Sometimes you just have to edit text on the cloud. Maybe you[he]#039[/he]re using a computer you don[he]#039[/he]t own to work on a document you want to keep. Maybe you need to collaborate with other people on a shared document. Or maybe your primary computing interface is a web browser, and you have no interest in using local applications or local storage.

Source: LXer – Collaborate on text with Etherpad, an open source alternative to Google Docs