HackPad
Productivity
collaborative wiki
SHOW HN2012
209points
77comments
#71of 1,677 in 2012
Top 5%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
13 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 52 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 6 for, 7 againstDesign: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Smooth realtime multi-user editing and clean WYSIWYG wiki feel
From 2 comments
Thank you for making this. I really like it. A long time ago in a startup far far away a friend and I built something like this. Ours was nowhere near as elegant. We would look…
michaelw on HNThis is really slick! It's the first realtime, WYSIWYG tool I've used that still feels like a Wiki.
moss on HN
Inline linking, refactoring to new pads, and Dropbox file links are useful
From 2 comments
It lets you insert shared links to any file in your dropbox by typing @ in any pad - it'll autocomplete by file name.
kofman on HNJust discovered the refactoring feature. Select some text. Click "Create Pad" and give it a name. The new pad is created with the selected text and the name links to it. This was…
michaelw on HN
Objections
Requires Google or Facebook sign-in or email to edit
From 2 comments
I really don't like that I have to sign in with Google or Facebook to try it in read/write mode. Read-only mode is not good enough for me to tell if it's something I want to use,…
king_magic on HNThank you for making this. I really like it. A long time ago in a startup far far away a friend and I built something like this. Ours was nowhere near as elegant. We would look…
michaelw on HN
Google contacts access request raises privacy concerns
From 2 comments
Why does this request access to my Google Contacts when signing in using my Google Account? No thanks.
AdamGibbins on HNIt looks neat. Why does it want access to my google contacts?
netghost on HN
Not self-hostable, so unusable for internal company wikis
From 2 comments
Unfortunate that they don't offer the software itself; I could use this at work, but I don't think we'd be allowed to use it on an external server.
jff on HNThis is an interesting project, however, as someone who administers several wikis, both public and private I honestly wouldn't give up control of the server side to the cloud…
wmat on HN
Requests
Offer a self-hosted or on-premise version
From 3 comments
Unfortunate that they don't offer the software itself; I could use this at work, but I don't think we'd be allowed to use it on an external server.
jff on HNI promise you that there's absolutely loads of demand from companies for things like this, so long as they can be deployed inside their own network. On the plus side, you can…
arctangent on HNThis is an interesting project, however, as someone who administers several wikis, both public and private I honestly wouldn't give up control of the server side to the cloud…
wmat on HN
Support account deletion and data export
From 3 comments
It's nice. But how do I delete my account and my Google contacts that were imported in your database?
WA on HNOkay thanks. Still, can I somehow delete my account?
WA on HNThis is nice. I'd love it if I could create a company account, invite my colleagues and then know that only those people can access the pads that we make. Also, ability to…
colinhowe on HN
Make a Chrome web app
From 2 comments
I really like the execution of this. It's like the Quick Notes web extension, however my beef with Quick Notes app is that I've lost some notes because I didn't realize that…
grusk on HNYes, please. I would really like something to replace sidewiki for capturing, sharing, and later finding notes about Web sites.
thamiam on HN
Questions
How is it different from Etherpad?
From 2 comments
How is it different from EtherPad and hundreds of its clones/instances?
rorrr on HNDesigner of EtherPad here. I'm a big fan of HackPad and I encourage people to give it a shot. I get a lot of questions about the best version of EtherPad out there, and HackPad…
irondavycole on HN
What is the pricing?
From 1 comment
Pricing?
duncanj on HN
Alternatives named
Etherpad / Etherpad Lite
From 3 comments
if you look for something similar and opensource, you should have a look at etherpad-lite: https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite
alx on HNThe original Etherpad is open source. https://github.com/ether/pad "Etherpad Lite" is built on node.js which to me makes it more desirable from a developer standpoint for a…
ilaksh on HNHow is it different from EtherPad and hundreds of its clones/instances?
rorrr on HN
Confluence
From 2 comments
Confluence is the wiki we use where I work and I absolutely hate it (ending tags is like you are opening a tag, so {bold}this would be bold{bold} (example, I don't remember any…
X-Istence on HNCheck out Confluence, from Atlassian, for the competition.
hessenwolf on HN