AuthorViz

Color coding authors' contributions in a Google Doc

AuthorViz - Visualize Authors' Contributions on Google Docs

AuthorViz is an innovative Chrome extension developed by Hana Research Lab. It allows users to visualize and gauge each author's contribution to a Google Doc by applying color codes. The extension enhances the existing Revision-History feature by reflecting the complete history of the document, rather than just one revision. This provides a comprehensive view of authors' involvement in the document's final revision. Creators Trung Nguyen and Kenny Pham draw on accurate data from Google Docs to make this visualization possible.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 5.00
(3)
Version: 1.40 (Last updated: 2020-07-16)
Creation date: 2017-03-08
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • *://docs.google.com/*
Size: 122.88K

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Extension summary

AuthorViz is developed by Hana Research Lab at the University of California, Irvine. It visualizes authors' contribution in a co-authored document on Google Docs. It color codes who wrote what within your final revision of the document. Extending the existing Revision-History feature within Google Docs, AuthorViz takes the entire history into account rather than one-revision-at-a-time view.

Trung Nguyen is the original developer and Kenny Pham takes it over. We also thank James Somers for his advice on getting the accurate data from Google Docs without using the Google API.

You can contact Dakuo Wang ([email protected]) for further questions. If you like it, you may also want to check out DocuViz project at http://docuviz.ics.uci.edu.

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Extension safety

Risk impact

AuthorViz requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

AuthorViz has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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