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Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by polskibus »

z3t4 wrote: post #32
twiss wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes and no :) I did indeed not implement OT, but it's also a true story that I would create a Google Doc and share it, nobody knows what to write, I type a sentence, and my classmates delete it as a joke, to mess with me :) But yeah, feedback on the collaboration is welcome. Do you think editing one sentence with multiple people is necessary, and if so why? And on the other end of the spectrum, Word-style edit reques…

It's good to have if you want to go peer2peer eg. not having a server in between. Btw, Google Docs don't use a OT, or only a simple one, it does depend on the server and that you are online. A writing style that I try to use is that I just type ... don't look up words, just write YYY where I can't find the right word to use, then I read the text and fix all spelling errors, sentences, remove unnecessary parts etc. Th…

Do you have a source on Google docs not using OT? I remember reading Google's description of Google docs with a reference to seminal OT paper.

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by arkadiyt »

twiss wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I made this. It has bulk import from Google Docs ;) thanks to a feature request from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15478479

Minor bug report: registering with a 64 character password fails. 32 characters seems to work fine.

Also a feature request: please add the ability for me to delete my account/data from your servers.

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by mejin »

twiss wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I made this. It has bulk import from Google Docs ;) thanks to a feature request from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15478479

Any intentions on adding support for right to left languages? This is the only reason why I have a Windows 7 virtual machine with Office 13 installed. I am looking for alternatives.

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by sirclueless »

twiss wrote: post #43
ecesena wrote: post #29

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You should speak to me, as a customer, about my benefit in using your product. Currently you're telling me what won't happen in a very unfortunate event. I think this is wrong in 2 ways. 1. You're telling me a message "the other way around". Even if you just say "Keep your documents secure" is better than "Nobody will access your documents". 2. You're comparing w/ Google docs so, following the logic of your message,…

Thanks for the suggestions. The reason I mentioned getting hacked in the copy, is because I think that for the average customer, it's now starting to seem like every web service is getting hacked. I wanted to highlight that we're trying to solve that in a better way than "well, this time we really won't get hacked!" But yeah, I'll try to bring out that message in a more positive way.

I like the copy. "Even if we get hacked, they can't read your ..." is a real claim. It means something concrete, and is an interesting hook for someone who's technically literate. Something more generic like "We keep your documents secure" means almost nothing nowadays -- literally every online document storage system will tell you that regardless of how seriously they take security. I'm sure Equifax will be happy to tell you how secure your data is with them.

Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by akx »

arkadiyt wrote: post #163
twiss wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I made this. It has bulk import from Google Docs ;) thanks to a feature request from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15478479

Minor bug report: registering with a 64 character password fails. 32 characters seems to work fine. Also a feature request: please add the ability for me to delete my account/data from your servers.

I wouldn't call that minor. Sounds like there's something odd about the way passwords are handled. :/

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Post by ggvgyy »

TimTheTinker wrote: post #107
twiss wrote: post #31

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The most significant ways in which it's a bit like an OS are 1. It has a Window Manager (try it out in the demo, you can drag around windows and such) 2. It has a File System, which does encryption and compression. This makes it so that the "apps" (documents and presentations, and in the future hopefully spreadsheets) don't have to know anything about encryption. This made it very easy to port the presentations app,…

May I suggest Air Docs?

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Re: Show HN: Airborn – Private Google Docs Alternative

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Post by twiss »

mejin wrote: post #164
twiss wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I made this. It has bulk import from Google Docs ;) thanks to a feature request from HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15478479

Any intentions on adding support for right to left languages? This is the only reason why I have a Windows 7 virtual machine with Office 13 installed. I am looking for alternatives.

If you select an RTL interface language, the UI becomes RTL. And in Chrome, you can select RTL in the editor in the context menu. Are you looking for something similar to that in Firefox, or are there any other issues with RTL?
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