what are good platforms for collaborative writing with several authors with limited technical background?
I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?
Do you prefer google documents for example or what?
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I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?
Do you prefer google documents for example or what?
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I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?
– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago
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Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.
– Buffy
3 hours ago
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I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?
Do you prefer google documents for example or what?
writing collaboration
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I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?
Do you prefer google documents for example or what?
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I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?
– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago
2
Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.
– Buffy
3 hours ago
add a comment |
1
I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?
– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago
2
Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.
– Buffy
3 hours ago
1
1
I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?
– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago
I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?
– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago
2
2
Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.
– Buffy
3 hours ago
Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.
– Buffy
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.
Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.
I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.
I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.
answered 3 hours ago
Jonas SchwarzJonas Schwarz
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I use the following myself:
Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)
Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.
Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.
This, for me, covers all use cases.
answered 3 hours ago
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You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).
– guifa
2 hours ago
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If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.
Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.
I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.
I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.
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If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.
Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.
I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.
I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.
answered 3 hours ago
Jonas SchwarzJonas Schwarz
1,0241621
add a comment |
If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.
Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.
I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.
I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.
answered 3 hours ago
Jonas SchwarzJonas Schwarz
1,0241621
If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.
Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.
I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.
I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.
answered 3 hours ago
Jonas SchwarzJonas Schwarz
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Jonas SchwarzJonas Schwarz
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I use the following myself:
Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)
Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.
Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.
This, for me, covers all use cases.
answered 3 hours ago
nablanabla
5,55721431
You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).
– guifa
2 hours ago
add a comment |
I use the following myself:
Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)
Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.
Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.
This, for me, covers all use cases.
answered 3 hours ago
nablanabla
5,55721431
You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).
– guifa
2 hours ago
add a comment |
I use the following myself:
Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)
Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.
Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.
This, for me, covers all use cases.
answered 3 hours ago
nablanabla
5,55721431
I use the following myself:
Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)
Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.
Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.
This, for me, covers all use cases.
answered 3 hours ago
nablanabla
5,55721431
answered 3 hours ago
nablanabla
5,55721431
answered 3 hours ago
nablanabla
5,55721431
answered 3 hours ago
nablanabla
5,55721431
5,55721431
You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).
– guifa
2 hours ago
add a comment |
You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).
– guifa
2 hours ago
You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).
– guifa
2 hours ago
You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).
– guifa
2 hours ago
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I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?
– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago
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Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.
– Buffy
3 hours ago