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Ability to collaborate in real-time is not something exclusive to web apps.
by Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
Ability to collaborate in real-time is not something exclusive to web apps.
- cawlin 6y agoCorrect, but as a feature it is exclusive to "apps other than Sketch"
- CognitiveLens 6y agoof course not, but the effort to bring real-time collaboration to native apps is much higher, e.g. MS Office's still-poor current experience compared with Google Docs's capabilities 5 years ago
- ywei3410 6y agoHow does the existence of Google Docs and Word say anything about how hard it is to create real-time collaboration on a web application versus a native application?
- outworlder 6y agoIt doesn't. It's a non-sequitur.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoNot really. It all comes down to a network protocol to sync changes. I collaborated with others just fine in desktop-first apps like CounterStrike or Diablo long before web became a viable platform. The reason MS Office struggles with this is that rebuilding an app that wasn't originally supposed to work in such mode is way harder than building from scratch, and they probably don't really need it that much to push themselves in such an adventure.
- edgyquant 6y agoCounter Strike and Diablo are built with collaboration (multiplayer) in mind.
- wrs 6y agoThere’s no technical reason why that would be true. What is true is if you have an app and doc format that weren’t designed for real-time collaboration, it’ll be really hard to retrofit, regardless of your choice of app platform.