AJAX Applications

Following is list of best AJAX applications. The decisive factors are based on combination of simplicity and rich functionality, how interactive the application is, and the most important one – free.

1. Gmail : I think everyone knows about it.

2. Writely : It allows you to edit documents online with whomever you choose, and then publish and blog them online.
You can:
•Upload Word documents, HTML or text (or create documents from scratch).
•Use our simple WSIWYG editor to format your documents, spell-check them, etc.
•Invite others to share your documents (by e-mail address).
•Edit documents online with whomever you choose.
•View your documents' complete revision history and roll back to any version.
•Publish documents online to the world, or to just who you choose.
•Download documents to your desktop as Word, HTML or zip.
•Post your documents to your blog.

3. gOffice: gOFFICE.com, by Silveroffice, Inc., provides an online office suite which allows customers to quickly create documents via a web browser. The customer types in their browser, chooses a letterhead design and receives a professionally formatted PDF file in moments. Customers do not require Adobe Acrobat full version, as the PDF files are created on Silveroffice's servers. It is a collection of browser based Word Processor, Desktop Publishing tools, Spreadsheets, and Presentations.

4. Numsum: It's short for Number Summation. Numsum, created by TrimPath, brings you online, simple, sharable web spreadsheets.
You can use Num Sum for...
• Home Budgeting
• Tracking Search Keywords
• Online Stock Portfolio
• Fantasy Sports
• Anything You Want!

5. Thinkfree: ThinkFree Office Online delivers a complete set of office applications. The application suite features integrated, Internet-based file sharing and storage with end-to-end security. Its powerful, easy-to-use applications can seamlessly open, edit, and save directly to the corresponding Microsoft Office file formats like .doc, .xls, and .ppt. Other features include a full featured drawing module, chart module, HTML export, and XML (WordML and SpreadsheetML) support.
With ThinkFree Office Online you can :
• Create Microsoft Office-compatible documents from the Web
• Open and edit your Office documents anywhere and anytime
• Post documents directly to your blog without any conversion
• Create powerful Web presentations using a familiar interface
• Convert your existing documents to PDF format

6. Kiko: It is a cool new web calendar that delivers all the functionality of desktop calendar software, and all the convenience of online access.