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Potential Product List
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Collaborative Authoring Product Breakdown
Introduction
For the purposes of this project, the content was written through the lens of three specific scenarios: a community park building project, a collaborative book authoring project, and a virtual programming collaboration team. It was broken up this way intentionally, to give a different feel for each scenario and its particular needs. Readers will notice a different voice between the scenarios and perhaps some overlap between descriptions. This method allows for more comprehensive coverage of different tools and the ways they can be used.
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| Site Link |
docs.google.com |
https://skydrive.live.com |
www.zoho.com |
online.thinkfree.com |
https://www.apple.com/iwork-for-icloud |
| Established |
2007 |
2007 |
2005 |
1990 |
Coming this fall; announced in June,2013 |
| Storage |
15 GB (more with purchase) |
7 GB for 1 yr (more with purchase) |
5 GB (more with purchase) |
1 GB |
5 GB (more with purchase) |
| Price |
Free to a certain storage amount |
Free to a certain storage amount |
Free to a certain storage amount |
Free |
Free to a certain storage amount |
| Security |
Cloud Environment |
Cloud Environment |
None listed for free option; SSO & active directory for paid options |
Cloud Environment |
Cloud Environment (iCloud) |
| Browser Accessibility |
Firefox, IE, Chrome & Safari |
Firefox, IE, Chrome & Safari |
Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari & Opera 12
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All web browsers (Java is needed, no platform limitations: Windows, Mac and Linux) |
Safari, IE & Chrome |
| Device Accessibility |
Android & iPhone applications; all web browser capable devices |
Window computers only; Windows phones, iPhones & iPad & Android devices |
iPhone & Android devices; online chat |
iPhone, Android & Windows mobile devices |
Mac, iPhone, iPad |
| Offline Capabilities |
Need mobile/internet connection (capabilities are sparse but budding for some aspects) |
Need mobile/internet connection |
Need mobile/internet connection; supports offline editing in Office apps via SkyDrive app |
Need mobile/internet connection |
Supports offline viewing |
| Neat Extras |
Can work with multiple currencies in a spreadsheet; can create basic webpages through the word processor |
Can upload to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn |
Built-in chat feature in real-time |
Can share documents via smart phone |
Will be able to create presenter notes in Keynote |
The Product Selection Process: How Did We Choose?
Good question! From an initial list of over 30 products that had some form of cloud-based, collaborative authoring built into them, we narrowed this down to a list of 5 final selections. This was done via a 3 stage process:
- Stage 1: Initial product hunt
- This entailed everyone on our project team going out and doing an exhaustive seek and find scouring of the web
- Stage 2: First Voting Round
- All products were placed into a Google Form which was used as a voting tool
- Stage 3: Second Voting Round
- The final 7 products that received the most votes, other than Google Docs (which won voting on round 1 unanimously), were placed into a second round Google Form
- We finally ended up with a consensus of 5 products at the end
Scenario Product Evaluations
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