On 17 Feb 2003, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Christian" == Christian Ridderstr�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Christian> Yes, I know. I was dreaming of working on the same document > Christian> at the same time interactively... sort of like multiplayer > Christian> games where you have several people playing together. > > I fail to see how it could really work... I mean, in a useful way :)
My colleagues have used something like this in Framemaker, and they said it was better than two persons in front one screen where only person can type. (and also a strange experience :-) I guess I should think a bit about it and come up with some scenario where it seems useful (and better than normal change tracking). Hey... maybe it'll be more fun! Just like multiplayer games are usually more fun :-) The key is probably in the possibility of doing something together - if you're just going to split the work and write different sections, then change tracking should be fine. Hmm.. what about the actual merge process, maybe it'd be useful then... oh, I'll have to think about it. (there are some really interesting things you could do here.. imagine getting to pick up a DELETE Mark II key where you instantly erase everything your opponent... sorry, co-author has written ;-) /Christian -- Christian Ridderstr�m, +46-8-790 91 37 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr Mechatronics lab, Dept. of Machine Design http://www.md.kth.se
