Last modified: 2014-07-04 00:37:14 UTC
== WikiMeet - Real-Time Concurrent Editing == WikiMeet is a blend of the Wiki philosophy with the productivity potential of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoonEdit MoonEdit] and the grace of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubEthaEdit SubEthaEdit]. Being able to see the changes that are happenning in real-time in a rich-text editor would push the wiki philosophy in a new direction. While admittedly, it would often be distracting for large-scale sites with many users editing at once, it is ideal for many situations. Examples: *A blending between chatting and wiking. Rather than discussing changes in one window and then implementing them in another, it would be a huge time saver to both discuss and implement the changes ont he wikipage itself. *Coding together through this system would in many cases provide a huge boost in productivity. *Collaborative writing - In terms of writing books or papers, being able to see these changes in real time is crucial. *Online collaborative-notes for classes. As the instructor is lecturing, the students can create and organize their notes, see the changes and notes the other students are creating, etc. At the end of the class, the result should be an impressive document covering all the relevant material discussed in that session. Real-time is the key here. Possible implementation methods include an ajax front-end with a java backend, active-x (yech), flash, or some other as yet unnamed method. It should be built as an extension to the current mediawiki project, as an optional method for editing the text, ie. Edit: *View other's edits in real-time *Edit alone So we don't alienate people who feel uncomfortable or annoyed with this methodology, yet allow those who would take advantage of the feature to do so without jumping through additional hoops.
"Rather than discussing changes in one window and then implementing them in another" There would then be no record of the discussion?
It's not exactly what you want, but on [[fr:]] they use a JavaScript tool that lets you previsualise your changes pretty fast and easily, without having to submit the changes to the servers first (preview button). But it does not work in real-time, so this is just a minor note.
As a first step, it would at least be nice for the edit page, after (say) 15 minutes, to check with the server and see if the page has already been edited. If it has been edited, the page could then automatically display a note and diff, so that the user will know beforehand about the edit conflict and not make things worse by continuing to make changes. The ping interval should be long (and probably configurable), so that the server doesn't get bogged down by a bunch of users who forgot they had that other window open. :)
http://hackpad.posterous.com/live-editing-mediawiki-with-hackpad looks fixed for me
(In reply to comment #4) > http://hackpad.posterous.com/live-editing-mediawiki-with-hackpad looks fixed > for me Have you tried it? Well its a step in the right direction, I wouldn't exactly call it usable by the general public [or perhaps it just sucks on my browser]. But really this is a dupe of bug 4427
This isn't fixed in any real sense. Re-opening. (In reply to comment #5) > Have you tried it? Well its a step in the right direction, I wouldn't exactly > call it usable by the general public [or perhaps it just sucks on my browser]. > But really this is a dupe of bug 4427 That bug would be a duplicate of this one, if anything. This bug came first.
*** Bug 4427 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Renaming so people find it.
