I was going to say I love Writely, but perhaps that's a little strong: I really like Writely though. Writely's an Web 2.0-style full text editor, available through a browser near you. The appeal to use this is very strong: I have MS Office on one computer at home that's gone on the fritz and I can't find anyway to transfer the license over. Writely, well, I can just use that anywhere. Another plus is that you can collaborate with others on the same document.

Unfortunately until a couple of days ago the beta-try-it program was closed. Not any longer -- you can go get your account now:

Google has finally cleared the backlog of applications to join the beta programme for the Writely online word processor and has now reopened the application to new users. There has been no formal announcement on Google although there is a mention in Writely's own blog, presumably to prevent a rush of sign ups.

[...] Writely, along with the Google Spreadsheet launched earlier this year, is one of the core applications around which Google hopes to create an online office suite - although the current version does not integrate with Spreadsheet. Last week rival Microsoft launched its own Writer online word processor as part of its own suite of Live web-based services.

I'm not sure what Google's business model here is, besides perhaps "p-ss off Microsoft". Perhaps they're going to wrap Writely into dedicated boxes that can be dropped into an enterprise, not unlike the search services they sell. 

I'm now doing almost everything except spreadsheets "Office 2.0" style: I use Google Calender, Google Mail, Writely and BlogMatrix for blogging and information sharing.