Comments on: 3 Ways to Edit Documents Collaboratively

By: jason

jason — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:48:39 +0000

In the collaborative editor category, there is also Plutext, which bolts-on to Word. And is now well known, collaborative editing will be a feature of Office 14.

By: Alexander Lang

Alexander Lang — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:59:20 +0000

sorry for the spamming. just wanted to say

By: Alexander Lang

Alexander Lang — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:25:22 +0000

we are working on an online text collaboration tool called doingText, which strongly focuses on the communication part. beta invites going out soon.

By: Tom Dupon

Tom Dupon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:53:49 +0000

I would also like to add http://www.nomadesk.com to this list.

Thanks

By: soloportfolio

soloportfolio — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:54:27 +0000

Huddle is a great hosted file sharing and collaboration service originating in UK. I’m just beginning to use it myself and while it takes some getting used to (ie… find myself having to leave a better “trail” for my fellow collaborators), it offers better functionality than Google Docs.

By: Adam Hill

Adam Hill — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:53:32 +0000

Although they’re usually used for coding, and are thus “more hardcore” than your typical methods listed above, Git and SubVersion can be quite useful for collaboration. Both will keep versions of all files and are good for being able to rollback and compare versions.

Git especially can be used for editing plain text files in a distributed fashion with multiple people working on the same file at once, and merging / seeing changes down to individual characters etc.

Subversion is not so good for having multiple people working on a file at the same time, but is good if people can take turns, and if that’s the case then it’s quite good for non-plain text files (docs & images included). Subversion can also be integrated into Windows Explorer, or the Mac Finder to perform operations like update / commit / compare with revision x etc.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:01:09 +0000

I use a note taking software for windows called NoteScribe. It has a quick import and export function that tells you what changes have been made to notes that you're sending back and forth. So if a person changes your note in a way that you don't like, you don't need to import it. And if you like the changes, you can go ahead and import it. Read more at www.NoteScribe.net . Jake

By: Marcin Grodzicki

Marcin Grodzicki — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:21:09 +0000

GoogleDocs are great in terms of spreadsheet, but fail in word processing – it’s really hard to write anything with text moving all over the place simultaneously :)

By: UberUser

UberUser — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:32:37 +0000

UberNote just recently added note sharing; which allows you to collaborate on any note big or small.

It operates on a last person to save method, but also saves history revisions, so no edit is lost.

By: Document Collaboration

Document Collaboration — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:25:13 +0000

HyperOffice web folders allow you to collaborate on documents right from your desktop, and store them at an online location accessible from any location. they also have an elaborate permissions system.