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by Ross at 10:23AM (EST) on March 16, 2005 | Permanent Link

John Robb: "...offer a group outliner as a subscription-based Web service. A group instant outliner that works like Google Maps (as an example of the real-time, responsive, visually intensive Web service that works in the browser) would be amazing."

...amazing and very useful. This could be the better solution to the problem that Wikis are trying solve. I'd love to get this into the hands of my team. The real kick would be if this was desktop based. Working in a windows environment with online data is real tough today. It should be easier.

Dave - if you do this, sign me up!

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Re: A Real-time Group Outliner

by Tim A on Wed 16 Mar 2005 01:08 PM EST | Profile | Permanent Link

If you want a desktop based app just look at Groove. Its already done. I've been using it to collaborate with a disperse team for years.

For a web app, it can be easily done with the technology we've used for BlogChat. Give me a ring Ross if you want to discuss further.

Re: Re: A Real-time Group Outliner

by Ross on Wed 16 Mar 2005 01:44 PM EST | Profile | Permanent Link

I've used Groove here and there as well. But I don't want to collaborate, I want to outline.

Small, but important, difference.

I just want to load an app, load an outline, edit it - save it to a network drive somewhere in the universe and allow other members of my team to do the same, even if we're doing it simultaneously.

Shinkuro is probably the closest of all of the collaboration apps, but what I'm thinking of is much more application, not function, centric. (i.e. "make it easier for me to collaborate in an Outliner", not "make me collaborate".)

Re: A Real-time Group Outliner

by houseofwarwick on Wed 13 Apr 2005 02:34 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

Ross:

Marc Barrot is almost ready to ship his web outliner:

http://weboutliner.com

Steve

Re: Re: A Real-time Group Outliner

by Ross on Wed 13 Apr 2005 03:10 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

hrm. Can't view 'nuthin at that URL with Firefox...

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