Bubbles attempts to turn your web browser into a place where you
can write just as you would on real paper—whether that means typing a letter,
making a collage, sketching notes, or a combination of the three. It provides
several tools that allow you to create your own, personalized letters and easily
share them with others.
Bubbles works by providing you with a blank sheet of paper and tools you'd
find in a word processor and in some art applications. You can type, but you can
also upload images, draw with a pen or pencil, create shapes, and more. This is
practical if you want to draw something in a letter you want to send someone or
just fun if you want to sketch something in some notes you're taking. Bubbles
was created with social capabilities, so you can easily share what you create
with a link—such as the
example
you see above.
Although Bubbles essentially wants to be digital paper, one of the (probably
obvious) drawbacks is that your mouse or trackpad isn't exactly the best
surface, just as your hand or finger isn't a great replacement for the pen. You
can digital sign a letter, but how good that signature is going to look is
another story. If you have a drawing tablet, or even a capacitive stylus and
multitouch trackpad, you'll be in better shape. Everyone else will struggle to
actually sketch like the webapp suggests. Additionally, I couldn't find a way to
make text wrap around images. Doing that manually is pretty tedious, so
hopefully they'll add that feature. All of that said, Bubbles is a pretty
comprehensive word processor. While your hardware may not be capable of taking
full advantage of its digital paper aspirations, Bubbles is mostly up to the
task if you are.
