Groove is unique in that it is downloaded to your own computer. It interfaces with a server to save changes to the workspace, but the actual interface resides on each computer. Their introduction touts awareness (being able to see other group members online status), work anywhere, and sharing information.
Things I like: The interface is clean and intuitive. The "navigate together" and "browse together" features are nice - one member controls the navigation, which the others can watch. Chat and VOIP is also available (although I didn't test the VOIP). There is a large number of tools that you can use in your workspace including:
- File sharing
- Discussions (forums)
- Photo and image sharing
- Calendar which integrates with Outlook
- Meeting Planner
- Notepad
- Project Manager
- Sketchpad (a kind of whiteboard)
- Web Link sharing
- Document review (members make document edits which are then all combined into one new document)
- Forms/Databases
- The ability to build your own tools
Not much I actively don't like at this point - I may discover more once I delve into it further. If you can browse/navigate together, why can't you use a pointer as well to highlight parts of browsed pages.
I guess at this point I don't see a killer reason to choose Groove over another application, such as Central Desktop, which I reviewed earlier this week. If you're from the Groove team and beg to differ, let me know and we can set up a time to talk about it.
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[Source: DoRealTime - Real Time Collaboration] quoted: Groove is a workspace collaboration tool that works pretty much like every other tool. Much easier and more intuitive than Sharepoint, the documentation says that the more advanced versions of... [Read More]
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