Congrats Alex and Igore, Hackpad is really impressive. Great move by Dropbox.
What's the state of the opensource alternatives? Etherpad development seems to have plateaued a while ago.
What's the state of the opensource alternatives? Etherpad development seems to have plateaued a while ago.
And, raw Etherpad has a lot of usability problems as well. Plus it's challenging to integrate it with an outside authentication mechanism.
I've looked at the code some and while on the one hand this could all be added, it's a clunky base. Node's come a long way since etherpad lite started.
If collaborative editing were the main focus of what I was working on, I'd say "yay, market opportunity!" But as it is, I just want to be able to plug in (and contribute to) a good open-source option. Which may wind up being Etherpad, but I'd like to do better ...
For me, three big ones are the checklists, @'s to refer to people and pads, and the much better display of who's changed things.