TL;DR Stop juggling downloads, heavy viewers, and buried replies. Drop your file in chat, add feedback instantly—Markhub handles the rest.
1. Acrobat Was Great… Until It Wasn’t
Adobe Acrobat Reader is a legend. No debate. But every new button, sidebar, and AI-ish popup raises the same question:
“Cool… but where does this fit in my workflow?”
When your laptop fans spin up just to open a PDF, you know something’s off.
2. The Real Bottleneck Is Between the Apps
A typical feedback loop today:
- Share design.pdf in Slack
- Teammate downloads it
- Opens a separate annotation tool
- Adds comments, saves design_v3_feedback.pdf
- Re-uploads or emails it back
- You cross-reference chat replies with sticky notes
- Someone still asks, “Where’s the latest version?”
Each hop is a micro-tax on focus. Multiply by every teammate, every sprint.
3. How Other Tools Stack Up
Tool
What Works
Where It Breaks
Slack / Teams
Quick share, emoji reactions
No real annotations; feedback buries in threads
Acrobat / PDF-X
Precise mark-ups
Heavy install, version chaos
Figma comments
Real-time on designs
Only for Figma files; others still orphaned
Monday / Jira attachments
Central ticketing
Attachment preview = view-only, sluggish
Verdict: Great islands, zero bridges.
4. Markhub’s Chat-First Feedback, No Bridges Needed
You Do
Markhub Does
Drag a PDF / image / video into chat
📎 Renders an inline, zoomable preview
Type “🔴 Font too small here”
🖍️ Places a red pin at the exact coordinate
Hit Cmd+Enter
🎫 Creates a task linked to the comment—owner & due date auto-filled
Close laptop
🤖 MAKi pings owners, tracks status, attaches finished file
Zero downloads. Zero email threads. Zero v4_final_FINAL.pdf.
Click the attachment icon in the chat—or just copy-and-paste (Ctrl +C / Ctrl + V) the file to upload it.
5. Why It Feels Radical (Even Though It’s Simple)
- Context never leaves chat. Everyone sees what, where, and why in one scroll.
- No new viewer to learn. If you can click a pin, you can give feedback.
- AI catches the cleanup. Missed comment? MAKi flags it before stand-up.
6. Try It in 30 Seconds
- Open a free workspace → https://markhub.ink
- Drop any file into First Hub chat
- Click the pin icon, leave one note
- Watch MAKi turn it into a live task
Done. Your fans stayed silent, your focus stayed intact.
👋 One Less Tab, One More Hour Back
You don’t need another heavyweight viewer. You need feedback that lives where conversation already happens.
Markhub—because chat should be the workflow.
Written by DongYoon Shin, Founder & CEO @ Markhub