Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#11

Post by mofle » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 10:38 AM UTC

It's annoying having to click a button to adjust the bloxes. Would be better if you could just adjust them by dragging the sides.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#12

Post by ctek » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 10:46 AM UTC

mofle wrote: post #11

It's annoying having to click a button to adjust the bloxes. Would be better if you could just adjust them by dragging the sides.

that was tricky to implement so for now I used buttons... it's on my to-do list

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#13

Post by mofle » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 10:55 AM UTC

ctek wrote: post #12

mofle wrote: post #11

It's annoying having to click a button to adjust the bloxes. Would be better if you could just adjust them by dragging the sides.

that was tricky to implement so for now I used buttons... it's on my to-do list

Also, having the buttons on each Blox causes some noise, maybe show them on hover?

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#14

Post by ctek » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 11:04 AM UTC

mofle wrote: post #13

ctek wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that was tricky to implement so for now I used buttons... it's on my to-do list

Also, having the buttons on each Blox causes some noise, maybe show them on hover?

I have considered that but I would like as much of the UI as visible as possible, nothing hidden. I would like to make a decision as to show controls on hover (or not) based on some measurable usability testing.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#15

Post by robertboloc » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 11:25 AM UTC

nice! can you add a button (next to render) that can zip&download all the files?

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#16

Post by ctek » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 11:34 AM UTC

robertboloc wrote: post #15

nice! can you add a button (next to render) that can zip&download all the files?

yes, this is the next feature I will implement

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#17

Post by skrebbel » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 12:05 PM UTC

I like it. It scares me a bit that the tool layout seems buggy on my Opera, does that mean that the output will be buggy there too?

That said, what can you expect from a weekend project on a browser with >1% market share. Nice job! I'll probably use this.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#18

Post by ooiwa » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 12:05 PM UTC

Nice! I think it would be smart if text can be edit without thinking HTML, like wysiwyg editor. Can edit layout includes h* and p.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#19

Post by nitrogen » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 12:22 PM UTC

Very nice first project. There was some recent discussion (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3523316) about WYSIWYG editors for HTML. This is the first step toward exactly the type of tool that will make WYSIWYG useful to serious designers and frontend coders.

Re: Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox

#20

Post by AjJi » Fri, Feb 03, 2012, 12:22 PM UTC

Great job. Maybe you can add the possibility to edit IDs/classes?