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Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

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Post by maxwellito »

dusted wrote: post #2

The "pinch to change" is kinda bad, since.. mice. But the drawing itself is interesting, the constraints makes it a very enjoyable experience, but do try not to assume people are using a touch screen,.

Thanks, yes at first I was thinking of making it working on touch devices only. However, I'm a bit confused about your 'pinch to change' comment. If you want to zoom in/out you will have to use CTRL + [-/+]. Do you mind explaining a bit more? I feel like Im missing something here. Thx

Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

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Post by bhagyash »

Loved the concept, makes drawing sooo easy even with a trackpad.

Some tips :-

1. When holding down shift allow straight lines only and no curves. It's the norm in design softwares

2. When I drag to create the line, the drop point if off and not accurate to the nearest dot of my mouse position. I'm unsure if it's a bug or have you deliberately built a non-accurate system.

Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

#5

Post by maxwellito »

bhagyash wrote: post #4

Loved the concept, makes drawing sooo easy even with a trackpad. Some tips :- 1. When holding down shift allow straight lines only and no curves. It's the norm in design softwares 2. When I drag to create the line, the drop point if off and not accurate to the nearest dot of my mouse position. I'm unsure if it's a bug or have you deliberately built a non-accurate system.

Thanks for your kind words. About the trackpad I didn't manage to implement the pitch to zoom which is desperately missing.

1. That's a good point, I didn't implement this shortcut. In my head, I assumed it wouldn't be useful because the editor only let you do vertical lines, horizontal lines and circle quarter. So making a straight line is pretty easy. If it was pure freeform like on Illustrator, it would be vital. 2. Maybe it's related to the editor only letting you do vertical/horizontal/circle quarter, right?

Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

#7

Post by dusted »

maxwellito wrote: post #3
dusted wrote: post #2

The "pinch to change" is kinda bad, since.. mice. But the drawing itself is interesting, the constraints makes it a very enjoyable experience, but do try not to assume people are using a touch screen,.

Thanks, yes at first I was thinking of making it working on touch devices only. However, I'm a bit confused about your 'pinch to change' comment. If you want to zoom in/out you will have to use CTRL + [-/+]. Do you mind explaining a bit more? I feel like Im missing something here. Thx

Yes, it's the text on the bottom of the canvas when creating a new one, it says " Pinch to change dimensions" which is a bit confusing to someone using a mouse, and as far as I can tell, "zooming" with mwheel and control or +/- does something else (it zooms the page, which is not the same as "changing dimensions".

That said, I had a lot of fun with this, bookmarked :)

Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

#8

Post by maxwellito »

dusted wrote: post #7
maxwellito wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, yes at first I was thinking of making it working on touch devices only. However, I'm a bit confused about your 'pinch to change' comment. If you want to zoom in/out you will have to use CTRL + [-/+]. Do you mind explaining a bit more? I feel like Im missing something here. Thx

Yes, it's the text on the bottom of the canvas when creating a new one, it says " Pinch to change dimensions" which is a bit confusing to someone using a mouse, and as far as I can tell, "zooming" with mwheel and control or +/- does something else (it zooms the page, which is not the same as "changing dimensions". That said, I had a lot of fun with this, bookmarked :)

Oh yes right, this is very silly I know. It's only because changing the dimension values on touch screen is awful (need to focus on the input field then then tap the number). While on desktop, you can scroll on the input field to change it's value, which is more convenient.

Sadly, I made the "Pinch to change dimension" only on touch screen because it handle the pinch direction, so it can update x/y independently or together. While on desktop, the scroll would scale x/y together only.

However, glad you had fun with it :)

Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

#10

Post by bhagyash »

maxwellito wrote: post #5
bhagyash wrote: post #4

Loved the concept, makes drawing sooo easy even with a trackpad. Some tips :- 1. When holding down shift allow straight lines only and no curves. It's the norm in design softwares 2. When I drag to create the line, the drop point if off and not accurate to the nearest dot of my mouse position. I'm unsure if it's a bug or have you deliberately built a non-accurate system.

Thanks for your kind words. About the trackpad I didn't manage to implement the pitch to zoom which is desperately missing. 1. That's a good point, I didn't implement this shortcut. In my head, I assumed it wouldn't be useful because the editor only let you do vertical lines, horizontal lines and circle quarter. So making a straight line is pretty easy. If it was pure freeform like on Illustrator, it would be vital.…

I think shift is good while making a non-curved diagonal line.

I tried to make a diagonal without a curve and faced this issue.

Also, I personally find the accuracy important. I understand that it would add complexity to the vertical / horizontal / circle quarter system you've built.

But as a guy who draws, it feels like unnatural when it over-extends.

Either way good luck !

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