Comments on: Interesting Web based software http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/interesting-web-based-software/ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ~Arthur C. Clarke Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:54:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Jon Breitenbucher http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/interesting-web-based-software/#comment-6975 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:18:02 +0000 http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/interesting-web-based-software/#comment-6975 So far the advantage of sites like writewith and Google Docs over the wikis I have used lies in the way text is entered. Google Docs and writewith seem to emulate the Microsoft Office model with buttons for common tasks. All of the wikis I have used have used a markup of some form. Now in truth Google Docs and writewith are wikis but not what one would think of as traditional ones. Also, the way permissions are handled for edits seem to be different. The traditional wikis I have used have not been able to restrict edits to a single person other than the author. Google Docs lets you limit edits to just those you invite. I'm sure there are more traditional wikis that have this feature and I just haven't used them. So far the advantage of sites like writewith and Google Docs over the wikis I have used lies in the way text is entered. Google Docs and writewith seem to emulate the Microsoft Office model with buttons for common tasks. All of the wikis I have used have used a markup of some form. Now in truth Google Docs and writewith are wikis but not what one would think of as traditional ones.

Also, the way permissions are handled for edits seem to be different. The traditional wikis I have used have not been able to restrict edits to a single person other than the author. Google Docs lets you limit edits to just those you invite. I’m sure there are more traditional wikis that have this feature and I just haven’t used them.

]]> by: Bryan Alexander http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/interesting-web-based-software/#comment-6892 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:46:11 +0000 http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/interesting-web-based-software/#comment-6892 What do you see as the advantages of Writewith over wikis? What do you see as the advantages of Writewith over wikis?

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