Sketch: Proud to Build a Truly Native Mac App

Post by purplecats » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 11:52 AM UTC

strogonoff wrote: post #200

noen wrote: post #173

Design is communication. I loved sketch and was a devout user for years. But with Sketch, I can only communicate with a very small set of people. It required a plethora of other tools and services to share, get feedback, or insights on my work. The tool is only as effective as the reach of its creation. If technology has shown us anything in this generation, it is that reach and collaboration are immensely more valua…

> Design is communication. I assume it’s unintentional, but the rest of your comment twists the original meaning of the maxim[0]. In my experience, “design is communication” generally means a slightly less obvious thing: how through the medium of your design you communicate with the end user. Your points about the importance of communication between designers are valid, but by using that maxim you make it sound like…

Post by mihaela » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 11:53 AM UTC

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #39

I wouldn't be proud to keep developing on Apple's platforms considering they're an utter pain these days to continue to support as well as them being outwardly hostile. I wouldn't bank my company's existence on a another company that could not care less if I existed. Much less would I praise and bend over backwards to promote someone else's products other than my own in my marketing materials like this. What a bizarr…

Post by gemvox » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 11:58 AM UTC

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #268

addandsubtract wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's their way of sucking up to Apple to be featured in the next WWDC as a prime example of first-party software.

I don't think they will be ever featured, because they left AppStore and are selling their software directly, without paying Apple Tax.

Post by gregd » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 12:20 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #242

noen wrote: post #173

Design is communication. I loved sketch and was a devout user for years. But with Sketch, I can only communicate with a very small set of people. It required a plethora of other tools and services to share, get feedback, or insights on my work. The tool is only as effective as the reach of its creation. If technology has shown us anything in this generation, it is that reach and collaboration are immensely more valua…

This entire post can be summed up as "I haven't used Sketch for a long time and had therefore completely missed the introduction of Sketch.cloud"

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 12:32 PM UTC

mihaela wrote: post #265

tomovo wrote: post #250

"And thank you, Apple, for giving us a place to call home." The underlying rendering tech is based on Apple frameworks so they are not "home". They are stuck. What a nice way of saying it. Targetting a single platform and taking advantage of its features is totally fine for a small developer or niche app. It's a lot easier to get going, maintenance costs are lower. However for a big app like Sketch cutting corners li…

They are not stuck, they are just being smart. All multi-platform tools are of lower fidelity and disjointed tooling, making it a horrible experience for a developer and a much lesser one for the user. When was the last time you saw a designed without a Mac? Adobe is sherlocking Sketch the same way MS is copying Slack. You really want each and every app on your PC to come with a full Node runtime? That is worse even…