Google Docs, Zoho Writer and now Adobe Buzzword. Since the start of the rise of online document editors, I always asked myself, why those websites do not use flash instead of Ajax and I still don’t really get it. I always thought "FLASH" would be better and faster. I know that "Live Documents" will also use the FLASH technology.
Adobe Buzzword although came a bit late to the game, but there are couple or more things that makes it better than the others. Obviously being in FLASH is the first that comes to mind, it really makes it super fast. Buzzword is far more simpler and easy on the eye’s too. It works on any operating system, your computer just needs to have Adobe Flash installed, which is available in most computers by default anyway.
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As soon as you finish your registration you are quickly switched to the main page. In the main page you can basically either create a new document, open a saved document in Buzzword or open a document from your harddisk.
The beauty of Buzzword, being in flash, the menus are smooth and fast. And nicely organized, and on your first look you would get the wrong impression that BUZZWORD lacks features and options.
But you will be very mistaken to think so, just click on any of the icons and it will slide revealing various features. The picture below shows some of them.
We shouldn’t forget the pull down menus too, which also hold a number of different kind of options.
The "History" feature keeps track of different changes that you make on a document so you can switch between them easily.
In Buzzword you can also insert Pictures and Comments.
Document sharing, you can make a document private or share it with others in a very simple way, setting a role for the person you are sharing the document with. There are three roles. Co-Author where he can do anything with the document, Reviewer where he can read and comment on the document, and Reader where he is only allowed to read the document.
There are other great features also, such as Zooming, using a slidebar you can zoom the document in and out which automatically resize everything in it. You can also insert special characters, and Offcourse, the automatic word count is useful when you are limited to number of words.
Now that is all great stuff in BUZZWORD, but there are couple of things that I found negative in it, nothing is perfect in this world. Anyway, the first thing that bothered me is the limited number of fonts available, which are only seven fonts.
The second thing is what happens sometimes when you upload a picture, it took me three tries to upload an image, a message keeps coming up stating that "Buzzword could not contact the server to complete our action". I tried doing this using IE, Firefox, FLOCK which is Firefox anyway, and I tried it from my Toshiba G30 Notebook and My Desktop PC. Sometimes the image is uploaded from the first time, but the error window do appear quite often.
In the end I would like to say that Adobe Buzzword is a good, easy and fast Word Processor. Couple of enhancements here and there and it will defiantly become THE web REAL Word Processor.
At first I didn’t think the Writers Strike would last long, I expected that the fat cats would cave in to try to avoid losing billions of dollars, at least that’s how i saw it. But it seems that the strike is going to continue and none of them are willing to lean towards any solution.
To be honest at first i didn’t understand what was the issue, and i thought those writers are really greedy, especially after reading some responses from the big guys in the industry, but thanks to a videos posted on youtube by the writers explaining what they are fighting for, I understood the situation and now I know that they are not asking for much.
Here is the video:
Ofcourse this strike is going to have a huge affect on all of your favourite shows, and if it gets longer it seems that networks will start airing more and more reality shows, yes no need for writers, there is even a talk of Big Brother on CBS to start in the Winter for the first time in its history, as you know Big Brother is a summer show. One of the major surprises of the season would be Heroes ending with the 11th episode being the season finale on December 3rd.
Here is a full list of how shows are affected by this strike until now. After the jump.
24 — Production stopped after 8 episodes of 24 completed, will not air until all 24 episodes can be aired in succession.
30 Rock — Ten episodes of 22 filmed, production shut down. Episode 7 expected on November 27.
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Back to You — On hiatus.
Big Bang Theory — On hiatus.
Big Shots — Nine episodes completed out of 13.
Bionic Woman — 9 of 13 episodes completed filming.
Bones — 12 of 22 episodes in the can. Episode 9 will air Nov. 27.
Boston Legal — 15 episodes completed out of 22.
Brothers and Sisters — Six episodes left including this week.
Cane — Entire 13 episode season filmed and expected to air.
Carpoolers — Entire 13 episode season completed filming.
Cashmere Mafia — Premiere moved to 2008.
Cavemen — 12 of 13 season episode season completed filming.
Chuck — Six completed episodes left.
The Colbert Report — On hiatus, airing repeats.
Cold Case — 10 of 24 episodes completed filming.
Criminal Minds — Six more episodes completed, then … 12 out of 22 eps filmed.
C.S.I. — Ten out of 24 episodes filmed.
C.S.I.: Miami — 13 out of 24 episodes filmed.
C.S.I.: New York — 14 out of 24 episodes filmed.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — On hiatus, running repeats.
Desperate Housewives — 9th episode will air December 2, then on hiatus holding back the last show filmed.
Dirt — Season expected to be truncated.
Dirty Sexy Money — Six episodes left before zilch, 12 of the 13 episodes completed filming.
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Ellen DeGeneres — New shows after a one-day hiatus.
Everybody Hates Chris — Full 22 episode season completed and ready to air.
Family Guy — Production shut down.
Ghost Whisperer — 9 episodes out of 22 filmed.
Gossip Girl — Six episodes to go before shutdown, 13 of 22 episodes completed.
Grey’s Anatomy — 11 of 22 episodes completed, production shut down.
Heroes — Scripts written through the 11th episode which might serve as season finale December 3.
House — Five or six completed episodes in can before none.
How I Met Your Mother — On hiatus.
Jericho — Seven episode season ready to air.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — On hiatus, airing repeats.
Journeyman — Entire 13 episode season filmed.
K-Ville — 10 of 13 episodes completed, production shut down.
Late Show with David Letterman — On hiatus, repeats expected throughout strike.
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit — 14 of 22 episodes completed, production shut down.
Lost — 8 of 16 episodes completed, still scheduled for a February premiere.
Medium — Nine of 22 episodes completed filming.
Men in Trees — 19 episodes filmed, some held back from last season.
My Name is Earl — Season completed filming.
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NCIS — Ten out of 24 episodes filmed.
The New Adventures of Old Christine — Production shut down.
Nip/Tuck — 14 episodes filmed, filming on next 8 postponed.
Numb3rs — 12 out of 24 episodes filmed — Nov. 23 marks episode 9.
The Office — On hiatus after cast didn’t show up to work. Two or three completed episodes left to air.
Prison Break — On hiatus until January 14.
Private Practice — Eleven episodes filmed, production shut down.
Rescue Me — Production had been scheduled in 2008 for a 22 episode season, status in limbo.
Rules of Engagement — On hiatus.
Samantha Who? — Twelve episodes filmed out of 22-ep season.
Saturday Night Live — On hiatus.
Scrubs — 11 episodes shot, 12th worked non-WGA, brouhaha as NBC wants that to be finale and creator Bill Lawrence doesn’t want to end early.
Shark — 11 of 22 episodes completed filming.
The Simpsons — Sitting pretty with 17 completed episodes to go.
Smallville — 15 of 22 episodes completed.
South Park — Not WGA, production continues.
Supernatural — 11 episodes completed filming, five more scripts ready.
‘Til Death — On hiatus.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — On hiatus, repeats expected throughout strike.
Two and A Half Men — On hiatus as of November 26, production shut down.
Ugly Betty — 13 out of 24 episodes filmed.
At first I didn’t think the Writers Strike would last long, I expected that the fat cats would cave in to try to avoid losing billions of dollars, at least that’s how i saw it. But it seems that the strike is going to continue and none of them are willing to lean towards any solution.