Hi,<p>I have created tool (<a href="https://www.helprange.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.helprange.com</a>) to record usage of your PDF documents to display heat maps of this usage consisting of exact clicks and position of mouse inside the document.<p>It works as follows:<p>1. You are uploading your PDF Document<p>2. You are getting a secure link to your document<p>3. You share this link with some group of people<p>4. When someone opens the link then it can view your document inside special PDF viewer inside the browser<p>5. We are recording how people are engaging with your document and we can show you the heat map<p>What do you think?<p>This post is a follow up to my previous "Show HN" here (I did not provide a heat map back then).<p>Best,
Wiktor
Interesting idea, and the implementation looks good. However, is a document heatmap actually an effective indicator of where my attention is? My mouse does not usually follow my eyes but stays in place as I use the scroll ring.<p>Am I the only one who just leaves my mouse in place?
><a href="https://www.helprange.com/static/images/final_menu_bars.png" rel="nofollow">https://www.helprange.com/static/images/final_menu_bars.png</a><p>IANAL, but this image you have is probably dicey when it comes to trademark use. At the very least there should be a disclaimer saying that they're not clients and they do not endorse your product.
Probably would use it. However, I'm just a student and definitely cannot afford $45/month.
Looks like I'll just have to hope many people look at my Arxiv papers :).