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ThinkFree Online Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ripe-for-flash-drive-bookmarks dept.

ThinSkin writes "ThinkFree Online is, simply put, Office without the Microsoft, a collection of free online apps that support and contain most features found in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. ThinkFree has just released a major upgrade to its features, bumping its online storage to 1GB for each user and adding a lightweight AJAX-based collaboration feature. ExtremeTech has an interesting review of ThinkFree Online's applications and features which reveals a lot to like about this improved webware and, while it may have its occasional quirks, can be great for those who want to edit and create documents on the fly."

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  1. Check the actual app out (in 2 1/2 hours) by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Think Free appears to be down for now, but at 7:00am PDT, you'll (apparantly) be able to have a look

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  2. Re:Looks very nice by Young+Master+Ploppy · · Score: 3, Informative
    It might look nice to you, but if these guys are serious about being "web 2.0" and/or replacing Office then they really need to work on their accessibility. Even that offline message has two big accessibility no-no's: text-as-images, and table-based layout. I tried looking at that page with Fangs (screen reader emulator) and you know what it said?
    "thinkfree dash Internet ExplorerTable with one column and twenty rowsTable with one column and sixteen rowsTable endTable end"
    That's what a visually-impaired person would get from that website. That's it, nothing else. And while accessibility might not be important to you in your current situation, it's extremely important to anyone with a disability, and also to the public sector. All government web systems must be accessible, and until accessibility gets taken more seriously on these kind of projects, the desktop is going to win out every time.
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  3. Hosting your own by The+Bastard · · Score: 3, Informative
    Looks like many comments regarding Internet accessability, ownership on someone else's servers, etc may be void. ThinkFree has both stand-alone desktop and internal server products. Pop this puppy on your own servers for intranet or VPN access.

    Hosted, or with the option of implementing my own server. Hmmm...A Web 2.0 company doing it right.