Ask YC: Your favorite startups lately

Re:Ask YC: Your favorite startups lately by PStamatiou on Friday August 07, 2009 @12:34PM (#747896)

I like Etherpad, but I'm not sure why. I'm a big G Docs user, or at least was in college, and use both for the same features (don't do too much heavy collab). But I use Etherpad Pro to consolidate all the random text files I have lying around usually. I think I like it because it's simple, non-nosense and logging into google docs is a pain. I have it on google apps and i never remember the URL so i have to log into mail, click the icon, etc. Granted I could setup a CNAME but I digress..

Maybe I like em more than gDocs b/c they're also a startup..

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Re:Ask YC: Your favorite startups lately by alexsolo on Friday August 07, 2009 @12:46PM (#747927)

I agree completely. Etherpad is a lot better than Google Docs. The big reason for me is that it provides instant collaboration. When I type something in, the other people editing the doc can see my changes instantly.

For Goog Docs, it takes a few seconds to see someone's changes. It's great for solo editing, but very annoying for collaborative work.

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Re:Ask YC: Your favorite startups lately by PStamatiou on Friday August 07, 2009 @01:27PM (#748061)

> but very annoying for collaborative work.

tell me about it. i wrote a 33 page group paper in Google Docs once.. PITA.

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