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Scrybe
Originally uploaded by Adam & Jessica.

Companies like the soon-to-debut Scrybe stand to put the smackdown on the Microsuck, er, Microsoft camp. Scrybe is a suite of web-based, personal organization software that is not chained to the web like Google Docs & Spreadsheets or 37 Signal’s Backpack. Offline functionality has been one of the weakness factors for the full emergence of web-based apps.

Until now.

Really innovative stuff from these guys. I cannot wait for this beta test to open up! Here are a few more reasons why I think Scrybe will be so good:

1. Clever, intuitive and beautiful interface design. Check out the contextual zoom, for example.

2. Syncing & offline functionality. Huge.

3. Never leave the browser. I know I live in my browser much of the time these days.

4. Plays nicely with existing platforms (sync to and from Word, Excel, etc.). This will go a long way to make them viable with the enormous business sector.

5. Collaborate & co-create from anywhere.

6. Amazing degree of seamless interoperability within the various components. Everything appears to play together nicely.

But don’t take my word for it, go check out the Scrybe preview video for yourself.

-A.

p.s. Paul Graham has written a great essay on the future of web-based applications and why they make sense which you can find here.