Comments on: Conspire

By: Mathew

Mathew — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:47:55 +0000

Mike: The app does seem promising, but as Jim noted having a free “viewer” app would be very important to this. I realize you’re Mac-only, but even a Mac-only viewer app would be a great addition.

In addition, Conspire working as a “transparency” app where you could put a PDF in the background and write over it would be incredibly valuable. Sometimes a pure whiteboard would be the best approach, but in other scenarios being able to “revise” or “mark up” an already created document would be more important.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:43:14 +0000

Mike,
I like your concept, but by making it Mac only and/or not having a viewer or web based app to use makes it a non-starter. I could really use an app like this, especially in conjunction with Skype, but this doesn’t seem to be it right now.

By: Mike Glass

Mike Glass — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:47:07 +0000

Hi Jim. Thanks for the kind words and the suggestions. I’ve had a few people ask me for some form of “viewer” app. I’m a Mac developer only though, and I don’t have any plans as of right now for a Windows or web version, even just a viewer app. Would a free, Mac-only viewer app work for you?

Thanks again!

-Mike Glass

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:03:21 +0000

I love the idea but it is rather optimistic to think I will make my clients purchase this software. I would get it if the server sported an AJAX interface so clients could simply login with a web browser.

Also, though it is possibly beyond the scope of this application’s goals, can I import PDF files for live, long-distance markups? That would be really useful.

I realize this is version 1.0 and congratulations on that achievement. It looks like a promising start.