1. A computerized method comprising: presenting an electronic document to a user of multiple users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; receiving an input from the user to edit the electronic document; invoking a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to receiving the input from the user to edit the electronic document; and allowing the other users to add a comment to the electronic document despite the lock to prevent edit access.
1. A computerized method comprising: presenting an electronic document to a user of multiple users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; receiving an input from the user to edit the electronic document; invoking a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to receiving the input from the user to edit the electronic document; and allowing the other users to add a comment to the electronic document despite the lock to prevent edit access. 2. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising releasing the lock in response to a different user attempting to edit the electronic document and if a time period has expired since there has been activity by the user within the electronic document.