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Apple Enhances iWork.com Beta With Sharing, Mobile Interface Features
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Wow, in playing around with iWork.com it looks like Apple is putting a lot of effort into this. Looks nice and any pages document can be shared with others for collaboration. pages can also be downloaded as word docs, pdf etc... Worked perfectly for me. The UI is very nice for a beta...
This is going to be a huge part of the iPad ecosystem. I expect that Apple will be giving iWork.com a lot of attention - YES
Can't wait for the iPad... Are we there yet Dad? Are we there yet... ?
This is going to be a huge part of the iPad ecosystem. I expect that Apple will be giving iWork.com a lot of attention - YES
Can't wait for the iPad... Are we there yet Dad? Are we there yet... ?
This cloud stuff looks nice, but hardly usable without a really fast internet connection. I don't see people using this at home, unless they are willing to pay a fortune to get fiber DSL. It already takes ages to upload something like an average photo (5Mb's) to MobileMe.
@HLdan .... old but still hilarious sign.
@HLdan .... old but still hilarious sign.
I was scared to read further. If they would have added Twitter and Facebook integration like everyone else seems to be doing, I would have personally flown to Cupertino and smacked Jobs across the face.
MobileMe and Quality?
You are paying a lot of money but you have no https in Web-Apps.
I disagree with you on the quality part for the most part with the exception you just made. That should be something that Apple is doing. Right now I almost never use the web interface anyway and choose to use the native apps which will always be faster than any web app and is secure unlike MM.
As for iWork, to me, it really doesn't matter. There is still no online editing and no way to edit those files on the iPhone. Office is still the large shadow looming over this area.
Great Feature to Include with MobileMe
This would be nice to include with a MobileMe subscription, or at least get a price break.
This would be nice to include with a MobileMe subscription, or at least get a price break.
That's what they said about the floppy disk too.
Give me a shout when we have free wireless Gbit networking across the entire face of planet earth. Then putting my keynote files online might be slightly usefull. But even then....what am I going to be accessing them with? The same laptop that I'm already making them on that has them right there on the HDD. Still no sale.
I just tried using my Apple ID and Password to log in at iWork.com. I was not able to login. I've been using the same ID for more than six years - I just bought a new iMac two weeks ago and have been to 2 "One to One" classes at my local Apple Store in Novi, MI.
Has anyone tried using this service? Is it possible I need a different login/password?
I am having the same exact problem!!!
Have you entered the public beta by using iWork running on your desktop or laptop to share a document with iwork.com? That's the first step...I am having the same exact problem!!!
You're welcome.
So there's no way to edit the shared documents within the browser itself? That's what I meant before when I said Apple needs to catch up with Google. GoogleDocs isn't ideal, but at least you can edit inside the browser.
Though... I suppose Apple's solution to this issue is the suite of iWork apps for iPad. How very Apple.
If this is anything like MobileMe I'll just keep using Dropbox which does essentially what this iWork beta does as long as others have local apps to open your documents.
I prefer local apps in conjunction with local/cloud backup and sharing. It's quicker and works even if access to the internet is down. Dropbox serves all these needs.
I prefer local apps in conjunction with local/cloud backup and sharing. It's quicker and works even if access to the internet is down. Dropbox serves all these needs.
This.
Also, I'm not worried about the lack of high speed wireless everywhere. I'd be shocked - SHOCKED - if iDisk or similar wasn't offered with a way of syncing docs locally to the iPad (if not also the iPhone).
There WILL be a way to keep docs locally on the iPad, we just don't yet know exactly how. Given this (and yes, I think it's a given), there will almost certainly be a way of syncing local storage to cloud storage.
If you still can't edit from the website then I don't understand the point of the iWork online thing. Is it simply to share documents? Dropbox does that fine and for free.
I doubt Apple will ever add online editing because they want to force people to have to buy iWork to use the functionality. Google docs works because you can collaborate with anyone who has an internet connection, and once again it's free.
And mobile me only having 20GB of space is really low when you look around at other offers. I recently paid $50 for 200GB of space from Google for to store my pictures and got a free eyefi card with the purchase.
I doubt Apple will ever add online editing because they want to force people to have to buy iWork to use the functionality. Google docs works because you can collaborate with anyone who has an internet connection, and once again it's free.
And mobile me only having 20GB of space is really low when you look around at other offers. I recently paid $50 for 200GB of space from Google for to store my pictures and got a free eyefi card with the purchase.
I use google apps for my business, email, everything, but I have never been impressed with editing in Google Docs. It never seems to get the formatting right, and does not handle inline images well. It just frustrates me to no end. At least when I open up Iwork, the file that I uploaded looks like the file I uploaded.
You can annotate documents online with notes, but not edit.
I guess it's designed for group collaboration primarily.
I think one of the best things Apple could do to make iWork.com really valuable is allow to run keynote presentations from it. If you really value Keynote over PowerPoint but don't want to take a laptop everywhere it would be perfect, especially if PC's are already setup with the projector.
Upload your presentation to iwork.com, login on any computer and start playing it with animations and everything. I would pay money for that!
Also, editing documents would be nice also...
Upload your presentation to iwork.com, login on any computer and start playing it with animations and everything. I would pay money for that!
Also, editing documents would be nice also...