Comments on: Finetuna: discuss a design in detail without any hassle

By: Radman

Radman — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:22:12 +0000

I’ve never given this a try, but I think it’s about time I do.

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By: Patrick de Laive

Patrick de Laive — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:56:54 +0000

@ernst-jan Nice!!

By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth

Ernst-Jan Pfauth — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:18:38 +0000

@Sebastian and Patrick, I’m pretty sure it’s a good comparison, as I’ve used it quite a lot for this purpose. Although you’re right about the horizontal bias. Other from that, it works just fine: http://twitter.com/dutchproblogger/statuses/756018472

By: Patrick de Laive

Patrick de Laive — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:56:21 +0000

@Sebastien The (dis)advantage is that whenever the word annotation is mentioned, regardless of the context, fleck is compared to it.

Less than 1% of all flecks are actually placed somewhere in context with the page behind it. I believe that web annotation is a nice tool but not good enough for a true service .That is why Fleck shifted to sharing links and interesting websites within groups, creating a collective brain. The web overlay and the notion that it is possible to add stuff to any website is really cool, but up until today not one company (also not our competitors with several millions in funding) proved that there is a big enough market for ‘web annotation’.

By: Sebastian Moeys

Sebastian Moeys — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:20:32 +0000

@ Patrick

Not arguing Fleck’s value – in this context it just isn’t the right tool to be compared to Finetuna (or Skitch).

Don’t you think finding a solution for fixed positions would be a smart move though?

By: Patrick de Laive

Patrick de Laive — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:13:14 +0000

Oh, and by the way I think Skitch is by far the best solution for Mac users if you want to annotate pictures. This is also a great tool for bloggers.

By: Patrick de Laive

Patrick de Laive — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:10:49 +0000

@sebastien That’s true, fleck puts an overlay on top of the whole page and doesnot peg the notes to html. So different screen resolutions will show the notes on a different horizantal axes (vertical is precise).
Although fleck is used by a lot of webdevelopers who want to communicate with their clients, I like to use it more as a collaborative bookmarking tool to share interesting websites within groups (and yes I can see the notes that other people leave on those websites, which comes in handy sometimes)

By: Sebastian Moeys

Sebastian Moeys — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:45:39 +0000

Actually Fleck is useless for the purpose Finetuna serves, because the position of the notes totally depends on screen resolution/window size etc. It renders the positioning of notes useless.

By: Alan O'Rourke

Alan O'Rourke — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:00:37 +0000

Cool, thanks for the mention Ernst-Jan.