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A Web App For Real-Time Collaborative Writing

Posted by kdawson on from the write-on dept.

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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  1. Mmm... by jornak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, a cross-platform version of Mulitplayer Notepad!

    1. Re:Mmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      but it's not real time, it's turn based :)

    2. Re:Mmm... by abigor · · Score: 3, Funny

      Those darned youngsters you speak of simply lack vim! Not to mention vigour.

    3. Re:Mmm... by vigour · · Score: 2, Funny

      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'

    4. Re:Mmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Suddenly, Godzilla appeared over the horizon.

      See, this is the problem with collaborative writing, people.

  2. try it out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    First!

    join me here: http://etherpad.com/Azkob99ZYK

  3. Re:Looks great! by onefriedrice · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you think 1% of the population knows how to set up subversion or mercurial?

    I think perhaps you give people too much credit.

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