Online office

Online Office , Cloud Office , Online Productivity Suite or Cloud Productivity Suite are computer applications in which Office documents can be created without the user having to install any software . The files are usually on a server and are processed on the Internet . One of the first solutions was SUN ONE Webtop , an online version of Star Office, from Sun Microsystems .

General properties

The web-based applications are usually characterized by the fact that they want to remain compatible with the established Office program packages as closely as possible through their external appearance ( GUI ), operation and storage formats . Many developers now offer the entire standard range of an office suite, some also develop other applications.

techniques

In contrast to older models, what the individual technical solutions have in common is that they mostly perform the necessary calculations on the client side, i.e. with control commands directly in the browser, as is the case with Ajax scripts and Java applets, and only use data when required reload from the server. The fact that the parameters are transferred internally in the browser gives the impression of a desktop application. Online office applications are usually called up like websites and executed in the browser. The provider usually offers web space to save the files, but you can also save the documents on your own hard drive.

meaning

Many large manufacturers apparently assume that Office web applications can conquer a large share of the market, and therefore develop these web applications in a targeted manner or buy corresponding start-ups (for example, Writely and jotSpot were bought by Google in 2006, the flash based word processor Buzzword in October 2007 by Adobe).

Example Google Drive

Google Drive is an online office site owned by Google . In addition to a word processor and spreadsheet, it also offers software for presentations. A Google account is required to use the service. The original Google Docs developed from two independent components: the additional word processor Writely and the in-house spreadsheet application Google Spreadsheets, which Google made available to a limited number of users on June 6, 2006. In September 2007 the tool for presentations was added.

Online office applications

• Adobe Buzzword (word processor).
• Apple IWork.com
• Collabora Online
• CryptPad ( Open Source )
• EtherPad (text editor) and EtherCalc (spreadsheet) ( open source ).
• Feng Office ( Open Source )
• Google Drive
• IBM Docs
• LibreOffice Online
• Microsoft Office Online
• Open-Xchange OX AppSuite : OX Text word processing and OX Spreadsheet ( open source ).
• OwnCloud Documents , Nextcloud Documents (word processing), based on WebODF technology ( open source ).
• ThinkFree Office .
• Zoho Office .

See also

• Office package
• Web application
• Online word processing
• Online spreadsheet

Remarks

1. ↑ Golem.de : Google buys online word processor Writely March 9, 2006, accessed on September 12, 2010
2. ↑ Golem.de: Google buys wiki provider JotSpot October 31, 2006, accessed on September 12, 2010
3. ↑ ^{a b} Golem.de: Buzzword: Adobe buys Flash-based online word processing. "Share" document exchange service started. October 1, 2007, accessed September 12, 2010
4. ↑ CryptPad: Zero Knowledge, collaborative real-time editing. Retrieved May 17, 2020 . 
5. ↑ EtherCalc website
6. ↑ WebODF functions
7. ↑ Thinkfree Office website
8. ↑ Zoho Office website