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Re: Show HN: A virtual whiteboard for working or teaching remotely

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Post by atmosx »

leetreveil wrote: post #58
MarkMc wrote: post #2

This is little 'scratch-your-own-itch' project I started working on about 9 months ago. Front end is GWT, back end is Java servlets. Database was originally MySQL but switched to Prevayler for performance reasons. My YouTube video gives a nice overview of the benefits of a virtual whiteboard: http://youtu.be/MDEHFHG1l3Y What does Hacker News think?

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 video alludes to.

It's easy to add audio via skype/facetime/you-name-it though.

Re: Show HN: A virtual whiteboard for working or teaching remotely

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Post by ChuckMcM »

MarkMc wrote: post #2

This is little 'scratch-your-own-itch' project I started working on about 9 months ago. Front end is GWT, back end is Java servlets. Database was originally MySQL but switched to Prevayler for performance reasons. My YouTube video gives a nice overview of the benefits of a virtual whiteboard: http://youtu.be/MDEHFHG1l3Y What does Hacker News think?

Nicely 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 question for me how much is 'drawing tool' and how much is whiteboard emulation. To my mind I always wish I had some extra tools on a 'real' whiteboard which aren't there :-)

Re: Show HN: A virtual whiteboard for working or teaching remotely

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Post by MarkMc »

Nemi wrote: post #72

This 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 the touch events that IE has that are different?

I didn't know that! Afraid I don't have a Windows 8 touchscreen device, so haven't tested on that platform. Will look into it....

Re: Show HN: A virtual whiteboard for working or teaching remotely

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Post by atmosx »

divyahansg wrote: post #68
wodow wrote: post #14

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 be be able to annotate it over the top (would be excellent design task, e.g. using screenshots of some work-in-progress). 3. Movable objects?

A similar site I built ( http://stoodle.org ) supports these three features in addition to group voice conferencing through Twilio.

Haha, that's awesome :-) thanks for sharing.

Re: Show HN: A virtual whiteboard for working or teaching remotely

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Post by djokkataja »

MarkMc wrote: post #54
wodow wrote: post #14

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 be be able to annotate it over the top (would be excellent design task, e.g. using screenshots of some work-in-progress). 3. Movable objects?

Yes 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)

It might be just as efficient in terms of the amount of time taken to draw/type it, but typing it lets people copy/paste and ensures legibility.
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