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> Apple does have relatively good live collaboration in its iWork apps Does it? As much as i like the iWork apps, my experience (and impression of the general
by rmorey 6y ago
> Apple does have relatively good live collaboration in its iWork apps
Does it? As much as i like the iWork apps, my experience (and impression of the general sentiment) has shown that Google Docs et al continues to blow the pants off iWork in that regard
- yalogin 6y agoCan you give me some examples where Apple's collaboration SW falls short?
- burlesona 6y agoI did say "relatively good" :) I would agree that collaboration is a little smoother in G Suite, however in my experience this is mostly about ease of sharing. Once you've gotten another Apple user to understand that they can "receive a shared document from you" and work on it, then usually collaboration itself is smooth.
- chrisfinazzo 6y agoThe collaborative editing (which I first recall seeing in Google Wave) was essentially carried into Google Docs. N.B, "SubEthaEdit had this for years!" - I know. As a whole, it could be argued that where Wave failed, Slack - and predecessors like Basecamp - succeeded. iWork has always seemed like it has a different user in mind with its collaborative features and never really had much traction in the market, which is already served by offerings whose entire reason for being is collaboration, not just as a general productivity suite.
- reaperducer 6y agoN.B, "SubEthaEdit had this for years!" - I know. FWIW, I first saw collaborative editing over a network done on an Amiga. So I guess this has been a thing for "decades."
- chrisfinazzo 6y agoIf I'm reading the specs correctly, there was 10 Mb Ethernet capability on the Amiga...in 1985. Mind blown. (I was born in '86, albeit late in the year, so I find this especially hilarious.)