Monday, October 15, 2007

#18 Web Based Applications

Ho Ho Ho!! Zoho ! Zoho writer is amazing!
All those poor patrons who arrive at our libraries hoping to work on Word documents or other applications - to discover that we don't have software loaded onto our public terminals - all this time they could have been using Zoho Writer! I can't wait to be able to flog it out there!
Zoho looks so professional, yet incredibly user friendly.
I think the fact that as soon as you join up and log in it takes you straight to a blank document with all the usual icons that we are all comfortable with is a great bonus.
The basic services are impressive, word docs, spreadsheets, Access etc... there are many templates and useful applications. A closer look shows other desirable services, such as mail, chat, wikis etc...
It's also very easy to swing between one application to another, just by clicking a button - i.e from your word doc to your wiki .
Then for the more adventurous - you can publish your docs or if you need, send them to your phone or your facebook! It's also handy that multiple users can edit documents.
On reading through their news/comments section - it's obvious Zoho is a very slick, professional and it would appear respected online service. I would imagine this is due to the incredibly varied array of services they offer, the user-friendly set out and the fact you can access your documents from many locations, using many formats.
I can see this being of great use in our library and will recommend it.

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