Comparison of Groupware Tools
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Top Questions:
(1) Are these the right sites to be comparing? We are looking for well-known options - not little used sites.
- WiserEarth
- Yahoo
- Ning
- Grou.ps
- Basecamp
- Change.org
- Idealist.org
- Ammado.com
- WetPaint
- Razoo?
- Care2
- Celcias?
- TakingITGlobal
- Gaia Pods (Groups) -- example: http://pods.gaia.com/is_there_a_god
- ? Look for more --> http://www.unixl.com/blog/2008/top-100-networks-for-people-who-want-to-change-the-world/
- mixxt.com
(2) What should we be comparing across groupware? Current list below.
Cost / Storage- Cost
- Ad-Free
- Storage
- Bandwidth
Features
- Custom Branding
- Layout Customization
- Member Profiles
- Bulletin Board
- Events Listings
- Calendar
- Organizations Listings
- Best practices / Solutions Listings
- Resources Listings
- Job Listings (NOTE: Group all listings as 'Member Editable Database'?)
- Related Groups
- Watchlist
- Real-Time Activity (Alerts feed?)
- Discussion Forum
- RSS Feed for Discussion
- Video
- Photos
- Notes / Wikis
- Blog
- Project/Task Management
- Tagging
- Revision System
- Search Group Content
- Suggested Content
- Share Content between Groups
- 'Ecosystem' (of Content and Community)
- Data Networking (Content Networking?)
- Network Visualization
- Files
- Comments
- Ratings
Communications
- Internal Messaging
- Group Messaging
- Email Notification
- ListServ
- Real-time Chat
- Audio Conference
- Video Conference
Administration
- Privacy Levels
- User Types
- Invitation Types
Other
- Google Map Integration
- Facebook Integration
- Third-Party Widgets
- Multi-lingual Interface?
- Content Translation Tool? (machine by google at present, enabling human-powered translation in the future, a la DotSUB's subtitle translation tool? Simple and easy.)
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This is missing mixxt.com and grou.ps
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Just added Grou.ps to the google spreadsheet. Still needs fleshing out. Thanks for the tip Sandi.