Articles of category "Social software"

Wiki is a type of software run on the server side of a webpage that allows for the content of a page to be changed and edited using any web browser. The seemingly benign system has allowed for a profound change in the way information is exchanged online. Before the advent of wiki software, Website content could be changed only by a webmaster, using either web design software or HTML code.

Furl software is an innovation in the way people use and access the world wide web. Furl is a free service, and it functions by saving a copy of the webpages that a user visits, creating what they call a 'personal web.' There are also similar services like spurl and pro furl, and all strive towards the same purpose of allowing users to share and personalize their web experience.

SubEthaEdit is collaborative text editing software available for the Apple Macintosh. It's name comes from the Douglas Adam's most famous book, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the Hitchhiker's Guide is written collaboratively by agents all over the universe, communicating and sending their work in using what is called a "SubEthNet." In real life, SubEthEdit allows for easy real-time creation of collaborative documents.