Real-time Wiki

Productivity

collaborative wiki

SHOW HN2013

Real-time Wiki

I agree - the purpose of this product is to check if the overall concept is needed.

document.ly

#real-time wiki#markdown editor#collaborative wiki#knowledge management

76points
51comments
#330of 1,739 in 2013
Top 19%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.

Execution: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Real-time Markdown editing is a great idea

    From 2 comments
    • Very neat! I have thought quite a bit about how to make wikis easier to work with, but I don't know if I'll need to anymore because you pretty much nailed it! Real-time markdown…
      Skoofoo on HN
    • Finally, the real-time Markdown wiki I've been waiting for. Love it. What's the business model? I would be sad to see this acquihired and disappear in a puff of smoke.
      lukifer on HN
  • Attractive design

    From 2 comments

Objections

  • Site repeatedly over quota or failing to load

    From 4 comments
    • Over Quota This application is temporarily over its serving quota. Please try again later.
      ceejayoz on HN
    • Also the site is apparently "temporarily over quota".
      teddyknox on HN
    • Got past over-quota issue and gave google permissions, but Chrome OSX shows nothing when you login. JS console shows: ``` Uncaught ReferenceError: goog is not defined…
      niggler on HN
    • Same issue (3 hours later) but now I can't even load the page to logout :/
      niggler on HN
  • Sign-out does not work properly

    From 2 comments
    • Very neat! I have thought quite a bit about how to make wikis easier to work with, but I don't know if I'll need to anymore because you pretty much nailed it! Real-time markdown…
      Skoofoo on HN
    • When I signed out of the application it didn't forward me to a logged-out verification page or give me a model that tells me I've signed out. It kind of just hung there without…
      wturner on HN
  • Markdown syntax is a barrier compared to WYSIWYG editing

    From 2 comments
    • This would be very popular indeed if a WYSIWYG editor was used instead of a markup language. There has been study after study showing how the wiki markup syntax is a hurdle to…
      edtechdev on HN
    • This is a very naive view of reality. WYSIWYG editors are superior in almost every way for almost all users. I used to force markdown on people too, but WYSIWYG is really a…
      jules on HN

Requests

  • Public links and page history

    From 1 comment
    • Very neat! I have thought quite a bit about how to make wikis easier to work with, but I don't know if I'll need to anymore because you pretty much nailed it! Real-time markdown…
      Skoofoo on HN
  • Dropbox file storage support

    From 1 comment
    • Oh man -- this almost fits a perfectly for me. I just wish that reStructured text was supported, but I could live with markdown. Yeah, I'm old-school. It would be awesome if this…
      seletz on HN
  • reStructuredText support

    From 1 comment
    • Oh man -- this almost fits a perfectly for me. I just wish that reStructured text was supported, but I could live with markdown. Yeah, I'm old-school. It would be awesome if this…
      seletz on HN
  • WYSIWYG editor

    From 1 comment
    • This would be very popular indeed if a WYSIWYG editor was used instead of a markup language. There has been study after study showing how the wiki markup syntax is a hurdle to…
      edtechdev on HN

Questions

  • How does it differ from Google Docs

    From 1 comment
    • Can you explain how this is different / better than Google Docs? I can't tell from the home page.
      tarr11 on HN
  • How does it compare with HackPad

    From 1 comment
  • Pricing model and whether it is freemium

    From 2 comments
    • Is this going to be freeium? I really recommend putting a pricing page up even if you don't know what the pricing will be, just to make it clear... hard to even try something…
      duck on HN
    • Finally, the real-time Markdown wiki I've been waiting for. Love it. What's the business model? I would be sad to see this acquihired and disappear in a puff of smoke.
      lukifer on HN

Alternatives named

  • Hackpad

    From 2 comments
  • Etherpad and ShareJS

    From 1 comment
  • Google Docs

    From 1 comment
    • Can you explain how this is different / better than Google Docs? I can't tell from the home page.
      tarr11 on HN
  • Asana and Trello

    From 1 comment
    • The concept isn't much different, but the permission model is. document.ly is very similar to Asana and Trello (allowing every user to participate in multiple projects and…
      ronreiter on HN

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