Notable Docs
Productivity
collaborative document annotation
SHOW HN2014
61points
25comments
#522of 2,272 in 2014
Top 23%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 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
Useful for collaborative annotation and classroom note-taking
From 2 comments
This is EXACTLY the product I wanted to make, thanks! I think a use case for which you could sell it is collaborative class note-taking. My teachers distribute PDFs of their…
habosa on HNIt's a browser extension, but the benefit of web apps in general is portability. This one has the advantage (from the looks of it) of solving a very hard problem, that of being…
hmsimha on HN
Objections
Saved PDFs can become unreadable HTML files
From 1 comment
This app caused me a lot of trouble. I tried to save some PDFs and they were impossible to open in any reader. I opened them with Notepad++ and they were now HTML files. Also,…
elandybarr on HN
Sharing concerns: downloaded PDFs with personal data may be uploaded
From 1 comment
This app caused me a lot of trouble. I tried to save some PDFs and they were impossible to open in any reader. I opened them with Notepad++ and they were now HTML files. Also,…
elandybarr on HN
Requests
Open source the code
From 1 comment
Cool stuff! Something I've been thinking about too. Open Source?
santa_boy on HN
Login with Google or OpenID
From 1 comment
Can this app be an item in the "chrome://apps/" page, and use my google credentials for logging in? Or some form of OpenID?
Nican on HN
Questions
Why only Chrome?
From 1 comment
What is the benefit of creating a web app that only works in 1 particular browser? Or is this not a web app?
highwind on HN
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Cool stuff! Something I've been thinking about too. Open Source?
santa_boy on HN
Alternatives named
PeerLibrary
From 1 comment
We are working on open source project, quite similar to this: http://peerlibrary.org/ https://github.com/peerlibrary/peerlibrary
mitar on HN
Surfly / surfmark.com commenting extension
From 2 comments
We have an extension (for chrome) and a bookmarklet (and ipad app) that use pdf.js to add comments to pdfs and save specific pages from pdfs. The extension and bookmarklet allow…
vagarwa on HNpdf.js is great. we used it at surfly to implement purely web-based collaborative pdf viewer that works on any modern browser.
denik on HN