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Version control in Word (and pretty much any WYSIWYG editor) is fundamentally broken. I can't recall how many days of work I lost just because 1 out of 15 co-au
by r0muald 13y ago
Version control in Word (and pretty much any WYSIWYG editor) is fundamentally broken. I can't recall how many days of work I lost just because 1 out of 15 co-authors was not able to use it and fucked up everyone's text. And normally there's just 1 out of 15 that IS able to use it. If you're authoring papers on your own, heh, you could just be using pen and paper.
- raverbashing 13y agoThe problem there is having 15 co-authors. Really And if some of them can't use it, teach them. And revert to the previously non-fucked up version (it's on someone's email by the name of Article_1_fixed_2_corrections_10_10.docx)
- unsignedint 13y agoI had to deal with that situation before but I was actually the middle of three parties. (I was B of A-B-C where. A and C was not talking to each other for political and linguistic reasons.) It was nothing but a mess, my inbox would be piled with revised document that often lost tracking, one party sending revised document based on outdated version. (And not sure which version was it.) Something I like about version control is that it at least ensures continuity of the version.
- DennisP 13y agoIf our collaboration tools can't handle a mere 15 collaborators, we need better tools.
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