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Snapnote.io – A tool for annotating and sharing images

44 points by asm 13y ago

djrogers 13y ago
very nice - now that sketch has been completely ruined as an app by being turned into a platform/feature/tie in, I've been looking for an easy way to annotate and share images. One suggestion for workflow purposes - how about allowing clipboard paste for the image? It's easier to screenshot to clipboard and drop directly to annotation edit - stupid autocorrect, meant to say skitch
- asm 13y ago
  I totally agree. Paste is currently supported on Chrome and its been super useful. I'll see if I can get it supported elsewhere. Thanks.
- MortenK 13y ago
  Try jingproject.com
neekb 13y ago
This is 100% easier and more usable than screen shot into paint, crop, and mark up using terrible tools. Well done, and thank you :)
lingben 13y ago
so like http://redpen.io/ http://redpen.io/ ?
- autotravis 13y ago
  On Red Pen it seems that you can only make a comment, and it requires your email address/name. No arrows or boxes.
  - lingben 13y ago
    redpen.io doesn't require sign-in or login or email etc
PabloOsinaga 13y ago
I would suggest adding more information about the desktop app. There is only one link at the bottom of the page, but I don't feel comfortable installing it without first knowing what is it about.
- asm 13y ago
  That's a good idea, I'll do that. Thanks.
- flippyhead 13y ago
  Yeah, I totally would have missed the desktop app had I not happened to see this comment. I was about to give up since a desktop app is critical for me.
FrejNorling 13y ago
This is great! Bookmarked!
kevination 13y ago
I love how simple this is. Thanks!
revorad 13y ago
Fantastic app.
bimil 13y ago
I like how I can use it from my iphone safari. What mobile framework did you use (if any) to make this? / especially the upload image part?
- asm 13y ago
  Mobile devices were very much an afterthought. I was getting mobile traffic and did a best effort to make it passable, but I don't recommend it. You should check out Bugshot (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bugshot/id669858907?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bugshot/id669858907?mt=8) which I think does a much better job on iOS.
iorekz 13y ago
Nice one ! Had some issues to correctly save the background as well as the new drawings when uploading in my personal app
sam152 13y ago
The desktop app is great. I was up and running on my mac in < 30 seconds. Definitely easier than the taking screenshot => photoshop => email workflow I've been rolling with. While I am in favor of keeping things dead simple, is 6 character URLs too few? Could someone guess confidential work-related screenshots based on that size? Also is hot-linking/embedding directly to the final image allowed or discouraged?
- asm 13y ago
  That you're asking about keeping it unguessable makes me think that it feels like too few. Its actually only 5 bytes of random (the first character is always zero). 2^40 is a pretty large number and I don't expect to get high coverage over that space any time soon. That being said, perception is important, so I should probably up it. As for hot-linking; I have no business plan and just wanted to make something useful. I should probably figure that stuff out.
  - solistice 13y ago
    I'd just put up a nice, flat lock somewhere when uploading. If it's locked, pop up a text box where the user can enter a password. If it's open, just do what you do right now. I personally think a freemium kind of model will work best for a service like this. Allow locking only for logged in users, and give each person 30 locks for free monthly (1 per day on average). For additional locks, either charge a small fee out of the user account (something under a dollar), or charge a given amount monthly for flatrate locks. You should allow people to deposit money into their user account in order to pay for these things. They'll most likely consider it playmoney, and that lowers inhibitions when it comes to buying premium features.
codereflection 13y ago
Javascript error preventing the site from working in Chrome and Firefox: TypeError: $ is not a function $(window).keydown(_.bind(function(event) { Stage.js line 249
- asm 13y ago
  fixed
gokulj 13y ago
Suggestion - integrate with https://www.inkfilepicker.com/ https://www.inkfilepicker.com/ so that users can choose images from various sources (picasa, flickr etc) instead of having to upload them only from their local folders?
jerrya 13y ago
First, very nice app. Second, stuff you probably know that confuses me. On Chrome, I can drop (multiple) imgur urls from another Chrome tab, and they are all placed on the canvas. On Firefox, I get the Upload prompt when I drag the image (an image hosted on imgur in a chrome tab) onto Firefox, but when I drop it, nothing happens. On IE 10, same as Firefox, but not even the Upload prompt. Also, what am I missing? I fail to see how to get the image out of snapnote.io. I don't see a download or upload or url...? Nor do I see a link to this desktop app.
callahad 13y ago
Yep, it works: http://snapnote.io/0shC4h http://snapnote.io/0shC4h Very cool little tool.
realrocker 13y ago
Nicely done. Upload progress bar please? Also just one more feature: text size.
- solistice 13y ago
  And line thickness. On a small image, those arrows block everything.
iunk 13y ago
Similar to http://www.marco.org/bugshot http://www.marco.org/bugshot, nice done.
jannorthoff 13y ago
Nice and easy to use. It would be even better with some Unicode input possibilities. http://snapnote.io/0EaVIO http://snapnote.io/0EaVIO
kingkawn 13y ago
This is awesome.

