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Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by bubblewrap »

ronilan wrote: post #11

This is high quality product that produces high quality media and, most importantly, it is a breeze to use (proof: https://msha.ke/ronilan/ ) However, “Make Websites from a Phone” is an illusive target. I’ve had a startup circa 2013 with a somewhat similar focus. It got to a working MVP (sort of) and VC term-sheet before it imploded. All that’s left is this video ( https://vimeo.com/68029789 ). There have been multip…

times could change - more smartphone users, people less willing to deal with desktop software.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by emdowling »

You need to get this on Android. For the majority of iOS users, they have access to a larger screen so will prefer creating on that. The problem this solves is less pronounced. But for emerging markets, their Android phone is the first and only access to the internet. Designing a website on a phone isn’t a novelty, it’s the only way they’ll ever move beyond social media profiles to establish an online presence.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by ignoramous »

Congrats. This looks great. I had wished for something similar not a long while ago [0], and I'm really looking forward to using it. In Asia esp, commerce over IM apps is huge.

So, the only suggestion I'd like to give (without having used it) is that is it possible to make it so simple that folks could create websites from messaging apps like WhatsApp?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19772719

PS With Firefox+uMatrix I'm unable to view the video on your landing page. Just thought you should know if you choose to fix it.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by collistaeed »

emdowling wrote: post #32

You need to get this on Android. For the majority of iOS users, they have access to a larger screen so will prefer creating on that. The problem this solves is less pronounced. But for emerging markets, their Android phone is the first and only access to the internet. Designing a website on a phone isn’t a novelty, it’s the only way they’ll ever move beyond social media profiles to establish an online presence.

Agree completely! We have a spike this week to look at the work to roll out an Android version. That said, we also need to weigh up the roadmap overall and tradeoffs of what the iOS app users need out of the gates

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by collistaeed »

ignoramous wrote: post #33

Congrats. This looks great. I had wished for something similar not a long while ago [0], and I'm really looking forward to using it. In Asia esp, commerce over IM apps is huge. So, the only suggestion I'd like to give (without having used it) is that is it possible to make it so simple that folks could create websites from messaging apps like WhatsApp? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19772719 PS With Firefox…

That's a cool idea! I will give that some mulling with the team!

(And thanks for the bug report, will get it sorted)

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by kevingrahl »

collistaeed wrote: post #26
Nullabillity wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried opening the page from a desktop browser? It's just stuck in a tiny phone-sized box..

:-) Yes that's intentional, we've started life completely focused on mobile and Instagram (which is broadly only used on mobile). It means that we get to try to focus on making one experience strong. That said, ultimately the user is providing data which is independent of the look, so evolving a desktop variant is totally doable. We're (currently) keen to not necessarily run towards traditional responsive design. The…

> you have a lot of design consequences / unintentional visual limitations

Would you mind elaborating on what you think those limitations are?

I feel like it’s easy to say ‘nah we don’t do responsive’ instead of figuring out a way do just do it. I can’t come up with a single example that I couldn’t translate from mobile to desktop in some way.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by V-2 »

The very first thing I got to see on the website: the "Watch this" link obscured by the down arrow, and thus unclickable on my 1920x1080 laptop screen. This is not the first impression you want to give, especially when the product itself is about design, of all things.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by malinens »

This is how I started programming.

There were many mobile site builders in WAP era.

I did not have my own PC and it was easiest way to build something as alternative would be to go to library.

Good times. It's nice this stuff is re-born.

This can be starting point for Young folks in programming!

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by latchkey »

collistaeed wrote: post #26
Nullabillity wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried opening the page from a desktop browser? It's just stuck in a tiny phone-sized box..

:-) Yes that's intentional, we've started life completely focused on mobile and Instagram (which is broadly only used on mobile). It means that we get to try to focus on making one experience strong. That said, ultimately the user is providing data which is independent of the look, so evolving a desktop variant is totally doable. We're (currently) keen to not necessarily run towards traditional responsive design. The…

Take a look at the UX for WRAP. Based on what I'm seeing now, it would probably fit well for your app: https://www.wrap.co/solutions/

Disclosure: I wrote a lot of the code to power the wrap frontend, but I'm no longer involved with any of it.

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