Can you explain how this is incredible with relation to other products on the market? This seems very similar to various other drawing apps on the market. What's the unique value proposition here?
There are trade offs for using the DOM vs. a custom <canvas> renderer, however I think they’re worth it for the types of applications that can be built this way.
We’ve also put a ton of thought (and opinions) into the interactions in tldraw. Some of this can sound pretty ridiculous, like rotating your cursor when your rotate a selection, while also counter-rotating the cursor’s shadow to preserve light direction. But especially with this sort of app, you really notice those details when they’re not there. As a product for developers, my hope is that the quality and attention to detail become part of the value proposition! Users certainly notice it.
Also—this answer was exactly what I was hoping to be shown. It sounded like tldraw was capable of a lot more than drawing boxes with arrows that moved, but I hadn't figured out exactly what that was--now it all makes sense.