One important aspect I forgot to include in that post: offline access. GDocs has offline doc sync through Gears. You would think Buzzword would be a shoe-in for offline access through Adobe's AIR platform, but so far, that's not the case. Maybe they're working on it, and I would assume they are. But at this moment, GDocs has offline, Buzzword doesn't, and that matters. - Nathaniel Payne

Another important fact is .... GDocs *isn't* going away. - Matt Kaufman

Thanks for the post Nathaniel, I commented. We are working on an AIR version. We've been testing it internally but I'm not sure what the ETA is. I'd add that to the post so the Buzzword guys can see that you think it's a priority. - Ryan Stewart

@Ryan - thanks for stopping by (both here and there). I'll definitely add my thoughts on offline access. It didn't come to me until much later, but it is important enough to make sure it gets mentioned. Thanks again! - Nathaniel Payne

Yes, offline access is one of the most important aspects, I'd say. I've been loving dropbox. and the reason is that i can edit files offline and then leave them in the dropbox folder with confidence that they will be uploaded to the server as soon as the computer goes back online. if they could incorporate a good online word processing app into their service, and make the interface a little more smooth, it would be absolutely killer. - mike

Mike - this is a great use of dropbox! Man, I love if when people come up with novel uses for good utilities. - Phil G