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Show HN: Easily create, edit and share SVG designs online with Inline

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16 pointsadamhowell8 comments

Working on something kind of similar: - vector graphics/drawings created by freehand / writing http://write-live.com/d/dba21681-8d3f-4fbe-8b4b-e5c1983df934

http://write-live.com/d/8f9b7846-a7b9-4e5c-b704-dad9aa87d14e

- unlimited* levels of zoom http://docs.write-live.com/WriteliveServer/webview.html?d=34...

- draw on a tablet, view on tablet / web http://write-live.com/d/538254c5-7d31-41f2-83bb-bcd0a7cee7ab

A bit like if google docs had a baby with OneNote

I tried out the zooming capability (nice) but it seems like your stroke width does not change in response to the zoom level (at least not in lock step)? So the redness in the lady's dress changes as you zoom. Isn't that a problem?

True. I'm on the fence here.

Keeping "real" thickness slows down rendering by a factor of 1.5-2 depending on browser used. Images look better though. I'm not sure what users want at this stage of the project. Perhaps a toggle?

sounds a bit like bigpicture.js with drawing; good stuff! https://github.com/josephernest/bigpicture.js

Thanks, didn't know about bigpicture.js. The whole idea isn't that super new.

Not sure if I communicated it across: Writelive drawings are always updated in real time. Think shared whiteboard. Co-drawing / co-writing. Currently you can only view via web. Drawing is limited to Android - drawing without a pressure sensitive stylus offers bad experience anyway.

* "New Design" button is buggy on Firefox/Conkeror on OS X Yosemite (had to go to "Projects" and back into my "Test" project in order to make it actually do anything on click).

* No apparent way to use custom fonts (I want to use Computer Modern Unicode Serif to make my things TeXy, but that's not an option).

* Also no apparent way to use existing icons that I may already have (like a company logo or somesuch).

* I was required to create an account before even receiving any semblance of an introduction on what this thing even is.

* The "Path" tool's crosshair is offset from where the path is actually drawn, which is incredibly annoying. This is also the case for the "Text" tool.

Really cool idea, especially if you guys are going to build github for SVGs... but it looks like you guys have a bug in your process. Consider the workflow I attempted to do:

1. sign up 2. go through the little tutorial 3. get prompted to name a new project 4. do so, and it now feels broken (unresponsive) 5. navigate back to the project/:projectId page 6. click new design 7. select "blank" 8. get to a 404 page with the following url: https://inlinehq.com/projects/39653/designs/new?template_id=...

Also, the new design button is really unresponsive, please consider making that button aware if it has promises waiting to for your server to fulfill.

Looks good. If I can make a feature request, it would be great to see something like the Flickr Commons + GitHub for vector graphics, where people could release their work with a permissive license so others could search and reuse it, with the option to collaboratively improve it.

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