Has anyone else tried using docs.google.com? I noticed that attached spreadsheets now have a link with their google mail entry that takes you off to google docs. I've been experimenting with this capability - which provides basic Web-based word processing and spreadsheets.
The most interesting feature is the support for collaboration. Your spreadsheet or document is saved at Google - not on your computer. So, you can look at it anywhere there is a computer on the Web. You can share a document or spreadsheet with any number of viewers or collaborators. As you (or your collaborators) make changes, everyone sees them realtime. Seems pretty extravagant, were millions of people to use this at a time - lots of CPU cycles being used up somewhere.
I am still hesitant to put anything sensitive - financial data, for example - on Google's servers. But, for other types of data, why not? It has the same advantages that google mail has - use anywhere transparent access without installing any new software. All you need is the Web and a browser - you don't even need a hard drive.
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