Desktop enabling of web documents

A method of interacting with a web-based document using a desktop-based application comprising:

• providing a computer, the computer having an operating system;
• selecting, using a graphical user interface of the computer, a first web-based document for the application to open, the first document being associated with a first URL;
• retrieving the contents of the first document from the first URL using a network interface of the computer;
• displaying, using the application, the contents of the first document using the graphical user interface;
• and
• enabling, using the application, a user to edit the contents of the first document using the graphical user interface,
• wherein the application comprises a web content renderer and is configured to appear as an application native to the operating system using the graphical user interface.