Eclocking has not gotten the reception I had hoped from the world wide web. It doesn’t solve a problem that most people care about.
With this in mind I have decided to spend my time on something else for now. I will leave eclocking up, and I will continue to use it myself.
When etherpad launched in November 2008, I took notice. It was very similar to collabedit, a website that I had launched in March 2008. I quickly became a fan of etherpad and have used it for awhile now, preferring it over collabedit for most tasks. I stopped working on collabedit and moved on to other things.
When I learned that google had acquired etherpad earlier this week I had mixed feelings. I’m going to miss the service it provided, but I see an opportunity for collabedit to fill the void left by etherpad. I have been looking for another side project, but hadn’t considered revisiting collabedit until now.
I recognize that collabedit lacks many of the features that make a collaborative editor like this useful. I intend to spend time over the next several months adding these features. I would appreciate any feedback from etherpad users about what features would be the most useful. For this purpose I have created a new feedback forum at http://collabedit.uservoice.com.
Congratulations to the etherpad team, you deserve all the success you’ve seen. Best of luck with Google Wave!