[tregoning]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the main advantages of web-based apps:

* Collaboration (including real-time collaboration)

* Ease (or more like lack of it) installation process

* Always up to date

[anthk]

>* Collaboration (including real-time collaboration)

Abiword did that

>* Ease (or more like lack of it) installation process

You need an ISP. And an Internet connection.

>* Always up to date

It can be worse for your specs.

[tonyedgecombe]

If you look at what happened to Word Perfect when it shifted to Windows then you might consider always being up to date a disadvantage.