Hello, everyone. Long time no see, but today I’ve got a great Christmas surprise for you. I made OhBoard, a simple, zero-distraction whiteboard application that is available on Chrome Web Store for $3.99. For more information about the app, read this really post I wrote: http://ohboard.com/blog/ohboard-manifesto (a.k.a 10 Reasons You Should Use OhBoard). Here’re some excerpts:
I broke it down and list 10 characteristics physical whiteboard has:
- It has limit. There’s only one possible surface to write on. Old drawing has to be physically disappeared in order for new drawing to be created.
- Sometimes it doesn’t fit the size you want it to be. If you are sketching a website mockup on a whiteboard, everything becomes proportionated.
- It requires a special-made writing utensil, called marker, to utilize the whiteboard. The marker is not physically attached to the whiteboard, which means it can be lost (or worse, stolen).
- Marker smells. Barely anyone likes it.
- Marker runs out. You have to purchase a new one when it does.
- There’s also a thing called cap in each marker. If it is not correctly positioned, the marker can become useless quickly.
- It requires an eraser (sometimes I use tissues), which most of the time can’t clean the surface entirely – little marks are left on the board.
- When writing/drawing, you need to pay close attention to prevent your hands from erasing previous work unnoticeably.
- The material includes paper, plastic, and melamine. They aren’t so environmental-friendly.
- Staples sells it for $15.99. Office Depot sells it for $29.27. Walmart sells it for $8.55.
These are all the problems I, you, and probably everybody, have encountered. They are real problems, but they never get your attention. The reason being is they are way too common. You think they will never be solved, so let’s not worry about them. Wrong, OhBoard will be solving them. And here are some benefits of OhBoard vs. physical whiteboard:
- It has no limit. And everything is saved automatically.
- The canvas covers up the whole content section. You can make your website mockup exactly the way you want it to look like.
- It requires a mouse, or a trackpad. But you will have one if you are using a computer. And you are using a computer if you are on OhBoard.
- A mouse/trackpad doesn’t smell.
- A mouse/trackpad doesn’t run out. (Well, a wireless one does, but the price vs. usage ratio is extremely low.)
- A mouse/trackpad doesn’t need a cap/cover/protection mask/security guard.
- An eraser is not required. An undo button is already included in OhBoard.
- Your hand will never smear the computer screen. If you do, your drawing won’t be erased either.
- The material only includes code and pixels, which will not harm the environment.
- I sell it for $3.99.
