Imagination Cubed is an online whiteboard from General Electric that’s designed with the single user in mind, as opposed to more collaborative applications like Skrbl and Scriblink. This unique application eschews chatting and focuses more on a neat and artistic presentation that makes those idle hours fly by in your cubicle. I tried it out for myself and had a lot of fun.
First, the Not-So-Good: Again, this is not a collaborative online whiteboard tool, so you probably want something like Scriblink or Skrbl for brainstorming and study sessions. And keep in mind that you can’t upload files or photos, so you’re pretty much stuck with the designs, styles and colors you get on the site. There’s no eraser either, although you can undo your last markerstroke or clear the entire whiteboard. Finally, while this online whiteboard looks like it covers the whole browser, it only covers about two-thirds of it. Unfortunately, you won’t figure this out for yourself until you try drawing or typing and find that you get cut off. Scriblink covers a smaller surface area as well, but at least you can see the borders of the whiteboard beforehand.
The Good: While you can’t upload photos or files, Imagination Cubed has some cool designs, backgrounds and fonts built in to the application. I especially like the options for your markerstrokes that range from your basic line to a trail of dripping ink. You can also stamp in graphics, type in characters, and adjust the size, thickness and color of what you write or draw. One interesting feature is the “Replay” button that enables you to retrace your markerstrokes so you can make simple animated movies, although the marker-cursor shows up during playback. It’s sort of like the old Super NES game Mario Paint without the music composer and sweet flyswatting game.
Overall, Imagination Cubed is fun and easy-to-use. It’s not business-oriented like Skrbl or Scriblink, but it’s easy on the eyes, enables you to email links of your artwork to friends, and gives you just enough functionality to make you come back for another scribble session.
Posted by Taeho Lim
