Comments on: Writely Will Be Switching To Google Authentication Soon

By: CoryC

CoryC — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:57:58 +0000

It’s funny that Writely is written in ASP.Net; a microsoft technology. I wonder if they will be changing the development platform.

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:49:35 +0000

Yeh, I was more suggesting it would be cool than useful.

FF, that’s because Blogger is owned by Google and has been for many years.

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[...] Writely Will Be Switching To Google Authentication SoonWritely was acquired awhile ago by Google in order for them to offer an online Word processor to their users. One month ago Writely finally opened their doors and they were letting anyone join, but it was still known as Writely. … [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:45:21 +0000

Inferno_str1ke wrote:

I still maintain that I got the email and sent you a tip before you got the email

My email is timestamped 4:39PM Central Time.

I’m not sure if Google Writely sounds “smooth” but maybe Google Writer? That is still similar to OpenOffice.org though and they probably want to do something to distinguish themselves (like you said).

As far as the Ajax commenting system goes I don’t think it is really necessary to have it display new comments as they come in because that isn’t happening frequently enough at this point. It would add quite a bit to the server load but it might be worth it when we start getting a ton of commenters…we seem to be getting more and more people involved so that may happen sooner rather than later. *crossing my fingers*

By: ffextensionguru

ffextensionguru — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:16:16 +0000

Blogger (my FORMER blog home) when I went to their beta (which was nothing exciting except for immediate posting) required me to register for a Google account.

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:57:04 +0000

I still maintain that I got the email and sent you a tip before you got the email

I reckon Google Writely will end up as the name – it’s nicer than ‘Word’ (and less gangsta), is a recognisable brand and sugests that Google aren’t just trying to compete with the Microsoft Office (as far as casual use is concerned) but are providing something new and different.

Edit: Incidentally, and nothing to do with the post, the Ajax comment system could go one better – it could add new comments to your page as other people submit them! I imagine it would cause a bit of extra server load, but it would be cool as hell to see.