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5points
6comments
#3,108of 3,515 in 2024
Top 89%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Execution: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple, clean UI that looks great

    From 1 comment
    • I played around with it. Not sure why I should switch. What is the design philosophy behind this? It is simple UI. But in my experience, it is when you add the complicated parts,…
      nashashmi on HN

Objections

  • Missing features commonly used in draw.io

    From 2 comments
    • I played around with it. Not sure why I should switch. What is the design philosophy behind this? It is simple UI. But in my experience, it is when you add the complicated parts,…
      nashashmi on HN
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN
  • Unclear why to switch from draw.io

    From 2 comments
    • Looks a lot like Draw.io. What is the difference? Besides AI.
      nashashmi on HN
    • I played around with it. Not sure why I should switch. What is the design philosophy behind this? It is simple UI. But in my experience, it is when you add the complicated parts,…
      nashashmi on HN
  • Rounded corners on shapes look odd

    From 1 comment
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN
  • Keyboard shortcuts not configurable

    From 1 comment
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN

Requests

  • Text-based markup for defining objects and properties

    From 1 comment
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN
  • Real-time multi-user collaboration via shared link

    From 1 comment
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN
  • Remove pricing and online storage for now

    From 1 comment
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN

Questions

  • What is the difference from draw.io besides AI

    From 1 comment
    • Looks a lot like Draw.io. What is the difference? Besides AI.
      nashashmi on HN
  • Which features are missing that users normally need

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • draw.io

    From 2 comments
    • Looks a lot like Draw.io. What is the difference? Besides AI.
      nashashmi on HN
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN
  • Excalidraw

    From 1 comment
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN
  • Visio

    From 1 comment
    • I think you have a project with a massive undertaking. You need a team of people to work on this. Have you been looking at this site: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio? The first…
      nashashmi on HN

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