trademark91 Wrote:...you could give me an invite...

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Interactive desktops are more fun, but probably less practical, lol.

So what happens when two people try to edit the same thing?

Google Wave Operational Transformation Wrote:Collaborative document editing means multiple editors being able to edit a shared document at the same time.. Live and concurrent means being able to see the changes another person is making, keystroke by keystroke.


Currently, there are already a number of products on the market that offer collaborative document editing. Some offer live concurrent editing, such as EtherPad and SubEthaEdit, but do not offer rich text. There are others that offer rich text, such as Google Docs, but do not offer a seamless live concurrent editing experience, as merge failures can occur.


Wave stands as a solution that offers both live concurrent editing and rich text document support.


The result is that Wave allows for a very engaging conversation where you can see what the other person is typing, character by character much like how you would converse in a cafe. This is very much like instant messaging except you can see what the other person is typing, live. Wave also allows for a more productive collaborative document editing experience, where people don't have to worry about stepping on each others toes and still use common word processor functionalities such as bold, italics, bullet points, and headings.


Wave is more than just rich text documents. In fact, Wave's core technology allows live concurrent modifications of XML documents which can be used to represent any structured content including system data that is shared between clients and backend systems.


To achieve these goals, Wave uses a concurrency control system based on Operational Transformation.