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Collaborative to me means I can easily add a person to a team and not have to spend a lot of time or money getting them different hardware or OS than what they

by s1mon 4y ago

Collaborative to me means I can easily add a person to a team and not have to spend a lot of time or money getting them different hardware or OS than what they already have access to. Depending on the particular situation, it's possible that Apple tools are collaborative, but even in the Bay Area working in design and engineering, I've never worked anywhere (including Apple itself) where everyone was on MacOS 100% of the time.

CharlesW 4y ago
The collaboration features of Apple's apps also work in their web apps, which work in any modern browser on any OS.
- kemayo 4y ago
  In fairness for the discussion here, Freeform doesn't seem to have a web app version (yet?).
  - CharlesW 4y ago
    Important point, thank you!
haswell 4y ago
To me, the bottom line is that "collaborative" and "cross-platform" are not synonymous, and are distinct properties. > Collaborative to me means I can easily add a person to a team and not have to spend a lot of time or money getting them different hardware or OS This is assigning meaning to that word that just doesn't exist. There are separate variables at play: - Collaboration features - Platforms supported - Cost If I take what you said at face value, the software is no longer collaborative when it becomes cost prohibitive, but that doesn't make sense either. The software can be none or any or all of those things. If your criteria requires all three, then pick software that meets all three. Your need for all three has no bearing on how effectively collaborative this is for people who only need one. In my mind, this tooling is collaborative, full stop. This tooling is not cross-platform*. If your needs require both boxes to be checked, a different tool like Miro is probably for you. - *Although it does have a web interface, which admittedly I haven't used, so I can't comment on how effective it is.

by s1mon 4y ago

CharlesW 4y ago

The collaboration features of Apple's apps also work in their web apps, which work in any modern browser on any OS.

kemayo 4y ago
In fairness for the discussion here, Freeform doesn't seem to have a web app version (yet?).
- CharlesW 4y ago
  Important point, thank you!

haswell 4y ago

To me, the bottom line is that "collaborative" and "cross-platform" are not synonymous, and are distinct properties. > Collaborative to me means I can easily add a person to a team and not have to spend a lot of time or money getting them different hardware or OS This is assigning meaning to that word that just doesn't exist. There are separate variables at play: - Collaboration features - Platforms supported - Cost If I take what you said at face value, the software is no longer collaborative when it becomes cost prohibitive, but that doesn't make sense either. The software can be none or any or all of those things. If your criteria requires all three, then pick software that meets all three. Your need for all three has no bearing on how effectively collaborative this is for people who only need one. In my mind, this tooling is collaborative, full stop. This tooling is not cross-platform*. If your needs require both boxes to be checked, a different tool like Miro is probably for you. - *Although it does have a web interface, which admittedly I haven't used, so I can't comment on how effective it is.