37signals, the home of Backpack information manager, Basecamp project management and Ta-da List has launched Writeboard, available for free as a standalone hosted web app. It’s also integrated into Backpack if you have a Backpack account.

Writeboard is a web-based writing tool. It lets you simply write, share, revise, and compare text. With Writeboard you can write solo or collaborate with as many people as you’d like. Writeboard isn’t about heavy text formatting, or WYSIWYG, it’s about the text itself. The words on the page. If you care about design and layout, you’re best bet is to take the finalized text from a writeboard and import it into a page layout program. Make your magic in the right tool.

37signals continues to release great web applications that really helps web users to get organized. Besides usefulness, simple and unique desktop quality web application made available for free or low fee. It’s actually more than a desktop based program because you can access it from virtually anywhere with just a browser.

Another thing that makes such tool so popular is that 37signal products are actually integrated social software, which allow anyone to share their account’s content if they want to.

If you are to manage documents, track and compare changes, roll back to previous version then Writeboard comes very handy, especially great if you have been using other 37signals product like Backpack because it allows you to manage multiple Writeboard.

Link: Writeboard.