For those interested, I posted a follow-up comment over on FriendFeed to my Google Docs / Buzzword post.

One important aspect I forgot to include in that post: offline access. GDocs has offline doc sync through Gears. You would think Buzzword would be a shoe-in for offline access through Adobe’s AIR platform, but so far, that’s not the case. Maybe they’re working on it, and I would assume they are. But at this moment, GDocs has offline, Buzzword doesn’t, and that matters.

Ryan Stewart from Adobe (FriendFeed | blog) commented there that they are working on an AIR version of Buzzword, just as I had surmised. It makes sense to me that offline access should be mandatory, but is it really that important to anyone else? Though I mainly work online whenever possible, I always rely heavily on offline sync to keep backups of documents and to have access to them when the internet isn’t readily available. I missed this functionality the most I switched to Buzzword.

Right now, I desperately need a fast-loading system and offline access more than a gorgeous interface (and no, Jonas, that doesn’t help, but thanks for your input). Google Docs fits that bill nicely, for the moment, despite its horrendously sterile and uninviting interface. When Adobe gets the framework loading quickly and offline sync via AIR working, I’ll be jumping ship that very day.

What does everyone else think?