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When you create a Whiteboard Fox whiteboard, you choose how much control other participants have before the board is generated. The lobby offers three permission levels — participants can draw and erase only their own marks, draw and erase anything, or only view your drawing — plus a separate option that limits who can join and disables copy and image upload for participants. These settings are selected at creation time, so decide your collaboration mode before you click "Create Whiteboard."

The three drawing permission levels

Whiteboard Fox presents the choice as a single question in the lobby: "How will you use Whiteboard Fox?" The permission options sit alongside that choice and determine what everyone else on the board can do.

The first two options are the difference between a protected canvas and a fully open one. If you are sketching a diagram and want to keep your structure while others annotate around it, "their own drawing" is the safer pick. If the goal is a shared scratchpad — a quick planning session where anyone can correct or clean up — "anything" removes friction.

"Only view my drawing" turns the whiteboard into a one-way presentation surface. Participants still see changes relayed to them, but they cannot add or erase anything.

Restricting who joins and what participants can do

Below the drawing permissions, the lobby lists a set of additional controls:

• Invite my followers or anyone to join — this determines whether the board is open to anyone with the link or limited to your followers.
• Copy and image upload for participants will be disabled — when this is active, participants cannot copy content off the board or upload images into it.

The copy and image upload restriction is worth understanding before you share a link. It is a content-control measure, not a drawing permission: participants may still be able to draw (depending on the level you chose) while being blocked from pulling content out or pushing images in. If you are sharing sensitive material, combine "Only view my drawing" with the disabled copy and upload option.

How to set permissions and verify them

1. Open the Whiteboard Fox lobby and answer the "How will you use Whiteboard Fox?" prompt (for fun or for work).
2. Select one of the three participant permission levels described above.
3. Choose whether to invite followers or anyone, and whether to disable copy and image upload for participants.
4. Click Create Whiteboard.
5. Share the resulting link — the page notes you can "just email a link to the web page to let others view and edit your whiteboard."
6. Verify the setting by having a participant try an action outside their permission (for example, erasing one of your strokes under "their own drawing"). Changes are relayed to other participants "within a few seconds," so the result should be visible quickly.

Common sticking points

• Permissions are set at creation, not after. The lobby is where these choices live, so if you pick the wrong level you will likely need to create a new board rather than adjust the existing one.
• "Only view" is not the same as "copy disabled." A viewer can still read what is on the board; the copy/upload toggle is what blocks extraction and image insertion.
• Sharing is link-based. Anyone who receives the link and is permitted to join can access the board, so treat the link itself as the access control.
• Syncing is near-real-time, not instant. The site describes changes as reaching other participants "within a few seconds," which matters if you are presenting live and expect immediate feedback.

For questions about a specific setup, the site lists a contact address: [email protected].

Whiteboard Fox is a browser-based online whiteboard for real-time collaboration. You open it in a modern web browser, share a link, and other people can view or draw on the same board within seconds. It requires no download, and the site states it is free to get started. It suits quick brainstorming, note-taking, and sketching with a small group more than heavy diagramming or persistent project documentation.

What you can do with it

The site describes the core uses directly: share ideas, brainstorm with a team, and take notes in one place. In practice that means:

• Draw and erase on a shared canvas, either your own marks or anything on the board, depending on the permission you choose.
• Collaborate in real time — changes are relayed to other participants within a few seconds.
• Share by link — email the web page link and others can view and edit your whiteboard.
• Use a tablet — pinch-to-zoom gestures and a stylus pen are supported where available.

How a session starts

The lobby asks "How will you use Whiteboard Fox?" and offers two starting points:

You then choose what other participants can do:

• Draw and erase their own drawing
• Draw and erase anything
• Only view my drawing

There is also an Invite my followers option, and a setting where copy and image upload for participants will be disabled. After that you select Create Whiteboard.

If you already have a board, you can skip creation and enter a Whiteboard ID instead.

What to expect once you're in

• Sharing: send the page link by email; recipients can view and edit.
• Sync speed: changes appear for others within a few seconds, so it is not suited to frame-accurate or latency-sensitive work.
• Access: any modern web browser works, including tablets with touch and stylus input.
• Accounts: the lobby shows Sign In and a Posts area with Following/Previous/Next navigation, so signing in is tied to browsing posts from people you follow rather than to creating a board.

Where it fits and where it doesn't

Choose Whiteboard Fox when you need a fast, no-install canvas for a live session — a quick sketch during a call, a shared scratchpad, or an ad-hoc brainstorm where the link is the whole setup.

Look elsewhere when you need saved, structured documents, version history, or complex diagramming libraries. The site's own framing is simplicity and speed of sharing, not depth of tooling.

Practical notes

• Permissions are set before the board exists, so decide up front whether others can erase everything or only their own marks.
• Disabling copy and image upload is a per-board choice made at creation time — useful if you want to limit what participants can pull in or take out.
• Keep the link handy. Sharing is done by sending the web page link, so anyone with it can reach the board.
• Contact: questions or comments go to [email protected].

Whiteboard Fox is operated by Springbok Solutions LLC-FZ, with a Privacy Policy and Terms of Service linked from the page.

Whiteboard Fox lists a single support contact — [email protected] — and links its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service from the site footer. The service is operated by Springbok Solutions LLC-FZ. If you need help with a session, billing question, or want to check how your data is handled, those are the two places to go.

Contacting support

Whiteboard Fox does not publish a phone number, live chat, or a ticket portal on its site. Email is the listed channel.

