????Quip與Facebook關(guān)系密切。泰勒曾經(jīng)是社交媒體聚合公司FriendFeed的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人，2009年，F(xiàn)acebook將FriendFeed和他一起收入囊中。泰勒一共在Facebook工作了近3年時(shí)間。Quip擁有大量社交元素。用戶可以相互分享文檔，協(xié)同工作，包括：添加照片和圖表、制作任務(wù)清單、還可以通過(guò)在文檔上放置“@”符號(hào)來(lái)吸引他人注意。泰勒解釋稱(chēng)：“兩個(gè)人在同一時(shí)刻編輯同一文檔的幾率幾乎為零。”但借助Quip，用戶可以利用無(wú)處不在的智能手機(jī)隨時(shí)隨地檢索文檔，這樣一來(lái)一去的感覺(jué)更加流暢，而且更具實(shí)時(shí)性。

????在某家早期試用了Quip的旅行社，情況就是如此。過(guò)去，這家旅行社為每位客戶維護(hù)一個(gè)通過(guò)云存儲(chǔ)應(yīng)用Dropbox進(jìn)行同步的Word文檔，同時(shí)運(yùn)用一個(gè)單獨(dú)的谷歌電子表格和任務(wù)管理軟件，跟蹤從清單到旅客飲食限制的各類(lèi)信息。而用了Quip之后，這家旅行社能夠?qū)⑺羞@些都整合到同一個(gè)文檔中。

????目前，Quip的12人團(tuán)隊(duì)將專(zhuān)注于軟件升級(jí)，推出更多鞏固Quip的移動(dòng)和社交功能，同時(shí)滿足許多習(xí)慣了傳統(tǒng)文字處理軟件的用戶。它包括另一個(gè)收費(fèi)版本——Quip企業(yè)版。這個(gè)版本預(yù)定于今年晚些時(shí)候面世，將具有更先進(jìn)的安全功能。吉布斯說(shuō)：“我們想讓用戶大開(kāi)眼界，讓他們知道原來(lái)一個(gè)文檔可以包羅萬(wàn)象。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

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????The app takes a lead from Facebook, where Taylor worked for nearly three years after the social network acquired FriendFeed, a startup he co-founded around aggregating social media. Quip includes a heavy dose of social interaction. Users can share and work on documents with each other, toss in photos and tables, make to-do lists, and call a users' attention to an area of a document with the "@" sign. "The odds that two people would be staring at the same document at the same time are almost zero," explains Taylor. But thanks to Quip, a user's ability to retrieve a file on their omnipresent smartphone almost enables a back-and-forth that feels more fluid and real-time.

????Such was the case with an unnamed travel agency that tested Quip early on. Previously, the agency kept a Word document for every customer synchronized via Dropbox, a separate Google (GOOG) spreadsheet and task management software to keep track of everything from a checklist to a traveler's dietary restrictions. Once they used Quip, the company was able to consolidate all those things into one document.

????For now, Quip's team of 12 will focus on software updates with more features that bolster Quip's mobile and social abilities but also appease many people accustomed to conventional word processors. That includes Quip Enterprise, another pricing scheme due later this year with more advanced security features. Says Gibbs: "We want to open their eyes about what can be in a document."