New from Adobe: Acrobat.com
posted in technology, web 2.0 |Mashable: Adobe Launches Acrobat.com; Email Attachments Go On Death Watch
From Mashable’s post: “At the heart of the new launch is Buzzword, the web-based word processor that Adobe acquired last year…Different permissions can be assigned to each collaborator, and edits all tracked and saved with version control. Of course, since this is all done over the Web, these documents can be accessed by anyone from anywhere – a big shift from the days of emailing documents back and forth – much like what Google is attempting to do with Google Docs, and Microsoft with Office Live Workspace.”
PC World: First Look: Adobe’s Acrobat.com Document Collaboration Service
From PC World’s post: “Acrobat.com has four principal components: a word processor called Buzzword; online file sharing via a feature called Share; a file converter that lets you convert up to five documents per month, free, to PDF format (offered within Share); and ConnectNow for personal Web conferencing. Adobe also makes APIs available for developers so they can create service mash-ups more easily.”
ReadWriteWeb: Adobe Launches Online Office Suite and New Flash-Enabled Acrobat 9
From ReadWriteWeb’s post: “Adobe is has just launched their version of an online office suite available at Acrobat.com, complete with word processor (Buzzword), web conferencing/whiteboard app (ConnectNow), online file sharing (Share), file storage, (My Files), and PDF converter. To complement this launch, Adobe has also announced a brand-new version of Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat 9, the biggest release since the initial one that introduced Acrobat to the world. The remarkable change in this new version is that Adobe is now incorporating Flash into the PDF experience.”
TechCrunch: Adobe Launches Acrobat.com
From Tech Crunch’s post: “Acrobat.com is a combination of three recently launched online services: Adobe Brio (online meetings), Adobe Buzzword (online word processor), and Adobe Share (online file sharing). Thus with the public beta launch of Acrobat.com, Adobe is taking on Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, WebEx, and GoTo Meeting—all at the same time.”
ZDNet: Adobe’s Acrobat.com could be an Office killer; Will interface matter?
From ZDNet’s post: “Adobe has tied together its online office suite with the beta of Acrobat.com and the user interface is the big differentiator. What remains to be seen is whether online office users care about aesthetics.”
Also, here’s one from C-Net News about the release of Adobe Acrobat 9: Adobe Acrobat Takes Big Online Leap
From C-Net News’ post: “Adobe unveiled an online community Monday with a word processor; file storage and sharing; and deep tie-ins to a newly Flash-enabled Acrobat 9.”
And, finally, from the Acrobat.com Blog: Welcome to Acrobat.com - Work. Together. Anywhere (you get the idea of the post from the title).
Basically, it seems that Acrobat.com offers some interesting features that will compete with extant offerings from other large (e.g., Google, Microsoft) and smaller but still significant (e.g., office-Zoho, ThinkFree; documents-Scribd, DocStoc; web conferencing-WebEx, GoTo Meeting). And as others have pointed out, Acrobat.com does have a nice look and feel to it, so you might want to check it out.
