Comments on: brave new word processor http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/76 Laura Crossett on the LIS domain Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Greg http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/76#comment-36 Greg Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:20:00 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=76#comment-36 (off topic) <a HREF="http://www.culinaryunion226.org/images/Sunrise_Rally/images/CIMG1319_0069.jpg" rel="nofollow">for you, lc, a picture kl found last night</A> (off topic)
for you, lc, a picture kl found last night

]]> By: laura http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/76#comment-35 laura Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:42:00 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=76#comment-35 Yeah--I also think some of these are more user-friendly than wikis, which take a little getting used to--although of course Writely is not nearly as much fun to say as wiki. Yeah–I also think some of these are more user-friendly than wikis, which take a little getting used to–although of course Writely is not nearly as much fun to say as wiki.

]]> By: Greg http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/76#comment-34 Greg Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=76#comment-34 that is, assuming the library is of the "free public" variety. :) invitations to edit? that's probably the most workable way to go about it. --and a bit more controllable than a wiki. that is, assuming the library is of the “free public” variety. :)
invitations to edit? that’s probably the most workable way to go about it. –and a bit more controllable than a wiki.

]]> By: laura http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/76#comment-33 laura Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=76#comment-33 Good point. At the moment, you have to invite people before they can edit your document. I suspect that at some point, devious people will come up with ways to hack around that and we'll have word processor spam as well as comment spam and trackback spam and so on. . . and then other clever people will have to come up with ways to deal with that. Grr. It'd be nice to think there were a few places left where people weren't trying to sell you stuff. That's part of the reason I like libraries--they're one of the few places I know where you can hang out without being expected to spend money. Good point. At the moment, you have to invite people before they can edit your document. I suspect that at some point, devious people will come up with ways to hack around that and we’ll have word processor spam as well as comment spam and trackback spam and so on. . . and then other clever people will have to come up with ways to deal with that. Grr. It’d be nice to think there were a few places left where people weren’t trying to sell you stuff.

That’s part of the reason I like libraries–they’re one of the few places I know where you can hang out without being expected to spend money.

]]> By: Greg http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/76#comment-32 Greg Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=76#comment-32 I have, in the past, stored docs online by setting up a small Web page to access them (an idea I got from a former student, who kept drafts of his novel online in the same way--a precocious student he was); the problem, then, became uploading a newly-revised doc when I didn't remember my login. when these processors are online, what of security? if they are intended to be collaboration tools, then does that not invite some advertising tool to come along and auto-insert a link for TGIFriday's? I have, in the past, stored docs online by setting up a small Web page to access them (an idea I got from a former student, who kept drafts of his novel online in the same way–a precocious student he was); the problem, then, became uploading a newly-revised doc when I didn’t remember my login.

when these processors are online, what of security? if they are intended to be collaboration tools, then does that not invite some advertising tool to come along and auto-insert a link for TGIFriday’s?

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