What to include in your email

The site doesn't specify a required format, but a support email is easier to resolve when it contains:

• The email address tied to your Whiteboard Fox account (if you signed in)
• The Whiteboard ID of the board involved, if your question is about a specific session
• A short description of what happened and what you expected
• Screenshots, if the issue is visual

The Whiteboard ID matters because boards are addressed by ID — the lobby lets you "enter a Whiteboard ID" to open a specific board, so that string is the fastest way for support to locate the right session.

Reading the policies

Both documents are linked in the footer of the site, alongside the copyright line for Springbok Solutions LLC-FZ. Open them from any page — you don't need to be signed in or inside a whiteboard to reach them.

The footer also carries the copyright notice, which currently reads © 2026 Springbok Solutions LLC-FZ.

Before you write in

A few things worth checking first, since they cover common questions:

• Joining a board: open the shared link, or enter the Whiteboard ID in the lobby field.
• Permissions: when creating a board you choose how others participate — they can draw and erase their own marks, draw and erase anything, or only view your drawing. There's also an option that disables copy and image upload for participants. If someone can't edit, the board's permission setting is the likely cause, not a bug.
• Syncing: changes are relayed to other participants within a few seconds, so brief lag is expected behavior rather than a fault.
• Tablets: pinch-to-zoom and stylus input are supported, so tablet drawing issues are usually device- or browser-side.

If none of that explains your situation, email support with the details above.

Yes on both counts. Whiteboard Fox runs in any modern web browser, so it works on tablets without an app install, and it supports pinch-to-zoom gestures plus stylus pen input when your device has one. Changes you make are relayed to other participants within a few seconds.

Tablet support

Whiteboard Fox is browser-based, so a tablet only needs a modern browser to open a whiteboard. There is nothing to download from an app store.

Two tablet-specific behaviors are documented on the site:

• Pinch-to-zoom — you can zoom the canvas with the standard two-finger gesture.
• Stylus input — the whiteboard uses your tablet's stylus pen if one is available.

If your tablet has no stylus, you can still draw with a finger or a capacitive stylus; the site only states that a stylus is used "if available," so treat pen pressure or palm rejection as device-dependent rather than a guaranteed feature.

Sync speed

The site describes syncing as "fast": changes you make are relayed to other participants within a few seconds. That is the documented expectation — not instant, frame-by-frame mirroring. For brainstorming, note-taking, and reviewing a sketch together, a few seconds of lag is usually unnoticeable. For rapid back-and-forth drawing where two people work on the same stroke area at once, expect a short delay between what you draw and what others see.

What you need to get started

Practical notes

• Sharing is link-based. The site's stated method is to email the link to the web page so others can view and edit your whiteboard. There is no separate account requirement described for joining.
• Permissions affect the experience. When creating a whiteboard you choose how others participate — they can draw and erase their own drawing, draw and erase anything, or only view your drawing. If you pick the view-only option, participants cannot draw at all. There is also an option to disable copy and image upload for participants.
• Use case presets. The creation screen asks whether you are drawing for fun or for work, which sets the default participant behavior.

If your goal is a quick shared sketch on an iPad or Android tablet with a stylus, the browser-based approach removes the install step, and a few seconds of sync delay is the main thing to plan around.

You can start a Whiteboard Fox session from the lobby by choosing how the board will be used and clicking Create Whiteboard, then share the page link so others can view or edit. To join someone else's board, enter its Whiteboard ID in the field provided on the same page. Both paths run in a modern web browser, and changes sync to other participants within a few seconds.

Starting a new whiteboard

1. Open Whiteboard Fox in a modern browser. The lobby loads with a Creating whiteboard... step and the question "How will you use Whiteboard Fox?"
2. Pick a usage mode:
   • I'm Drawing for Fun
   • I'm Drawing for Work
3. Choose what other participants are allowed to do:
   • Draw and erase their own drawing
   • Draw and erase anything
   • Only view my drawing
4. Decide whether to invite my followers or anyone to join.
5. Note the option that disables copy and image upload for participants if you want to limit what they can take from the board.
6. Click Create Whiteboard.

You land on a live board you can draw on immediately, or you can use Start Drawing from the lobby.

What the permission choices change

Pick the most restrictive option that still lets people do the task. If you're sketching with a team, "draw and erase anything" is usually what people expect; for a demo or a review, "only view" avoids accidental edits.

Sharing the board

Whiteboard Fox is built around link sharing: email the page link to let others view and edit your whiteboard. Anyone with the link and the right permissions can join, so send it only to the people you want on the board.

Joining an existing board

1. Go to the Whiteboard Fox lobby.
2. Find the Or enter a Whiteboard ID field.
3. Type the ID you were given and confirm.

You'll be placed on that board with whatever permissions the creator set.

Working on the board

• Syncing: changes you make are relayed to other participants within a few seconds, so expect a short delay rather than instant mirroring.
• Tablets: pinch-to-zoom gestures work, and you can use the tablet's stylus if it has one.
• Browser: any modern web browser is enough; there's nothing to install.

Common snags

• Can't edit anything: the creator may have set the board to "only view my drawing." Ask them to change the participant permissions.
• Copy or image upload greyed out: the creator disabled those for participants.
• Someone can't get in: they need the exact Whiteboard ID or the shared page link; a mistyped ID won't resolve.
• Changes seem missing: give it a few seconds — syncing isn't instantaneous.

For questions or problems, the site lists [email protected] as the contact address.