{"id":9193,"date":"2013-09-19T23:35:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T23:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/?p=9193"},"modified":"2013-09-20T02:21:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T02:21:06","slug":"reintroducing-togetherjs-formerly-known-as-towtruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2013\/09\/reintroducing-togetherjs-formerly-known-as-towtruck\/","title":{"rendered":"(Re)Introducing TogetherJS (the service formerly known as TowTruck)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Mozilla TowTruck\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2013\/04\/introducing-towtruck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mozilla TowTruck<\/a> is now <a href=\"http:\/\/togetherjs.com\">Mozilla TogetherJS<\/a>. It&#8217;s just a different name, with the same underlying experience and technology. \u00a0TogetherJS is a service that adds collaboration features and tools to your website.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJEq4W0FZQ0?rel=0\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.07.30-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9195 alignright\" alt=\"TogetherJS\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.07.30-AM-252x232.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.07.30-AM-252x232.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.07.30-AM-600x554.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.07.30-AM.png 1762w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><strong>Why the name change?<\/strong><br \/>\nTowTruck initially started as a service for developers to add to their site so their users could ask their friends for help in real-time whenever they got stuck. While this feature and concept is still there in TogetherJS, the product quickly grew beyond this initial concept to support real-time collaboration for any user context, such as co-authoring, co-editing, and co-researching. We wanted a name that reflects the wider scope of how to use the tools. TogetherJS is about connecting people and knowledge to collaborate in real-time on anything, in any situation where two (or more) people are using or doing something together.<\/p>\n<p>We also wanted to be sure people understand that TogetherJS is a service you can add and integrate with your site using simple client-side techniques.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what&#8217;s new?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve rebranded the website as TogetherJS and we&#8217;ve added in some sample apps that you can test with your friends using TogetherJS. \u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/togetherjs.com\/docs\/\">documentation<\/a> also includes a feature where you can connect directly with the TogetherJS team. \u00a0Also the TogetherJS dock is improved based on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2013\/06\/towtruck-alpha-usability-testing-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">usability testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some (but not all) updates:<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.09.58-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9196 alignright\" alt=\"Participant screen\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.09.58-AM-252x225.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.09.58-AM-252x225.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.09.58-AM-600x537.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-19-at-11.09.58-AM.png 802w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auto-follow &#8211; a user can now automatically follow another user from page to page.<\/li>\n<li>Participant windows &#8211; users can now see more detail about who is in the session with them.<\/li>\n<li>Profile settings &#8211; you can now add your own avatar and select your own user color.<\/li>\n<li>Improved notifications &#8211; notifications have been updated to make it easier to see what participants are up to and where they are\u00a0in the session.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile &#8211; we have a rough usable prototype for mobile (note &#8211; this is not the final version).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next?<\/strong><br \/>\nFor our next steps we&#8217;re looking for guidance and requests from the community! \u00a0For the next few months we&#8217;re focused on new users and contributors, and we want our priorities to reflect the <a href=\"mailto:togetherjs@mozilla.com\">feedback<\/a> we get from you.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and get started with TogetherJS, please check out our new site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.togetherjs.com\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<br \/>\n&#8211; Team TogetherJS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla TowTruck is now Mozilla TogetherJS. It&#8217;s just a different name, with the same underlying experience and technology. \u00a0TogetherJS is a service that adds collaboration features and tools to your website. Why the name change? TowTruck initially started as a &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2013\/09\/reintroducing-togetherjs-formerly-known-as-towtruck\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22910],"tags":[22897,22909,22896],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}