This is where differential synchronization shines (basically git). While OT/CRDT are really good for syncing small edits, they suck at being eventually consistent (with intentions preserved) on very large edits.
We make a powerful collaborative word processor for the browser (Zoho Writer https://writer.zoho.com) with complete offline support. This is one problem we'd like to solve in the long term. One way to solve this is to fallback to differential sync when syncing huge offline edits - and present the changes as tracked-changes (underlined and striked-out) to the user. This way the user has the power to resolve the conflicts, instead of the app messing it up by itself.
I'd like to hear if there are better ways to sync large offline edits, with the intentions preserved.
We make a powerful collaborative word processor for the browser (Zoho Writer https://writer.zoho.com) with complete offline support. This is one problem we'd like to solve in the long term. One way to solve this is to fallback to differential sync when syncing huge offline edits - and present the changes as tracked-changes (underlined and striked-out) to the user. This way the user has the power to resolve the conflicts, instead of the app messing it up by itself.
I'd like to hear if there are better ways to sync large offline edits, with the intentions preserved.