Mozilla's TogetherJS Adds Collaboration to Any Site

Mozilla is switching over to a new name for its online collaboration tool, as well as "relaunching" it for a fresh start. The former TowTruck is now called TogetherJS, with the new name better capturing what the project has become, Mozilla believes.

"TowTruck 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," Mozilla explains.

"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," it adds.

With the name change also come a new site and a few updated features. The new site includes some example apps and better documentation.

The latest version of TogetherJS also adds auto-follow to make it easier to keep track of users on different pages. Also new are participant windows, profile settings, and better notifications. There's also an early mobile version of the tool.