Managing comments for collaborative editing of electronic documents

An article of manufacture comprising:

• at least one computer storage medium,
• computer program instructions stored on the at least one computer storage medium which, when processed by a processing system of a computer, the processing system comprising one or more processing units and storage, configures the computer to comprise:
• a network interface configured to connect the computer to a
• computer network, the computer network being connected to a shared storage system, the shared storage system comprising a file system configured to store a plurality of electronic documents and to make the plurality of electronic documents available to a plurality of users;
• and
• a processing system comprising one or more processing units and storage, the storage comprising computer program code that, when executed by the processing system, configures the processing system to comprise:
• an application configured to process user input to modify an electronic document, the application comprising a graphical user interface including a document pane configured to display the electronic document, and comments displayed in association with the electronic document, wherein comments have values indicative of a state of the comment, and actions displayed in association with the electronic document, from activity data associated with the electronic document;
• the application being further configured to, in response to an input associated with a displayed comment, mark the comment as resolved by setting the value associated with the comment to indicate the comment is resolved and by adding an action to the activity data associated with the electronic document to indicate the comment is resolved;
• the application being further configured to, in response to an input associated with a displayed action related to a resolved comment, mark the comment as unresolved by setting the value associated with the resolved comment to indicate the comment is unresolved.