Attention starved as we are, the biggest inertia we have to get over before trying a new service is the cumbersome registration process. Sensing this, and part of the latest move by Google Apps to create new customer-magnetic marketing tools (remember the cloud calculator), Google just made testing Google Docs simple, like, REAL simple.

All you need to do is visit the Google Docs demo page (docs.google.com/demo) and start typing away in a Google Docs document open right in front of you. No registration required, no Google Account required. WOW! Similarly you can start working on spreadsheets, or even drawings. if you want to collaborate with someone else in real time, just share the link with them.

 

 

Since this document will remain on Google's servers for just a day, this new resource has been created more to attract new customers, and educate them about the simplicity of using Google Docs. The move is also an additional step to preempt Microsoft's Office Web Apps and Docs.com (MS's collaboration with FaceBook) before they catch on. In contrast, when i visited Docs.com to test how they compared, this is the message i got.

 

 

I still can't stop buzzing in joy at the thought of being able to collaborate in real time on a document without having to log in.