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by cogency 1679 days ago
I am baffled that everyone is so focused on only noticing the kanban-style task management and forgetting all the other services we offer such as Sketch (whiteboard), Chat, Video Conferencing. In addition to standalone, all those services are available when in a video conference mode to achieve a true collaboration!
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I'd guess that it's because Boards are the first screenshot on the page. It also appears to be the central hub for the workspace that's offered here. Sketch, Video, and Chat would be used for communication, but everything would be coordinated and managed through Boards. This would be my experience working with platforms like Trello, Jira, and Basecamp in the past, personally.

That said, working with those other platforms, it has been difficult in the past to work with various integrated tools like the ones that you offer out of the box here. I remember previous jobs I had where only UX designers got access to mockup and flowchart tools that plugged into Jira, so the rest of us had to figure out how to draw and import charts and diagrams of our own.

You are making a really good point! It is not so much about the individual products or what they can do individually but this is rather how they can be used together at the same time, while being on the same call with everyone else on the team
Exactly why we offer the services we do to make sure that everyone has access to the tools needed to get the job done