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I started building my own with a friend because nothing else had what I wanted (great freehand drawing and text tools) and was cheap. We've only just finished the MVP, so feedback would be very helpful!

https://browserboard.com/

I have no idea if it'll hold up under load, I guess let's see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You can share the URL to collaborate with someone else.

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Neat; simple but I like it. One concrete thing that jumps out at me as I play around with it: I keep instinctively trying to hit Ctrl+Z to undo, which doesn't work (and then I remember there's a button). Might be nice to make that shortcut work.

Also: I enjoyed this:

> No BS

> Browserboard is written by two people in their spare time who aren’t thirsty for advertising dollars. We have no reason to spam you or violate your privacy.

A thought: any interest in porting to Sandstorm? It seems like the app would be a perfect fit, and giving people an easy way to run it themselves gives you an out if it gets too popular for you to keep running it for free. If you're not familiar:

https://sandstorm.io

Relevant blog post: https://sandstorm.io/news/2014-07-21-open-source-web-apps-re...

(Disclosure: I am one of the more active contributors to Sandstorm)

> I keep instinctively trying to hit Ctrl+Z to undo, which doesn't work

I've only tested on Mac, and Cmd+Z works. What platform are you on?

Sandstorm is a maybe, but we're doing great on a $7/mo Heroku instance. :-)

> What platform are you on?

Firefox on Linux.

Figured it out: I was using 'meta' instead of 'mod'. Should be fixed, thanks for the report!

Worth noting a few updates ago Excalidraw included in freehand drawing with the Freedraw tool (X or 7, as of writing).

As a suggestion, it would be nice to be able to try it without registering an account.

That's on the immediate roadmap: some way to jump into a board immediately and convert to login only if you want to save or collaborate.

On the bright side, we don't even ask you for an email address (yet).

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