Awwapp (Web Whiteboard)
Creative
collaborative drawing whiteboard
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 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
Fun to use and works well
From 3 comments
Was just about to ask about the syncing. Nice job, it's fun! And thanks for this comment.
joeyespo on HNAbsolutely fun app. tried on iPad2, Chrome13 on Mac, Safari 5.1 on Mac. If you draw fast then the curves become more like straight lines, I am sure you are improving that...
brainless on HNGreat work , works perfectly in chrome
boscomutunga on HN
Smooth drawing with touch devices and browsers
From 2 comments
Absolutely fun app. tried on iPad2, Chrome13 on Mac, Safari 5.1 on Mac. If you draw fast then the curves become more like straight lines, I am sure you are improving that...
brainless on HNGreat work , works perfectly in chrome
boscomutunga on HN
Objections
Shared canvases crash or fail to load once heavily drawn on
From 2 comments
Here is a new shared canvas: http://awwapp.com/draw.html#BW0Gw6c2w4 EDIT: Looks like this one got killed too :( How many concurrent connections can this take, Senko?
dotBen on HNAs many as the memory allows (and up to 1024, but was nowhere close that number), and I think that wasn't the problem here - but it seems that once the canvas has been drawn on…
senko on HN
Login required before trying the app
From 1 comment
I was going to try it, but, honest feedback, the fact that I have to login before even giving it a go is a real no-go. Why don't you let me try before signing in?
o1iver on HN
Erase does not sync across Firefox and Safari
From 1 comment
Awesome work. I wanted to let you know that the erase function is not working on Firefox 3.6.19 Mac. I share the image with a Safari browser and the image there is erased when I…
mbyrne on HN
Requests
Add an undo button
From 1 comment
I like it but maybe add an undo button?
tyohn on HN
Add more tools such as text and shapes
From 1 comment
Fantastic! I think it's a great idea. I think you're missing a couple of basic tools: - Tex - Basic shapes Edit: Removed eraser from list. Noticed there was one.
aagha on HN
Add a replay feature
From 1 comment
This looks awesome. This reminds me a little bit like the facebook application I use to play with before. http://www.facebook.com/graffitiwall Except this one is more real time,…
danest on HN
Questions
Whether syncing updates works across browsers
From 1 comment
The syncing doesn't work for me when I open 2 browsers and share it to myself..? Does it just share the initial state (which worked great) or also updates?
robfitz on HN
What the app is written in
From 1 comment
What's it written in ?
matiu on HN
Alternatives named
Django Dash drawnby app
From 1 comment
We did something similar for Django Dash a couple weeks ago: http://drawnby.jupo.org/ Knocked up in 48 hours with Django, WebSockets and Redis All open source:…
stephen_mcd on HN
Facebook graffiti wall app
From 1 comment
This looks awesome. This reminds me a little bit like the facebook application I use to play with before. http://www.facebook.com/graffitiwall Except this one is more real time,…
danest on HN
DeviantArt Muro
From 1 comment
Thanks! I wanted to stick to the whiteboarding/sketching basics - you get a pen and an eraser. Perhaps it makes sense to add a few more tools, but I'm wary of adding too much,…
senko on HN