There are different situations that practically mean that today, many people dedicate themselves to trying work exclusively in "the cloud", because having a good Internet connection, web applications and of course, a computer where a good browser runs, the task of being able to collaborate on a project from different parts of the world is a task that becomes easier every day. to perform.
Speaking specifically of those collaborative work in which we need the help of other contacts Furthermore, Firepad can be considered an excellent option, since it is an online text editor in which we can start working with our projects and invite some friends to participate in it while we are developing it.
How does Firepad work with my Internet browser?
The first thing you have to do is head towards the official site of «Firepad», where you can find a window that is always active with information that comes from the same developer of this tool. Right there you can start writing any type of texts as a form of testing, although the service administrator will detect your activity and start asking, "What do you want to do and if you require any help in using this tool".
You can also review a certain number of examples that are present there, which will give you a slight idea of what you can do with this online tool. In summary, the different tasks to perform in this online editor are the following:
- You can write any type of text you want.
- You also have the opportunity to change the font size.
- You have a limited color palette.
- There are functions so you can integrate bold, italics, underlined or crossed out letters.
- There are also three different ways to apply bullets.
- There are options to justify the text.
- With little tricks, you can also integrate some graphics as part of the content.
- You have options to undo or redo a change.
As you can admire, each of the functions that we have listed above are easy to handle because you will surely have found them in your conventional text editor.
Running Firepad in its demo version
"Firepad" is currently in a demo version, and it is unknown if at a certain time the administrator and developer of this service will ask users for some type of subscription. So that you can access this online tool you just have to select the button located in the upper right part of the window and that says "Private Pad."
Once this is done, you will immediately jump to a new tab of the Internet browser and where the "Firepad" interface itself will be displayed at that very moment. You can see each and every one of the options we listed above in this space.
Towards the left side a small color box with a conventional "user" name (Guest), which you can change by clicking on said space to enter your real name. The most interesting part of all is at the bottom, the place where a URL is registered and to which you have to copy and paste to share in a message to your friends, who you are practically inviting to collaborate in the development of the text and project that you are going to show in this online tool.
We mentioned a little above about the possibility of integrating images as part of the content in this online tool, something that must be applied (unfortunately) with a small trick. Here you will not find an option that helps you open a File Explorer window to search for the image from your hard drive, although you can use the last icon (in the shape of a landscape) located at the end of the options band. Once you select it, a few fields will appear that you must fill out and where you have to define, the URL of the place where the image you want to embed is located. This means that if you are going to incorporate images into the content of this text editor, you should first upload the image to any of the many free services that currently exist.