Now that I’ve seen it—I want everything to be real time and collaborative. I think it’s one of those things where once people have seen it, there’s no going back.
What did you like about it?
It's been a while but if I remember correctly, there was a slider on the top right with a play button. It allowed me to scroll through the history of the doc akin to Time Machine. That visual playful approach is much more engaging than a drop down list of versions. Titles and dates really tell you nothing about the nature of the document.
Watching an essay evolve with a click of a button was awesome and uniquely informative. A killer feature that should not be sacrificed. It was certainly a feature that could help Google Docs position itself above native applications.
There's no more clamoring each week for the powerpoint that I refuse to make. They're now using each other to build notes that are better than anything they could build individually.
When we get this technology into everything, the world will be a much better place.