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Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

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Re: Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

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Post by DanielRibeiro »

weego wrote: post #4

I'm not sure I absorbed the message as it was supposed to be put across. The video showed a (seemingly) quite advanced prototype, and they expect to be able to ship before the end of the year. So what is the $200k for? Seemingly to "make it happen" but it appears to be happening already, so it's kickstarting a hefty salary? If I did somehow miss the point and this seems like a cynical response then obviously I apolog…

Note that they also have YC funding:

Q. What's your background?

Paul and Kevin were accepted into Y-Combinator this summer to launch Pixate into it's current prototype phase

Re: Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

orta wrote: post #8

I agree with all the current opinions, but I still donated, an iOS dev friend of mine really misses the three20 libraries ability to apply CSS. I like the idea of doing it properly but to be honest I'd expect that someone would release an open source version that does something similar that I can contribute back to.

Nimbus Stylesheets: http://blog.jeffverkoeyen.com/nimbus-chameleon

Re: Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

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Post by hjaltij »

brittohalloran wrote: post #12

So does it compile to Objective-C? It sounds more like an 'engine' that is a part of your actual app and interprets the CSS realtime. Sounds more processor intensive than just loading up flat graphics. (not an expert, please chime in)

I think you got it right.

Re: Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

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Post by andyfleming »

DanielRibeiro wrote: post #11
weego wrote: post #4

I'm not sure I absorbed the message as it was supposed to be put across. The video showed a (seemingly) quite advanced prototype, and they expect to be able to ship before the end of the year. So what is the $200k for? Seemingly to "make it happen" but it appears to be happening already, so it's kickstarting a hefty salary? If I did somehow miss the point and this seems like a cynical response then obviously I apolog…

Note that they also have YC funding: Q. What's your background? Paul and Kevin were accepted into Y-Combinator this summer to launch Pixate into it's current prototype phase

Does everyone in the YC program have funding? Obviously, they have access to funding, but does everyone without exception take on funding?

Re: Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

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Post by andyfleming »

weego wrote: post #4

I'm not sure I absorbed the message as it was supposed to be put across. The video showed a (seemingly) quite advanced prototype, and they expect to be able to ship before the end of the year. So what is the $200k for? Seemingly to "make it happen" but it appears to be happening already, so it's kickstarting a hefty salary? If I did somehow miss the point and this seems like a cynical response then obviously I apolog…

It looks like these guys have plenty of money. They show a nice house, nice cars, etc. Sounds like they could fund themselves pretty easily, right?

Re: Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

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Post by jchung »

andyfleming wrote: post #16
DanielRibeiro wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note that they also have YC funding: Q. What's your background? Paul and Kevin were accepted into Y-Combinator this summer to launch Pixate into it's current prototype phase

Does everyone in the YC program have funding? Obviously, they have access to funding, but does everyone without exception take on funding?

Yes

Re: Pixate - beautiful native mobile apps with CSS

#20

Post by crazygringo »

To me, this kind of product needs crowdsourced equity financing (that's becoming legal soon, right?), not Kickstarter-style.

I have a hard time imagining there are, say, 2000 people willing to pay $100 in advance for this with no guarantees. This isn't a sexy video game which can build up lots of viral demand...

Despite that, I wish them the best of luck! From what I understand, CSS-style formatting of native iOS components is sorely needed...

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