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I started building my own with a friend because nothing else had what I wanted (great freehand drawing and text tools) and was cheap. We've only just finished t

by irskep 6y ago

I started building my own with a friend because nothing else had what I wanted (great freehand drawing and text tools) and was cheap. We've only just finished the MVP, so feedback would be very helpful! https://browserboard.com/ https://browserboard.com/ I have no idea if it'll hold up under load, I guess let's see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You can share the URL to collaborate with someone else.

aphit 6y ago
Worth noting a few updates ago Excalidraw included in freehand drawing with the Freedraw tool (X or 7, as of writing).
zenhack 6y ago
Neat; simple but I like it. One concrete thing that jumps out at me as I play around with it: I keep instinctively trying to hit Ctrl+Z to undo, which doesn't work (and then I remember there's a button). Might be nice to make that shortcut work. Also: I enjoyed this: > No BS > Browserboard is written by two people in their spare time who aren’t thirsty for advertising dollars. We have no reason to spam you or violate your privacy. A thought: any interest in porting to Sandstorm? It seems like the app would be a perfect fit, and giving people an easy way to run it themselves gives you an out if it gets too popular for you to keep running it for free. If you're not familiar: https://sandstorm.io https://sandstorm.io Relevant blog post: https://sandstorm.io/news/2014-07-21-open-source-web-apps-require-federated-hosting https://sandstorm.io/news/2014-07-21-open-source-web-apps-re... (Disclosure: I am one of the more active contributors to Sandstorm)
- irskep 6y ago
  > I keep instinctively trying to hit Ctrl+Z to undo, which doesn't work I've only tested on Mac, and Cmd+Z works. What platform are you on? Sandstorm is a maybe, but we're doing great on a $7/mo Heroku instance. :-)
  - zenhack 6y ago
    > What platform are you on? Firefox on Linux.
    - irskep 6y ago
      Figured it out: I was using 'meta' instead of 'mod'. Should be fixed, thanks for the report!
AlexITC 6y ago
As a suggestion, it would be nice to be able to try it without registering an account.
- irskep 6y ago
  That's on the immediate roadmap: some way to jump into a board immediately and convert to login only if you want to save or collaborate. On the bright side, we don't even ask you for an email address (yet).

by irskep 6y ago

aphit 6y ago

Worth noting a few updates ago Excalidraw included in freehand drawing with the Freedraw tool (X or 7, as of writing).

zenhack 6y ago

Neat; simple but I like it. One concrete thing that jumps out at me as I play around with it: I keep instinctively trying to hit Ctrl+Z to undo, which doesn't work (and then I remember there's a button). Might be nice to make that shortcut work. Also: I enjoyed this: > No BS > Browserboard is written by two people in their spare time who aren’t thirsty for advertising dollars. We have no reason to spam you or violate your privacy. A thought: any interest in porting to Sandstorm? It seems like the app would be a perfect fit, and giving people an easy way to run it themselves gives you an out if it gets too popular for you to keep running it for free. If you're not familiar: https://sandstorm.io https://sandstorm.io Relevant blog post: https://sandstorm.io/news/2014-07-21-open-source-web-apps-require-federated-hosting https://sandstorm.io/news/2014-07-21-open-source-web-apps-re... (Disclosure: I am one of the more active contributors to Sandstorm)

irskep 6y ago
> I keep instinctively trying to hit Ctrl+Z to undo, which doesn't work I've only tested on Mac, and Cmd+Z works. What platform are you on? Sandstorm is a maybe, but we're doing great on a $7/mo Heroku instance. :-)
- zenhack 6y ago
  > What platform are you on? Firefox on Linux.
  - irskep 6y ago
    Figured it out: I was using 'meta' instead of 'mod'. Should be fixed, thanks for the report!

AlexITC 6y ago

As a suggestion, it would be nice to be able to try it without registering an account.

irskep 6y ago
That's on the immediate roadmap: some way to jump into a board immediately and convert to login only if you want to save or collaborate. On the bright side, we don't even ask you for an email address (yet).