Jotleaf
Productivity
collaborative canvas
SHOW HN2013
68points
21comments
#369of 1,739 in 2013
Top 22%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Design: 3 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 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
Nice design and text handling
From 3 comments
Awesome job, Andrew. It's very cool what you've built. A few nits: - I didn't realize "Try It Now" was a link to play with the product without signing up. This might do better as…
smalter on HNLove how you do the text handling - click, with little draggable, resizeable text area with handle; how did you build that - jQueryUI with lots of mods, or something even lower…
oaksagelew on HNDang, works on iPad too.
andrewflnr on HN
Works on iPad
From 1 comment
Dang, works on iPad too.
andrewflnr on HN
Objections
Google Drawings already does much of this
From 1 comment
I upvoted this because I upvote every genuine Show HN, but I think you need to give more compelling reasons to use the product over what I (and I'm sure others) are already…
simonsarris on HN
Sign-up required before trying the product
From 3 comments
> I didn't realize "Try It Now" was a link to play with the product without signing up. This might do better as a button. Same here. I was about to _complain_ about the sign up…
8ig8 on HNSame here. You might want to consider making the "try it now" button/link more prominent and above the login form. My 1st instinct was "Oh I have to sign up, forget it."
Sym3tri on HNYour landing page doesn't compel me at all to provide my email address & sign up for an account. The blurb of text is great and all but a few pictures or even a short video clip…
Zombieball on HN
Needs collaboration without a hosted server
From 2 comments
It's very nice, I hope it does well. I may have missed it, but does this do collaborative editing between 2 or more people? That would be the thing that could convince me to use…
nonamegiven on HNNo specific immediate need. In general I prefer to use things that won't go away when the proprietor does, or that can be implemented and sold by anyone, like email. Anyone can…
nonamegiven on HN
Requests
Make the try-it link more prominent
From 2 comments
Awesome job, Andrew. It's very cool what you've built. A few nits: - I didn't realize "Try It Now" was a link to play with the product without signing up. This might do better as…
smalter on HNSame here. You might want to consider making the "try it now" button/link more prominent and above the login form. My 1st instinct was "Oh I have to sign up, forget it."
Sym3tri on HN
Show screenshots or video on landing page
From 1 comment
Your landing page doesn't compel me at all to provide my email address & sign up for an account. The blurb of text is great and all but a few pictures or even a short video clip…
Zombieball on HN
Make settings toggle easier to reach
From 1 comment
It's confusing that you have to go into settings then page options to get them back after closing. I'd leave a little tab on the right side of the page so you can toggle it back…
benblodgett on HN
Questions
How is infinite scrolling built
From 1 comment
I like it. Can you tell how you do the infinite scrolling bit, or at least give me some hints/links? I've been trying to do something similar, but it's been a pain.
andrewflnr on HN
Does it support collaborative editing
From 1 comment
It's very nice, I hope it does well. I may have missed it, but does this do collaborative editing between 2 or more people? That would be the thing that could convince me to use…
nonamegiven on HN
Alternatives named
Google Drawings
From 1 comment
I upvoted this because I upvote every genuine Show HN, but I think you need to give more compelling reasons to use the product over what I (and I'm sure others) are already…
simonsarris on HN
paperi.st
From 1 comment
Love how you do the text handling - click, with little draggable, resizeable text area with handle; how did you build that - jQueryUI with lots of mods, or something even lower…
oaksagelew on HN