An Open XML application

The result of the OOXML vote reminded me of this blog post which I had bookmarked a few weeks ago, about a nice wee application called TextGlow, which has been developed locally by Intergen.

TextGlow is a cutting edge browser application for viewing Word 2007 documents on the Internet. With TextGlow it is possible to instantly view a document within a web page, with no Microsoft Office applications installed, or the user even running Windows!

The value of an application like TextGlow is that it makes browsing documents on a website much faster. There is no need to download each individual document and open it with Word to preview its contents. With the rise of web based document management systems such as SharePoint Server, I believe that being able to quickly preview documents within the browser using TextGlow will be a real productivity boost.

That sounds bloody good to me. I have not quite worked out how or where to download it but am going to give it a try.