44 points by asm 13y ago

very nice - now that sketch has been completely ruined as an app by being turned into a platform/feature/tie in, I've been looking for an easy way to annotate and share images. One suggestion for workflow purposes - how about allowing clipboard paste for the image? It's easier to screenshot to clipboard and drop directly to annotation edit - stupid autocorrect, meant to say skitch

asm 13y ago
I totally agree. Paste is currently supported on Chrome and its been super useful. I'll see if I can get it supported elsewhere. Thanks.
MortenK 13y ago
Try jingproject.com

neekb 13y ago

This is 100% easier and more usable than screen shot into paint, crop, and mark up using terrible tools. Well done, and thank you :)

lingben 13y ago

so like http://redpen.io/ http://redpen.io/ ?

autotravis 13y ago
On Red Pen it seems that you can only make a comment, and it requires your email address/name. No arrows or boxes.
- lingben 13y ago
  redpen.io doesn't require sign-in or login or email etc

PabloOsinaga 13y ago

I would suggest adding more information about the desktop app. There is only one link at the bottom of the page, but I don't feel comfortable installing it without first knowing what is it about.

asm 13y ago
That's a good idea, I'll do that. Thanks.
flippyhead 13y ago
Yeah, I totally would have missed the desktop app had I not happened to see this comment. I was about to give up since a desktop app is critical for me.

FrejNorling 13y ago

This is great! Bookmarked!

kevination 13y ago

I love how simple this is. Thanks!

revorad 13y ago

Fantastic app.

bimil 13y ago

I like how I can use it from my iphone safari. What mobile framework did you use (if any) to make this? / especially the upload image part?

asm 13y ago
Mobile devices were very much an afterthought. I was getting mobile traffic and did a best effort to make it passable, but I don't recommend it. You should check out Bugshot (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bugshot/id669858907?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bugshot/id669858907?mt=8) which I think does a much better job on iOS.

iorekz 13y ago

Nice one ! Had some issues to correctly save the background as well as the new drawings when uploading in my personal app

sam152 13y ago

The desktop app is great. I was up and running on my mac in < 30 seconds. Definitely easier than the taking screenshot => photoshop => email workflow I've been rolling with. While I am in favor of keeping things dead simple, is 6 character URLs too few? Could someone guess confidential work-related screenshots based on that size? Also is hot-linking/embedding directly to the final image allowed or discouraged?

asm 13y ago
That you're asking about keeping it unguessable makes me think that it feels like too few. Its actually only 5 bytes of random (the first character is always zero). 2^40 is a pretty large number and I don't expect to get high coverage over that space any time soon. That being said, perception is important, so I should probably up it. As for hot-linking; I have no business plan and just wanted to make something useful. I should probably figure that stuff out.
- solistice 13y ago
  I'd just put up a nice, flat lock somewhere when uploading. If it's locked, pop up a text box where the user can enter a password. If it's open, just do what you do right now. I personally think a freemium kind of model will work best for a service like this. Allow locking only for logged in users, and give each person 30 locks for free monthly (1 per day on average). For additional locks, either charge a small fee out of the user account (something under a dollar), or charge a given amount monthly for flatrate locks. You should allow people to deposit money into their user account in order to pay for these things. They'll most likely consider it playmoney, and that lowers inhibitions when it comes to buying premium features.

codereflection 13y ago

Javascript error preventing the site from working in Chrome and Firefox: TypeError: $ is not a function $(window).keydown(_.bind(function(event) { Stage.js line 249

asm 13y ago
fixed

gokulj 13y ago

Suggestion - integrate with https://www.inkfilepicker.com/ https://www.inkfilepicker.com/ so that users can choose images from various sources (picasa, flickr etc) instead of having to upload them only from their local folders?

jerrya 13y ago

First, very nice app. Second, stuff you probably know that confuses me. On Chrome, I can drop (multiple) imgur urls from another Chrome tab, and they are all placed on the canvas. On Firefox, I get the Upload prompt when I drag the image (an image hosted on imgur in a chrome tab) onto Firefox, but when I drop it, nothing happens. On IE 10, same as Firefox, but not even the Upload prompt. Also, what am I missing? I fail to see how to get the image out of snapnote.io. I don't see a download or upload or url...? Nor do I see a link to this desktop app.

callahad 13y ago

Yep, it works: http://snapnote.io/0shC4h http://snapnote.io/0shC4h Very cool little tool.

realrocker 13y ago

Nicely done. Upload progress bar please? Also just one more feature: text size.

solistice 13y ago
And line thickness. On a small image, those arrows block everything.

iunk 13y ago

Similar to http://www.marco.org/bugshot http://www.marco.org/bugshot, nice done.

jannorthoff 13y ago

Nice and easy to use. It would be even better with some Unicode input possibilities. http://snapnote.io/0EaVIO http://snapnote.io/0EaVIO

kingkawn 13y ago

This is awesome.