Real-time Wiki
Productivity
collaborative wiki
SHOW HN2013
Real-time Wiki
I agree - the purpose of this product is to check if the overall concept is needed.
document.ly#real-time wiki#markdown editor#collaborative wiki#knowledge management
How HN took it
7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 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
Real-time Markdown editing is a great idea
From 2 comments
Very neat! I have thought quite a bit about how to make wikis easier to work with, but I don't know if I'll need to anymore because you pretty much nailed it! Real-time markdown…
Skoofoo on HNFinally, the real-time Markdown wiki I've been waiting for. Love it. What's the business model? I would be sad to see this acquihired and disappear in a puff of smoke.
lukifer on HN
Attractive design
From 2 comments
I love how you improved over bootstrap to create nice and very aesthetically pleasing design.
lightningstorm on HNVery cool design and concept. I loved how you used Bootstrap for this.
balajiviswanath on HN
Objections
Site repeatedly over quota or failing to load
From 4 comments
Over Quota This application is temporarily over its serving quota. Please try again later.
ceejayoz on HNAlso the site is apparently "temporarily over quota".
teddyknox on HNGot past over-quota issue and gave google permissions, but Chrome OSX shows nothing when you login. JS console shows: ``` Uncaught ReferenceError: goog is not defined…
niggler on HNSame issue (3 hours later) but now I can't even load the page to logout :/
niggler on HN
Sign-out does not work properly
From 2 comments
Very neat! I have thought quite a bit about how to make wikis easier to work with, but I don't know if I'll need to anymore because you pretty much nailed it! Real-time markdown…
Skoofoo on HNWhen I signed out of the application it didn't forward me to a logged-out verification page or give me a model that tells me I've signed out. It kind of just hung there without…
wturner on HN
Markdown syntax is a barrier compared to WYSIWYG editing
From 2 comments
This would be very popular indeed if a WYSIWYG editor was used instead of a markup language. There has been study after study showing how the wiki markup syntax is a hurdle to…
edtechdev on HNThis is a very naive view of reality. WYSIWYG editors are superior in almost every way for almost all users. I used to force markdown on people too, but WYSIWYG is really a…
jules on HN
Requests
Public links and page history
From 1 comment
Very neat! I have thought quite a bit about how to make wikis easier to work with, but I don't know if I'll need to anymore because you pretty much nailed it! Real-time markdown…
Skoofoo on HN
Dropbox file storage support
From 1 comment
Oh man -- this almost fits a perfectly for me. I just wish that reStructured text was supported, but I could live with markdown. Yeah, I'm old-school. It would be awesome if this…
seletz on HN
reStructuredText support
From 1 comment
Oh man -- this almost fits a perfectly for me. I just wish that reStructured text was supported, but I could live with markdown. Yeah, I'm old-school. It would be awesome if this…
seletz on HN
WYSIWYG editor
From 1 comment
This would be very popular indeed if a WYSIWYG editor was used instead of a markup language. There has been study after study showing how the wiki markup syntax is a hurdle to…
edtechdev on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Google Docs
From 1 comment
Can you explain how this is different / better than Google Docs? I can't tell from the home page.
tarr11 on HN
How does it compare with HackPad
From 1 comment
How might this compare with HackPad?
meej on HN
Pricing model and whether it is freemium
From 2 comments
Is this going to be freeium? I really recommend putting a pricing page up even if you don't know what the pricing will be, just to make it clear... hard to even try something…
duck on HNFinally, the real-time Markdown wiki I've been waiting for. Love it. What's the business model? I would be sad to see this acquihired and disappear in a puff of smoke.
lukifer on HN
Alternatives named
Hackpad
From 2 comments
How might this compare with HackPad?
meej on HNAlso see Etherpad, ShareJS and Hackpad
Johnyma22 on HN
Etherpad and ShareJS
From 1 comment
Also see Etherpad, ShareJS and Hackpad
Johnyma22 on HN
Google Docs
From 1 comment
Can you explain how this is different / better than Google Docs? I can't tell from the home page.
tarr11 on HN
Asana and Trello
From 1 comment
The concept isn't much different, but the permission model is. document.ly is very similar to Asana and Trello (allowing every user to participate in multiple projects and…
ronreiter on HN