A Web App For Real-Time Collaborative Writing 157
adamengst writes in with good news for anyone who needs to collaborate remotely on a writing or editing project — coding too. It's especially good news for those using Windows and Linux. Mac users have had SubEthaEdit for a few years now. With EtherPad, two or more people can edit a document and see all the edits simultaneously. EtherPad's main differences from SubEthaEdit: it's a Web application that de facto supports many platforms without the need for a central Mac OS X host; and it's free. Here is a comparison of EtherPad and SubEthaEdit.
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First!
join me here: http://etherpad.com/Azkob99ZYK
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but it's not real time, it's turn based :)
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Those darned youngsters you speak of simply lack vim! Not to mention vigour.
Re:Looks great! (Score:3, Funny)
I think perhaps you give people too much credit.
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He hadn't seen the house earlier, but it's hard to see when you are skydiving on dark rainy night. He hadn't even seen the tree coming at him as he crashed.
Nor had the bowl of petunias as it muttered 'Oh no, not again'
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Suddenly, Godzilla appeared over the horizon.
See, this is the problem with collaborative writing, people.