WhiteboardFox
Productivity
virtual whiteboard
SHOW HN2014
309points
140comments
#45of 2,272 in 2014
Top 2%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
22 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 11 critical, out of 81 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Execution: 6 for, 4 againstIdea: 6 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Works smoothly, especially with tablets and styluses
From 3 comments
Haha thank you! Yes it works fine on an iPad - in fact better than an laptop because using a finger to draw is so much more fluid and intuitive than a mouse or touchpad. Here's a…
MarkMc on HNNicely done. A few of my favorite features are missing (like a text tool for nicer text, and an arrow tool) but when used with a tablet and stylus its pretty nice. It is always a…
ChuckMcM on HNThis tool was pretty responsive to draw with using a tablet, and I'm glad the pen width isn't very large. I love using a Wacom tablet for drawing diagrams, and wish there was a…
gldnspud on HN
Simple, polished, no install needed
From 2 comments
Oh my god. I love this! I've been waiting for a simple polished solution for this for years and years. When skype came along and then we got skype extensions, I thought they'd…
krmmalik on HNHow long do you take to complete the project? Awesome work!
junyeeng on HN
Objections
Cannot type text
From 2 comments
Text is also a feature I'd like to see. Sometimes its easier to just type something than gesture each letter
dblacc on HNgreat! only missing typing text
lazyant on HN
Requires Facebook login for some users
From 1 comment
I would love to use this, but i don't have a facebook account. I hope you support other login options
hugozap on HN
Display issues in second tab and IE browser problems
From 3 comments
I tried opening "my" whiteboard in a second tab in Firefox (on Windows). The second tab's view is distorted, it reminds me of having a badly programmed modulo register on the…
unwind on HNThis is freaking awesome. You probably know this but it does not work in IE on windows 8 with a touchscreen. Chrome works fine however. I am guessing it is something to do with…
Nemi on HNOnly works in Internet Explorer 9, doesn't work in IE 8 in some companies they only allow you to use IE only and only upgrade the browser if they install a new OS.
johnmoore on HN
Requests
Typed text support
From 3 comments
I love it - works perfectly... but immediately the feature creeper in me has kicked in. Killer features 1. Be able to type in text (any font will do) 2. Drag-and-drop an image to…
wodow on HNText is also a feature I'd like to see. Sometimes its easier to just type something than gesture each letter
dblacc on HNYes typeable text is high on the to-do list (although on a touch-screen tablet it's probably just a efficient to draw the text)
MarkMc on HN
Zoom via mouse scroll
From 3 comments
This is very cool! Is there a way to zoom in on desktop? Mouse wheel perhaps?
Brandon0 on HNMaking it easier to zoom would be nice. Maybe with scrolling?
freebs on HNA zoom in/out with mouse scroll would be good to have.
ujjwal_wadhawan on HN
Audio or voice chat integration
From 2 comments
The video shows Mark explaining to Sally how a Facebook login would work on her website with the whiteboard. A killer missing feature seems to be microphone support, which the…
leetreveil on HN>> It's easy to add audio via skype/facetime/you-name-it though. Really? I don't think running another app to get audio is a very user friendly solution, and you'll never be able…
phkahler on HN
Insert image or slide support
From 2 comments
Great work! My feature request: similar to the "insert pic", create an insert slide. You upload a .PPT and select which slide you want to use. If teachersare going to use this,…
soneca on HNRe: #2, feature exists. See Options > Insert Pic.
8ig8 on HN
Questions
How is drawing data transferred between clients
From 2 comments
Nicely done, website is nice and it's great that you can just click and get started straight away. In your comment you said you moved away from mySQL, what exactly do you store…
rhubarbcustard on HNThe drawing is basically a list of strokes, and a stroke is a list of points - that is, (x, y) coordinates. So the database is mostly a huge table of (x,y) coordinates. Uploading…
MarkMc on HN
Whether it uses WebSockets or socket.io
From 2 comments
Did you end up using any libraries for the communication, such as socket.io? (http://socket.io/)
dceddia on HNI don't know what he's using, but Servlet 3.0 and its implementations have support for WebSockets which would work fine for something like this.
DCKing on HN
Alternatives named
Citrix Talkboard
From 2 comments
This looks similar to Citrix's Talkboard http://www.citrix.com/products/talkboard/overview.html
shervinshaikh on HNReminds me of http://www.citrix.com/products/talkboard/overview.html
niix on HN
Twiddla
From 1 comment
Nice first cut. It's actually surprising that it took a full seven years for anybody else to show up Twiddla's [1] space with a true HTML5 whiteboard. Back when we started out,…
jasonkester on HN
awwapp
From 1 comment
Very nice. Seems to be vector-based (ie. how the eraser and undo/redo work, and allowing things like pan&zoom). I'm the author of a similar tool, https://awwapp.com/ , which is…
senko on HN
Jot With Me
From 1 comment
I use this kind of thing professionally, for distance tutoring. Looks very nice, draws smoothly. I like the easy "erase" function. There's one thing stopping me from using it:…
graeme on HN