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Re: Dropbox Paper

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In other words - Google Wave?

literally first time I'm hearing about Google Wave

I'm not sure if it's really still alive, but it actually got opened up, not just killed: https://incubator.apache.org/wave/ - rare for a Google product that gets the axe.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#192
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After looking at landing page, it's completely unclear what it is. Powerpoint with comments? Pinterest for enterprise? Google Wave with Material design? "Create, review, organize" — but even Quake level editor is about creating, reviewing and organizing.

The problem is they are trying to use a name which has a widely understood meaning - Paper - and then attempting to redefine it but doing so by using it in sentences where the common meaning almost makes sense, leaving you in a state of partial confusion.

It makes more sense if you've read Stephenson's Diamond Age ;)

Re: Dropbox Paper

#193
> Sorry, there’s an issue connecting to the network. Once it reconnects, you’ll be able to edit your doc.

This kills it for me. What good is a note-taking application if taking the notes depends on having network connectivity, 100℅ of the time? (The message appeared while writing, not even when trying to save).

I though the whole point of Dropbox was having a local copy of the document, which was synchronized in the background? Why doesn't Paper work that way?

Re: Dropbox Paper

#198

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Second this. All these fancy services are neat but hosting private data in the US is seen in Europe as a major security risk, when it's not a complete no-no. Would be cool to know about self-hosted options.

At the risk of getting down-voted for self-promotion... For self-hosting try https://github.com/documize/community -- WYSIWYG or Markdown, integrate data from Trello, GitHub, or roll your own integration. Still early days yet, but you should get a feel for docs/wiki/SaaS data embedding.

Thank you. I wil. Take s look.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#199

I hate it when a website takes over my preferences and sets the language to Italian solely based on my IP. Hate. It.

On the subject of annoyances with this page, I hate that everything is spaced out so much. So little information spread over a huge scrolling area. I thought this fad was dying out, but apparently not. So unnecessary and looks awful on a large monitor.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#200
Honestly I don't see where all the sci-fi analogies and Wave comparisons are coming from. I've been using Paper in beta for several months now, and it is nothing more then a slick, streamlined version of the Etherpad , which arguably was a slick and streamlined version of Wave.

It has all the features I used from GDocs, it is convenient and pleasant to look at. Long-form notes are very pleasant to write there. Note-taking aspect of this is definitely something they should explore more.

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