I&#x27;m doing some product research for an idea of an online whiteboard.<p>From what I&#x27;ve learned so far from talking to devs and other technical people is that using a mouse or touch is really undesirable. It&#x27;s just not close enough to the physical experience of using a real marker and physical whiteboard to feel productive and effective.<p>There are some high end solutions out there like digital drawing tablets, but I&#x27;m thinking about a solution for people not willing to go that route because their usage does not warrant the cost.<p>The solution I&#x27;m thinking of involves a plan where you pay for an initial short term plan that gives you an excellent online whiteboard application AND throws in a stylus as part of it. That way you get as close to the experience of actually writing on a physical whiteboard.<p>Once the initial plan is up, you keep the stylus, and you can choose to keep using the application with less features without charge, or else, pay for a cheaper subscription for a fuller feature set.<p>Would that be something of interest to you tablet owners out there? I&#x27;d appreciate to hear your thoughts.<p>PS - It&#x27;s also worth mentioning that there is software out there like Inklet, that can turn your mac trackpad into a pen tablet, so you could conceivably also use the application with the stylus on your laptop.
Ask HN: Value proposition of a combo plan of online whiteboard with stylus