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Show HN: Simple version control for designers

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Re: Show HN: Simple version control for designers

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Post by allang »

knubie wrote: post #7

Correct me if I'm wrong but this seems almost identical to the versions feature in os x lion. Won't this be somewhat obsolete when adobe starts supporting versions on lion?

The short answer is that it is indeed very much like iCloud for Photoshop, though we're rolling out support for more filetypes over time. If we were to stop in our tracks and cease development, it might be something to be concerned with. There's so much in the pipeline that we're not too focused on it at the moment.

Re: Show HN: Simple version control for designers

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Post by ollie »

allang wrote: post #9
ollie wrote: post #8

Looking like a great MVP. I've just had a quick look at your demo video. 2 minor things struck me. 1) It's really blurry. Can I suggest you either re-encode it at a higher resolution, or perhaps record it on a smaller screen resolution (that way you can keep the file-size down, but can keep the bit-rate higher). 2) The timeline has no markers. It might be nice to add some little indicators to give the user a visual i…

Hi ollie, The video is a bit blurry, yes. For the moment, might be best to head over to vimeo and watch it in HD. We'll likely take another pass at the demo and address the quality issue. As for the timeline markers - if you hover over the timeline, you get a nice tooltip that indicates where you're scrubbing to in the file's history. It's still a first iteration, so we're open to suggestions if you have some input o…

Ahh, that's much better. Not sure how many people would know to do that to view in HD though?

I saw the hover effect. I was talking about something more like this. http://gyazo.com/9eeaf082b72b63cf020b8869ebad538d.png (Google Chrome's find feature).

Are the versions spaced along the timeline equally or by time apart?

Re: Show HN: Simple version control for designers

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Post by blueplz »

allang wrote: post #13
blueplz wrote: post #11

Should change the title to "Simple version control for Photoshop designers". The word Photoshop is not mentioned in your description too.

It's not just for Photoshop, though it is what we're launching with.

Oh. But you can see why I got confused. :) A bit more clarity in your description would be great.

Re: Show HN: Simple version control for designers

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Post by gfunk911 »

random42 wrote: post #5

Benefit over using Dropbox (which many people have to use for other files anyways)?

This was my question exactly.

What about layering designer-specific functionality on top of dropbox? Use the Dropbox API, people sign up and tell you where in their Dropbox folder they store designs, and you provide specific functionality, like the ability to compare versions of a design in an intuitive way.

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