Comment Of The Day
Charlie posted a comment to my Productivity Apps In The Cloud post .
I'd like to see an editor that sits locally, runs locally, saves locally, and optionally (default) saves to the web as well. The only part of what you describe that needs to be web-based (and sock-imparied) is the save/replication. And for the solely web-based editors, I'd like to see AutoSave by default. I can't tell you how many times I've lost posts becauses of an innadvertent keboard slip that somehow refreshed the browser or went back. Many.
Posted by: charlie crystle | Jun 6, 2006 6:21:12 AM
I agree with most of this Charlie. But I want a hybrid solution. A client when I want it. A web-based app when I don't. With synchronization between the two. Like Microsoft has had with Outlook for years. And autosave and recovery are key features of an online editor. I've lost a ton of half complete posts when my browser crashes.
"I've lost a ton of half complete posts when my browser crashes."
There is a better browser and it's called Opera. Now, it's my favourite one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)
Posted by: Dimitar Vesselinov | June 06, 2006 at 09:39 AM
If by "save to the web" you mean, "post to a blog," then I highly recommend BlogJet.
Performancing, which is a Firefox plug-in, is also pretty cool, though it was still a bit buggy when I tried it.
Posted by: Derek Scruggs | June 06, 2006 at 10:15 AM
I'm a big fan of hybrid systems--we call ours the Hybrid Web, where most of the logic runs on the desktop, but we integrate web services like backup, remote updates, mapping, etc. So you get the power of the desktop and the utility of the web. Things like autosave and synch are not that hard to do, and will be very welcome features when they arrive. SDk coming out in 3 weeks...
Posted by: charlie crystle | June 06, 2006 at 04:09 PM
I have a screen shot of Google Spreadsheet at my blog, if you're interested.
It's a pretty basic offering. I'd like to see it become much more robust if I were to consider using it.
But then I suspect my Excel needs are rather different from most people's needs.
Posted by: Dave | June 06, 2006 at 08:48 PM
Try City Desk - http://www.fogcreek.com/ - sounds like what you need.
Posted by: Josh Watts | June 07, 2006 at 11:46 AM
out of habbit, i usually <CTRL>+<A>, <CTRL>+<C> all my comments b4 posting them, but using the Firefox extension 'SessionSaver' has eliminated the need for this little technique. I still sometimes do it out of habit - especially if i'm into an especially-long rant.
Posted by: Peter | June 10, 2006 at 11:47 PM
also wanted to mention 'Quicknote' - the Firefox extension. It's pretty hype. Does auto-save stuff locally. It shows up as another tab in Firefox (or other options, configurable). It doesn't have a couple of things which would make it one of the best extensions in existence:
1) Unlimited notes (currently limited to 5).
2) No online sharing of notes, as suggested.
Still, it's useful.
Posted by: Peter | June 11, 2006 at 07:48 PM