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http://wave.google.com http://wave.google.com

by swombat 17y ago

jeff18 17y ago
Wave is slightly similar in the technology depeartment but fundamentally different from EtherPad. :(
- swombat 17y ago
  Wave offers a text editor that's embeddable and allows multiple concurrent edits (which is what the OP requested). Having used both Etherpad and Wave, I don't really see how they're that different. Wave has more features, that's all. If you don't want to use the other features of Wave, well, just don't use them.
  - jeff18 17y ago
    Well, I am the op, so let me elaborate. By default, Wave creates new "boxes" for everything, or lets you reply to other boxes. These boxes cannot be rearranged, only deleted, or have the contents changed. I don't give a crap about these boxes, I just want to edit a single document like EtherPad. To achieve this in Wave, have to arbitrarily agree on which box you want to make the "main" box. You then need to click the little tab on this box and choose "edit box" every single time you want to make a change to it. You also can't track who has made what change in the same box. Also, your cursor turns into a long string (your name) that shifts everything around in an annoying manner. It is sort of a cross between EtherPad, a chat client, and a wiki. I just want a text editor. For reference: here is what an embedded Wave looks like: http://smarterware.org/my-favorite-google-wave-bots http://smarterware.org/my-favorite-google-wave-bots
    - durin42 17y ago
      Thank you, you just described what's bugged me about wave for a long time, I never really could put it into words why I liked EtherPad more, I just knew that I did.
lukifer 17y ago
Wave is a pretty good collaborative workspace in general. However, it currently lacks tools specific to programming: auto-indenting, code auto-complete, syntax highlighting, etc. I imagine such tools will exist as Gadgets or somesuch in the near future.
- ilaksh 17y ago
  See syntaxy
cmelbye 17y ago
This is somewhat possible if your needs are basic. There's a syntax highlighting bot called Syntaxy and of course Wave supports the collaborative editing part of it. It's the layout of Wave that prevents me from using it, though. It doesn't seem like it was structured to be something like EtherPad. Rather, it looks like it was structured to be the next email or forum or something.

http://wave.google.com http://wave.google.com

by swombat 17y ago

http://wave.google.com http://wave.google.com

jeff18 17y ago

Wave is slightly similar in the technology depeartment but fundamentally different from EtherPad. :(

swombat 17y ago
Wave offers a text editor that's embeddable and allows multiple concurrent edits (which is what the OP requested). Having used both Etherpad and Wave, I don't really see how they're that different. Wave has more features, that's all. If you don't want to use the other features of Wave, well, just don't use them.
- jeff18 17y ago
  Well, I am the op, so let me elaborate. By default, Wave creates new "boxes" for everything, or lets you reply to other boxes. These boxes cannot be rearranged, only deleted, or have the contents changed. I don't give a crap about these boxes, I just want to edit a single document like EtherPad. To achieve this in Wave, have to arbitrarily agree on which box you want to make the "main" box. You then need to click the little tab on this box and choose "edit box" every single time you want to make a change to it. You also can't track who has made what change in the same box. Also, your cursor turns into a long string (your name) that shifts everything around in an annoying manner. It is sort of a cross between EtherPad, a chat client, and a wiki. I just want a text editor. For reference: here is what an embedded Wave looks like: http://smarterware.org/my-favorite-google-wave-bots http://smarterware.org/my-favorite-google-wave-bots
  - durin42 17y ago
    Thank you, you just described what's bugged me about wave for a long time, I never really could put it into words why I liked EtherPad more, I just knew that I did.

lukifer 17y ago

Wave is a pretty good collaborative workspace in general. However, it currently lacks tools specific to programming: auto-indenting, code auto-complete, syntax highlighting, etc. I imagine such tools will exist as Gadgets or somesuch in the near future.

ilaksh 17y ago
See syntaxy

cmelbye 17y ago

This is somewhat possible if your needs are basic. There's a syntax highlighting bot called Syntaxy and of course Wave supports the collaborative editing part of it. It's the layout of Wave that prevents me from using it, though. It doesn't seem like it was structured to be something like EtherPad. Rather, it looks like it was structured to be the next email or forum or something.