MS Office Live Workspaces

Frustrated at some of the many shortcomings of MS Word, Google Apps, and Zoho, I started googling for other collaboration solutions, all of which seem to fill a niche that I don’t quite need at this point.

So, tonight I tested out Microsoft’s Office Live Workplaces, and while it doesn’t have the cross platform features that I’d really like to see (and have come to depend on with Google and Zoho), it does a somewhat seamless integrate with MS Word.

To sign up, go to the web site, sign in with your email address, login and install their little program thingee to integrate with Word, and voila! Now when I open up MS Word (at least with Windows), there is an extra button there that allows me to save to my online MS account.

(For giggles, I also installed MS Shared View, but haven’t yet used with anyone else, as everyone else seems to use tools like CrossLoop.)