On Wednesday, online file storage and collaboration company Box.net unveiled Web Documents, a Web-based text editor that allows users to, well, edit text. More of a basic collaboration tool for businesses and less a Google Docs killer, Web Documents walks the fine line between an in-house document tool and not stepping on the toes of Box.net’s partners. Ars drafted a few documents and spoke with Sean Lindo, Box.net’s Community Manager.
Web Documents is available to all users, from free accounts to the recently refreshed business plans, and a document can quickly be created in any folder from the slightly renamed “Web Doc” menu. The Web Documents editing tool itself provides a fairly typical set of features, including basic text formatting, links, bullet points, photo embedding, and font tools. Web Docs can be previewed without the editing tools, shared publicly, and collaborated on with co-workers that you grant explicit permission to.
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