[Air-L] looking for a collaborative real-time editor

[Rik Hunter]

Last time I used Google Docs for synchronous collaborative writing (this 
past November) it no longer updated edits character-by-character; 
rather, the screen auto-refreshed every few seconds to show changes.  
This made editing a bit more wait-and-see than needed at the time.  I 
believe Docs did character-by-character refreshing when first released. 

I haven't used EtherPad yet, but it claims to refresh 
character-by-character, if that's what you need.

Rik

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Rik Hunter
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PhD Candidate: Composition & Rhetoric
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Cristina Lopez wrote:
> Nope, I believe you can see edits are they are being made. I remember 
> seeing that while working on a document and my colleague happened to 
> start work on it, too. Also, according to their help pages editing 
> happens in real time and others logged in can see it.
>
> Cris
>
>
> Christian Nelson wrote:
>> The original request was for a word processor which allows 
>> collaborators to see edits as they are made. As I understand it, 
>> Googledocs doesn't quite do this. I think you have to save an edit 
>> before your collaborators can see it. Isn't this so? I thought I 
>> heard of a processor that displays all edits precisely when they are 
>> being made, but can't find it now.
>> --Christian Nelson
>>
>> On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Cristina Lopez wrote:
>>
>>> Meryl: Googledocs is like a wiki in that you can use it to write 
>>> collaboratively with others. But there are significant differences 
>>> between Googledocs and wikis. In a wiki you can create a web of 
>>> pages, while in Googledocs you can't. In Googledocs documents can be 
>>> saved, published and printed in different formats, while material 
>>> you create in a wiki is simply published right in the Web space. I 
>>> think of Googledocs more as "MS Office plus"--same formats, similar 
>>> ways of organizing, viewing and publishing documents, but with some 
>>> added advantages, including the ability to share documents easily, 
>>> access them from anywhere where you can get on the Web and chat with 
>>> others who are viewing or editing the document.
>>>
>>> Dana: I was just going to ask about security. I'm glad you commented 
>>> on that. Would you tell me more about Google's privacy policy?
>>>
>>> Cristina Lopez, Ph.D.
>>> Senior Educational Technology Consultant
>>> Office of Information Technology, Digital Media Center
>>> University of Minnesota
>>> 117 Pleasant St., SE
>>> 212 Walter Library
>>> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>>> 612.626.6639
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Meryl Krieger wrote:
>>>> so are you all saying you can use Googledocs as a kind of wiki tool?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the clarification,
>>>>
>>>> Meryl
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:34 PM, NANCY MCDONALD-KNWRTHY <
>>>> mcdonald-knwrthy.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> google docs is a wonderful tool... I've taught M. Ed teachers to 
>>>>> use it as
>>>>> part of their tech class in teacher prep... it works.  I think 
>>>>> you'd all
>>>>> need to get a gmail account... I forget about that one... but to 
>>>>> edit I
>>>>> think you need one.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Jess <jess at jesslaccetti.co.uk>
>>>>> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:00 pm
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] looking for a collaborative real-time editor
>>>>> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Kim,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You might try etherpad.com (I think it's out of beta testing)
>>>>>> and google docs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jess
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>  From: Kimberly Silk
>>>>>>  To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>>>>>  Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:56 PM
>>>>>>  Subject: [Air-L] looking for a collaborative real-time editor
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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