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Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

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Post by throwaway13337 »

raphdg wrote: post #10
throwaway13337 wrote: post #8

This is a very good idea. Are you planning to make it marketplacable? So that there can be creators of SVGs as well. Also, right now, when I look at the pricing section, only an empty modal dialog shows up (el capitan, chrome, ad blocker off).

Thank you! We're currently working with a few designers in private but we're working on tools that would enable designers to upload packs of .svg graphics and make them automatically customizable on our platform. I'm having a hard time trying to reproduce the modal bug although you're not the first one to report the issue. I'm working on it! edit: typo

For what it's worth, I just checked and the pricing dialog works now.

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#12

Post by raphdg »

throwaway13337 wrote: post #11
raphdg wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! We're currently working with a few designers in private but we're working on tools that would enable designers to upload packs of .svg graphics and make them automatically customizable on our platform. I'm having a hard time trying to reproduce the modal bug although you're not the first one to report the issue. I'm working on it! edit: typo

For what it's worth, I just checked and the pricing dialog works now.

Weird. Thanks anyway :)

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#13

Post by IshKebab »

raphdg wrote: post #7
rootlocus wrote: post #5

> © illustrio 2016 - Patent pending What are you patenting?

We've built a CSS based language to enable designers to easily make their SVG graphics dynamic and customizable. You're right though, it makes no sense to put it there while it's pending, I'm removing it. Thanks for asking!

I thought software patents weren't a thing any more...

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#14

Post by teleclimber »

raphdg wrote: post #7
rootlocus wrote: post #5

> © illustrio 2016 - Patent pending What are you patenting?

We've built a CSS based language to enable designers to easily make their SVG graphics dynamic and customizable. You're right though, it makes no sense to put it there while it's pending, I'm removing it. Thanks for asking!

Can you tell us your rationale for patenting this "CSS-based language"?

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#15

Post by ArmandGrillet »

I can see myself paying for this to improve my next presentations, the value proposition is really good!

I'm not sure of the business model for big customers though, the gap between 100 and 5000 downloads being huge. Maybe unlimited downloads would be better, maybe not, only time will give you an answer.

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#16

Post by atonse »

teleclimber wrote: post #14
raphdg wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've built a CSS based language to enable designers to easily make their SVG graphics dynamic and customizable. You're right though, it makes no sense to put it there while it's pending, I'm removing it. Thanks for asking!

Can you tell us your rationale for patenting this "CSS-based language"?

Wouldn't it be the same rationale for any patent? To protect your intellectual property?

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#17

Post by lucideer »

I'm getting the following very abrupt error (which I assume is caused by a content-blocker) and then the site fails to load.

  AlgoliaSearchJSONPScriptErrorError:  unable to load due to an `error` event on it
Tweaking content-blocking fixes this and all works fine, but just to report that the alert() popup is a bit abrupt.

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#18

Post by scott_hardy »

raphdg wrote: post #12
throwaway13337 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what it's worth, I just checked and the pricing dialog works now.

Weird. Thanks anyway :)

Also ran into the pricing modal issue when I clicked through to one of the designs [1]. Using OSX Chrome 50.0.2661.102

[1] https://app.illustrio.com/detail/percentage/55803bfd7ca4ca2e...

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#19

Post by raphdg »

ArmandGrillet wrote: post #15

I can see myself paying for this to improve my next presentations, the value proposition is really good! I'm not sure of the business model for big customers though, the gap between 100 and 5000 downloads being huge. Maybe unlimited downloads would be better, maybe not, only time will give you an answer.

Indeed, we had to came up with a pricing based on the few customers/users we already have. But I agree that the gap may seem inaccurate.

Re: Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations

#20

Post by raphdg »

lucideer wrote: post #17

I'm getting the following very abrupt error (which I assume is caused by a content-blocker) and then the site fails to load. AlgoliaSearchJSONPScriptErrorError: unable to load due to an `error` event on it Tweaking content-blocking fixes this and all works fine, but just to report that the alert() popup is a bit abrupt.

The app still needs a lot of error handling love. Thank you for the report.
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