Writely is an online word processor that was recently purchased by Google. On acquisition, Google immediately closed registration for new users but now they have opened the online application to everyone!
Having used Writely, I have found it to be extremely useful in collaborative document editing. You can import Word documents, and save to PDF, OpenOffice, Rich Text Format and zip which makes this tool very versatile. Writely autosaves your work every 10 seconds and allows you to also store your work online.
My new favorite web-based discussion forum softare Vanilla, has just left beta! Version 1.0 is definately worth a look. This simple and elegant forum software is easy to install and use. It is coded with PHP and MySQL so makes a nice match with most hosting packages. The UI makes good use of AJAX, so page load times are excellent.
