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Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#1

Post by bradhe » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 5:38 PM UTC

We've got a "launch" planned via a few partners here in town, from which we expect a significant amount of domain-specific traffic (i.e. a buncha designers). We'd love to get HNs take on our landing page from a marketing perspective and, if you feel so inclined, the functionality we have in place within the app. I've disabled the private beta lock such that if you register an account you will have immediate access to the app.

You can find the landing page at http://www.pixelstew.com

If you have any questions about anything at all please don't hesitate to ask!

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#2

Post by bradhe » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 5:45 PM UTC

clicky: http://www.pixelstew.com

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#3

Post by jfolkins » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 6:01 PM UTC

I'd just boil it down.

1) What is the problem?

2) How do you solve it with pixelstew

I guess there are too many graphics for my take when trying to introduce a new paradigm like this.

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#4

Post by JonLim » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 6:17 PM UTC

I really like the idea and I have plenty of designers I could show this to, however, just one thing irks me:

It asks for me to give it access to my DropBox. The issue with that is I had no idea how to do it until I went searching. Perhaps there's a way to link to the part of DropBox to make it easier for dum-dums like me?

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#5

Post by bradhe » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 6:42 PM UTC

JonLim wrote: post #4

I really like the idea and I have plenty of designers I could show this to, however, just one thing irks me: It asks for me to give it access to my DropBox. The issue with that is I had no idea how to do it until I went searching. Perhaps there's a way to link to the part of DropBox to make it easier for dum-dums like me?

thanks for giving it a spin! Step 1 is actually a link, but it's not obvious -- I'll make it more obvious :) Sorry 'bout that!

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#6

Post by JonLim » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 7:12 PM UTC

bradhe wrote: post #5

JonLim wrote: post #4

I really like the idea and I have plenty of designers I could show this to, however, just one thing irks me: It asks for me to give it access to my DropBox. The issue with that is I had no idea how to do it until I went searching. Perhaps there's a way to link to the part of DropBox to make it easier for dum-dums like me?

thanks for giving it a spin! Step 1 is actually a link, but it's not obvious -- I'll make it more obvious :) Sorry 'bout that!

It is? OH.

Don't I feel stupid. :)

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#7

Post by ifben » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 7:44 PM UTC

Very promising idea!

One thing I noticed that wasn't quite clear:

When I tried to create a new project in the second step, I typed in a name for the project and hit 'Create Project'. The page reloaded telling me, "There were some problems with the project you tried to make". I eventually realized it was because I hadn't selected the folder my project was in. Expect your users to be as absent-minded as me =)

Also, I added .ai and .png files to my project folder but it was not able to find them when I updated the dropbox files through the pixelstew UI. I can see them on my local dropbox folder and on my online account.

Good luck with the launch!

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#8

Post by bradhe » Fri, Aug 12, 2011, 8:11 PM UTC

ifben wrote: post #7

Very promising idea! One thing I noticed that wasn't quite clear: When I tried to create a new project in the second step, I typed in a name for the project and hit 'Create Project'. The page reloaded telling me, "There were some problems with the project you tried to make". I eventually realized it was because I hadn't selected the folder my project was in. Expect your users to be as absent-minded as me =) Also, I a…

Thanks for takin' a look. Weird about the PNG files -- I think there is some lag between when things are uploaded in Dropbox and when they're available via the API...I'll have to look in to it further. We don't support AIs yet, but we definately should.

Thanks for finding that validation bug, there should be a message that says "select a project folder"...

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#9

Post by amccloud » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 11:29 AM UTC

Why did you decide to use Dropbox as your image store? I tried checking things out but I don't have a Dropbox account. :(

Re: Show HN: PixelStew - pain-free collaboration and revision control for designers

#10

Post by bradhe » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 5:58 PM UTC

amccloud wrote: post #9

Why did you decide to use Dropbox as your image store? I tried checking things out but I don't have a Dropbox account. :(

We chose Dropbox because the majority of the designers that we talked to and work with use Dropbox! Luckily, it's pretty easy to get Dropbox account if you don't have one (not to mention free).