file > open” and gave up after that dialog took another 30 seconds to load…

Sorry, it’s just not good. Why is this an article? Shouldn’t these things be evaluated as being **GOOD** before an entire article is wasted on them?

By: Ryan Gahl

Ryan Gahl — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:19:23 +0000

Holy crap this thing takes a long time to load…. nearly 2 minutes to finally see their sample document. I’m on a T1 too… yuck!

By: Jacques

Jacques — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:17:38 +0000

Microsoft developped XAML while the Mozilla XUL was already feature complete a long time ago.

Iâ€™m glad to see developers using XUL (like they did for ajaxWrite) instead of XAML.

Yes, XUL-based apps will work only in Mozilla-based apps, like Firefox. But Firefox runs on Linux, Mac and PC.

By: Aaron Bassett

Aaron Bassett — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:15:18 +0000

When I tried it I found it took alot longer than I would have liked to load (not the 6sec they claim) and when I attempted to save my very basic document it died everytime.

Sorry writely wins hands-down…

By: Scott Schiller

Scott Schiller — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:49:53 +0000

Looks like a pretty nice application of XUL (presumably why it won’t work in IE, etc.) Standard widget rendering and built-in behaviours are always a good thing! :)

By: alex

alex — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:12:39 +0000

The idea screams “Microsoft come buy us” :D