So I’ve got a problem. Every year I have to gather together a set of paper based forms and put them in a folder to hand to someone for QA processing. Most of these forms start off in some word-processing package, but by the time that they require review by a colleague and multiple signatures they end up on paper – it’s simply easier. But I’m not too good with paper and I’m even worse with uncodified processes that I follow once a year. Surely there’s a way to codify a process of handling documents? Yeah, there are plenty of tools that do it. And here’s another…
FOlder gives you a web based methods of creating, and writing documents. It’s based on the amazing Aloha-Editor and the fantastic Happstack. So the technical plumbing is thoroughbred, using a (soon-to-be) distributed (guaranteed) ACID data store. It’s missing three major features
- Authentication (coming in version 0.1),
- Collating the created files in a folder (simple fix in version 0.2),
- Digital signatures (straightforward to implement, hard to devise a good UI).
and one minor feature
- upload PDFs which are viewable using PDF.js.
You can find the source code here. I’m happy to accept patches!
Update:
A quick hacked video on YouTube (uploaded in WebM so it shouldn’t require flash)
Are digital signatures legally binding yet? I can see that been a problem if you require them.
Yes and no. It doesn’t matter too much if you’ve got an internal trusted document server. But yes, they’re legally binding in certain countries and, for example, between the USA and Ireland.