8. A computer-based method for managing documents over a network, comprising: providing from a first client, to a document collaboration platform, a first version of a document, displaying, in an interface at a remote computer, a second version of the document, wherein the remote computer is the first client or a second client different from the first client, sending from the remote computer, to the document management platform, a request for information from one or more entries in a document log, wherein the document log contains multiple entries, each entry corresponding to a different version of the document and identifying the date and storage location of such different version of the document, and displaying, in a display window in the interface, information from one or more entries in the document log, wherein the display window is displayed as superimposed over a portion of the interface associated with the one or more entries included in the request for information.
8. A computer-based method for managing documents over a network, comprising: providing from a first client, to a document collaboration platform, a first version of a document, displaying, in an interface at a remote computer, a second version of the document, wherein the remote computer is the first client or a second client different from the first client, sending from the remote computer, to the document management platform, a request for information from one or more entries in a document log, wherein the document log contains multiple entries, each entry corresponding to a different version of the document and identifying the date and storage location of such different version of the document, and displaying, in a display window in the interface, information from one or more entries in the document log, wherein the display window is displayed as superimposed over a portion of the interface associated with the one or more entries included in the request for information. 10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the display window displays information reflecting one or more differences in content between different versions of the document.