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Webflow – Interactions 2.0

#1

Post by johnnyballgame » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 1:41 PM UTC

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#2

Post by kin » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 5:30 PM UTC

This is very impressive. I don't have to labor anymore over tediously designed landing pages with slick animations. This looks like it's as easy to use for designers as After Effects.

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#3

Post by simonswords82 » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 5:57 PM UTC

I feel like they should allow me to try their designer without having to sign up. I'd recommend they split test that against their current onboarding flow.

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#4

Post by trizinix » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 6:02 PM UTC

I signed up to try Webflow. Unfortunately Firefox is not supported. I guess the "Only works in Chrome" really is the new "Works best in IE6".

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#5

Post by iamdustan » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 6:12 PM UTC

trizinix wrote: post #4

I signed up to try Webflow. Unfortunately Firefox is not supported. I guess the "Only works in Chrome" really is the new "Works best in IE6".

Hey @trizinix, I fully understand and agree with your sentiment. History sure has a way of repeating itself. As one of the devs on the team who is primarily a Firefox user I feel this everyday. The primary reason we don’t support Firefox is due to our usage of custom scrollbars: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790#c188

You can vote for this issue on our Wishlist to help get Firefox support prioritized on our roadmap: https://wishlist.webflow.com/ideas/WEBFLOW-I-17

(Fwiw the published sites from Webflow do fully support Firefox, just the Designer itself does not.)

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#6

Post by brryant » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 6:13 PM UTC

simonswords82 wrote: post #3

I feel like they should allow me to try their designer without having to sign up. I'd recommend they split test that against their current onboarding flow.

Check out https://www.flexboxgame.com/ to experience the Webflow UI while playing a Flexbox game. Gives you a sense of the controls that Webflow exposes without signing up.

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Post by namuol » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 6:15 PM UTC

trizinix wrote: post #4

I signed up to try Webflow. Unfortunately Firefox is not supported. I guess the "Only works in Chrome" really is the new "Works best in IE6".

We have a few senior developers who develop Webflow in Firefox.

So yeah, right now we have soft support for Firefox and definitely want to move that to official support, especially now with Firefox gaining much deserved momentum.

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#8

Post by reiichiroh » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 6:50 PM UTC

holy crap that took forever to load on mobile safari

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Post by porker » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 7:17 PM UTC

WebPageTest.org result: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/171024_AW_97ca0329c0a7e7d...

I am impressed how fast it loads, despite it being over 3.5MB.

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#10

Post by gfodor » Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC

iamdustan wrote: post #5

trizinix wrote: post #4

I signed up to try Webflow. Unfortunately Firefox is not supported. I guess the "Only works in Chrome" really is the new "Works best in IE6".

Hey @trizinix, I fully understand and agree with your sentiment. History sure has a way of repeating itself. As one of the devs on the team who is primarily a Firefox user I feel this everyday. The primary reason we don’t support Firefox is due to our usage of custom scrollbars: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790#c188 You can vote for this issue on our Wishlist to help get Firefox support prioritized…

I usually don't post seemingly pedantic comments on HN, but I have to call you out here. You guys are blocking users from using your application in Firefox because of scrollbar colors? That seems like a terrible choice given it is probably alienating a good chunk of potential users.