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Re: Ask HN: What collaborative whiteboard are you using?

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Post by ryanmarsh »

jtolds wrote: post #44

Here's the best set up I've used so far: 1) Get the cheapest iPad that supports the Apple Pencil. The 2018 non-Pro was this for me last I looked. 2) Get the Google Jamboard app (not the Jamboard hardware, it is not at all worth it). 3) Share the "jam" with yourself on a different device (a nearby laptop) 4) Screenshare the laptop. Things I think any virtual whiteboard scheme needs to have: 1) You need to be able to s…

If you're a trainer this is the go to flipchart solution for remote. It's also great for facilitating group activities during class.

Re: Ask HN: What collaborative whiteboard are you using?

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Post by vjeux »

asdkhadsj wrote: post #33
nikivi wrote: post #2

I love https://excalidraw.com Christopher Chedeau did a recent talk on nice challenges they had building it in the open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fix2-SynPGE I want to build a plugin for Figma to embed Excalidraw inside Figma as I use Figma for all my design work already.

I like the look and UX of this, but I can't seem to draw on Safari. Anyone know a workaround?

Can you open an issue on github? It should work on both mobile and desktop Safari.

Re: Ask HN: What collaborative whiteboard are you using?

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Post by twinge »

jtolds wrote: post #44

Here's the best set up I've used so far: 1) Get the cheapest iPad that supports the Apple Pencil. The 2018 non-Pro was this for me last I looked. 2) Get the Google Jamboard app (not the Jamboard hardware, it is not at all worth it). 3) Share the "jam" with yourself on a different device (a nearby laptop) 4) Screenshare the laptop. Things I think any virtual whiteboard scheme needs to have: 1) You need to be able to s…

If you have a Mac, you can connect the iPad to it and share the contents of the screen directly (via QuickTime). The latency is lower and you can share drawings outside Jamboard.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/26/tip-record-your-i...

Re: Ask HN: What collaborative whiteboard are you using?

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Post by jtolds »

twinge wrote: post #54
jtolds wrote: post #44

Here's the best set up I've used so far: 1) Get the cheapest iPad that supports the Apple Pencil. The 2018 non-Pro was this for me last I looked. 2) Get the Google Jamboard app (not the Jamboard hardware, it is not at all worth it). 3) Share the "jam" with yourself on a different device (a nearby laptop) 4) Screenshare the laptop. Things I think any virtual whiteboard scheme needs to have: 1) You need to be able to s…

If you have a Mac, you can connect the iPad to it and share the contents of the screen directly (via QuickTime). The latency is lower and you can share drawings outside Jamboard. https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/26/tip-record-your-i...

That might fix the finger erase issue but that makes collaborative whiteboarding harder maybe.

Re: Ask HN: What collaborative whiteboard are you using?

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Post by dharma1 »

Any video conferencing tool + cheap wacom + Figma is quite powerful. Works on MacOS/Linux/Windows.

There are some things Figma isn't intended (and as such very good fit) for though, like diagramming/flowcharts, or marking up PDF's - haven't found great multiplayer web apps for those.

Feels like concurrent multiuser editing is something that a lot of software would benefit from - maybe something we will look back in 5 years as being weird it didn't exist and we had to send files back and forth to work on something together. Would make working together on almost anything easier remotely.

Miro and Mural are also quite nice collab tools, more limited than Figma but some nice things out of the box.

Re: Ask HN: What collaborative whiteboard are you using?

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Post by cma »

jtolds wrote: post #44

Here's the best set up I've used so far: 1) Get the cheapest iPad that supports the Apple Pencil. The 2018 non-Pro was this for me last I looked. 2) Get the Google Jamboard app (not the Jamboard hardware, it is not at all worth it). 3) Share the "jam" with yourself on a different device (a nearby laptop) 4) Screenshare the laptop. Things I think any virtual whiteboard scheme needs to have: 1) You need to be able to s…

One thing apple pencil is missing is hover. In a collaborative whiteboard you want to be able to quickly point to things without marking (can solve with a button for it, but it isn't as natural).
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