Collaborating on design work is notoriously difficult. Deciding what the perfect shade of blue is, how rounded those rounded corners should be, and whether or not to make the logo bigger is all difficult enough when a discussion is happening between people in the same room. Add a virtual environment to the mix, and making clear and actionable design change notes can be nearly impossible.

This is where new web app redmark can help. Currently in limited private beta, the service aims for, and largely achieves, the difficult feat of making and tracking design notes a snap. Check out the nifty demo here.

The first thing to notice is the strikingly slick and clean interface: There are blessedly few tools and features, and the tools and features that are at the user’s disposal are easy to understand and use.

Playing around with the demo is fun, and it’s easy to see how redmark has created a valuable way to share notes about online documents, making for a powerful collaborative tool. The process of adding notes and attaching those notes to specific elements of the design document is made simple by way of a drag-and-drop interface. This mimics how people make notes on hard copies in “real life,” using circles and arrows to give designers direction quickly and efficiently.

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