kfay Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Recently a partner and I have been putting together some system notes using a several-month-old online word processor called Etherpad. The program is really nice. Basically you can view and edit a document from many different computers all at the same time. Whatever you write shows up instantly on someone else's screen highlighted in a color that defines that edit as 'you'. You can save multiple revisions of the document and load any prior save you want. There's even a nice chat function, although generally I have been using skype while discussing everything. I thought it was pretty neat and thought some people on this site might be interested, for bridge purposes or otherwise. A downside for bridge is that you can't insert neat ♣♦♥♠ symbols. (Maybe you can pirate this technology and create the world's best system-note maker, Fred? :P ) The site is here: http://etherpad.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 try google docs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 try google docs Wow, thanks Ben! I totally didn't know that google existed! The whole point of etherpad is that you can work on documents simultaneously and instantly. Try google docs for that. Edit: LOL first FAQ http://etherpad.com/ep/about/faq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 try google docs Wow, thanks Ben! I totally didn't know that google existed! The whole point of etherpad is that you can work on documents simultaneously. Try google docs for that. racing conditions, yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Maybe a stupid question but how do you insert colored suit symbols? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Coloured, I don't know. But you can cut and paste the suit symbols straight up, which should be 90% useful... It would be interesting to see if one could set up a CC template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I have a system document in MS-Word and a new partner who plays a big part of this, but we will start working on the system document to create an updated one. We play together once a week but can work on the system in between.the solution I prefer is a system that does all or part of:- support MS Word 2000 (this is the version I have on my company PC). I tried MS Workspace but I can't edit the doc I have uploaded. I think it is caused by the MS Word version I use. - Support Docs larger then 1Mb (Google Docs only works for docs smaller then 500Kb). - Document available to 2 or more persons on the internet.- Ideally if one of the persons changes the doc then this is clearly indicated to other person and other person can approve, reject or comment on the changes......Any suggestioons? Thanks,Koen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I have never had any problem with an inability to use colored suit symbols. In my system notes, I use an archaic system to identify the strains: NT, S, H, D, C There is no ambiguity, and no need for colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I have never had any problem with an inability to use colored suit symbols. In my system notes, I use an archaic system to identify the strains: NT, S, H, D, C There is no ambiguity, and no need for colors. Word has the Suit symbols and so I set them up in a marco assigned to F2-F5 for ♣-♠, F6 for NT, F7 for HCP etc... This was quite easy to do, and works quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Etherpad looks interesting. Will keep an eye on it. That essay by Paul Graham in the Etherpad FAQ was pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Word has the Suit symbols and so I set them up in a marco assigned to F2-F5 for ♣-♠, F6 for NT, F7 for HCP etc... This was quite easy to do, and works quite well. hmmm weird. i would have thunk F5-F8 for the suits and F4 or F9 for NT would have been more logical. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Here was a piece of news I received today: Google Acquires Etherpad So, Ben, it seems that you can, now, in fact, use GoogleDocs for this like you wanted :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Here was a piece of news I received today: Google Acquires Etherpad So, Ben, it seems that you can, now, in fact, use GoogleDocs for this like you wanted :P Yea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Google will someday (probably soon) incorporate google docs into google wave which would allow you to do just what you were doing with etherpad: simultaneous edits of a document. Edit: Ah, I see that the etherpad folks are joining the google wave team in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Maybe a stupid question but how do you insert colored suit symbols?♣♦♥♠♣♦♥♠♦ Did you mean like the above? If so just clik on the particular one when you are trying to insert it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Maybe a stupid question but how do you insert colored suit symbols?♣♦♥♠♣♦♥♠♦ Did you mean like the above? If so just clik on the particular one when you are trying to insert it. We were talking about google docs... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suokko Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Maybe a stupid question but how do you insert colored suit symbols?♣♦♥♠♣♦♥♠♦ Did you mean like the above? If so just clik on the particular one when you are trying to insert it. We were talking about google docs... :) Insert->Special character select symbols and game pieces. I tested the latex bridge extensions but it wasn't supported in equation formating tool. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 This news about Google buying Etherpad sounds good. The last person I know of who did his notes using Google Docs is Ant, and I found that it was pretty nifty. Outside of bridge, one of my friends used Google Docs for us to collaborate the discussions for our holiday plans as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 - Support Docs larger then 1Mb (Google Docs only works for docs smaller then 500Kb). Anyone knows if this will be solved? Will this support MS-Word docs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I see that Google discontinued development of Wave (son-of-EtherPad) for standalone use some time ago due to low user adoption. I just started using Google Cloud Connect. It solves the multiple version problem for me in a way that seems reasonably secure for work stuff and it lets me use Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I see that Google discontinued development of Wave (son-of-EtherPad) for standalone use some time ago due to low user adoption. I just started using Google Cloud Connect. It solves the multiple version problem for me in a way that seems reasonably secure for work stuff and it lets me use Word. I liked google documents, I really like cloud connect. But to be honest, I am not sure two parnters working on their bidding system need the ability to both edit their system notebook at the same time. But what the hell, cloud connect is great for collaborative working on grant documents with an impending deadline, it must be good for last minute changes to system notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I see that Google discontinued development of Wave (son-of-EtherPad) for standalone use some time ago due to low user adoption. I just started using Google Cloud Connect. It solves the multiple version problem for me in a way that seems reasonably secure for work stuff and it lets me use Word. I tried using wave for some collaborative work-related stuff. I found it abysmally slow and thus useless. Perhaps this new thing will be better? we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 EtherPad was open source before it was swallowed by Google, so you can still use it, e.g. http://titanpad.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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