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Hydra - 1.0

Rendezvous based, collaborative text editor with developer support

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All Time:	(4.6)
Version 1.0:	(4.7)
Selected Version:	1.0
Release Date:	2003-03-31
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.0):	1,672
Downloads (all versions):	2,006

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Product Description:

Hydra is a collaborative distributed text editor, combining the simplicity of TextEdit and the power of Rendezvous. It allows to share documents on a local network (with Rendezvous) or on the internet. Every participating user can type simultaneously and see what others are typing. You can even follow others users to see what they are up to.
Hydra features true simultaneous editing for multiple users. Text changes are highlighted in a different color for each user, allowing easy identification of your coeditors' changes. The scrollbar indicators give you a quick overview where others are working in the document.
In addition to its rich networking capablities, Hydra does everything you'd expect from an advanced text editor. Encodings and line endings are handled seamlessly. Programmers benefit from customizable syntax coloring and function pop-up, bracket matching and indenting.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.0:
Overall Rating:	(4.7)	Features:	Not rated (0.0)	Support:	Not rated (0.0)
Ease of Use:	Not rated (0.0)	Quality / Stability:	Not rated (0.0)	Price:	Not rated (0.0)

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NOT Freeware - Version: 3.1, 7/22/2008 01:40PM PST

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s_gans

This is listed at VT as freeware, but upon installation we're told it's a 30 day trial. This software costs 29 euro. That's $46 American.

Super Support - Version: 3.0.2, 12/5/2007 03:40AM PST

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ProjectWizards

I am very satisfied with SEE. It is a fast & lightweight tool for our textual collaboration. Just see the rating: just five stars.

But even beyond that: I reported a strange crash of SEE (which happens very rarely to me) just a few days ago - it was one the these "unreproducible" issues ;-) I've received a message from the developer the same day and they managed it to fix this crash in no time!

That's how it should be. Guys, I appreciate your work!

When it was free - Version: 2.6.2, 3/9/2007 10:47AM PST

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wgscott

Subethaedit was my favorite OS X text editor (although I regularly use vim). I never used the collaborative feature, I just used SEE as a standard GUI editor, but when it became payware, I had to decide if it was really worth it.

I decided to pay for an OS X text editor, even though I am happy with vim. However, the feature sets I found worth paying for were in TextMate, so I bought that one instead. You should take a look at that before making a final decision.

Older versions of SEE are also available for free for non-commerical users.