Zohowriter also created a problem because I tried their layer which then wouldn't be deleted (or cut).
The first post (from Zohowriter) received a friendly suggestion from Jonathan Crow to try thinkfree. Unfortunately because of that layer problem I've deleted that post, and include Jonathan's comment at the end of this post.
I guess it depends why one is blogposting the document.
If one wants to blog about the document to invite people to travel to the online-office-place to potentially collaborate or share the document, then thinkfree does that automatically. To achieve the same with Zoho or Googledocs one could either include a link within the document when created, or edit the post.
However, if one wants the document to appear seamlessly as a post then I can't see thinkfree managing that... perhaps I might be corrected.
UPDATE 12 Jan 07: As a further note, today I'm helping a friend edit a document he has been writing about desalination. It uploaded almost precisely. Images that Word shoves to the next page to ensure they show completely, have appeared in Power Edit of thinkfree at the bottom of the previous page - cut off - I wonder if they would print that way? Great though is the quality of the Word-like view: once one has adapted to the small variations from doing things the Word-way, thinkfree power edit view appears to provide a better WYSIWYG view than the others, which I believe would make it easier to work on a document on different computers than CD or jumpdrive ported Word documents.
Copy of comment from Jonathan Crow posted to first publication of this review since deleted:
Hi,
I am wondering if you have tried ThinkFree Online. Inc. Magazine recently voted us the best bet to replace Microsoft Office
We have a full office suite that offers robust functionality including a full print interface and functions that allow you to create full MLA format documents with footers and headers. We operate in two modes, Quick Edit, for when you need to work and run, or Power Edit when you need to take the time to create a richly formatted document.
Our Power Edit mode has the highest level of functionality around. Because we started building our application in 1999 based on MS Office formats, we also take pride in the fact that we have the highest level of MS Office compatibility available. We handle documents that other applications just don't open.
We have collaboration features, version management, publishing live documents to blogs, mash-ups with Flickr, del.icio.us, Creative Commons, and let you share documents using your own email application.
I'd be interested in knowing what you think.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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