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Best Free Online Collaboration Tools

This page is updated regularly. Last update: October 11, 2005.

Free Collaborative Document Editing

Writeboard Writeboard

Writely Writely

Both these web applications allow you to create and edit text-based documents online. Setting up collaboration groups with others is as simple as entering their email addresses. An email is automatically sent to them with a link to the document and a password.

Writely's word processing is much more sophisticated than Writeboard's simple interface and looks very similar to desktop word processors. A very neat feature is the ability to upload an HTML or DOC file first, then begin editing it online. Writely also can publish your document to your blog. It also saves a version history of any changes, so you can always revert any changes.

Writeboard has the advantage of working with Backpack, the online organizational tool, but is really just a simple text editor with no advanced formatting capabilities, but if that's all you need, then it might be just right for you.

http://writeboard.com/

http://www.writely.com/

Free Collaborative Note Taking

JotSpot Live JotSpot Live

This very cool web application lets you take notes online with a group of people. You see their notes as they type them, and they see yours. It's an interesting concept and feels like the combination of a chat client and a word processor.

It's an excellent example of the power of AJAX, and very useful.

http://www.jotlive.com/