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Looks interesting, but I think it could use more explanation of how it works and what it creates. If anyone is interested in other tools, I built a Twitter Bootstrap prototyping tool called Jetstrap ( http://jetstrap.com/ ). It lets you build bootstrap pages with a lot of control.
I like this a lot. Please keep developing it.
An overlay requiring me to "Sign in" before I can even know what the hell the site is about? No thanks.
But I’m glad they use BrowserID for sign-in, at least. Since I was already signed in to BrowserID, the actual sign-in was super easy – a pop-up window opened, I clicked one button, and I was in.
I think this needs some more explanatory text. It's a nice quick mockup generator, it would appear, but it oddly exports not HTML, but rather a nodeJS application, which seems insanely heavyweight for a simple form builder.
Ok - I've found a github repo for this: https://github.com/mozilla/napkin#readme which doesn't help much, but it does seem to have an overview document that helps somewhat: https://github.com/mozilla/napkin/blob/master/docs/overview.... It looks like links and forms can be linked inside the mockup generator, and it's that linking that they are trying to preserve by exporting a node.js app. I'm not sure that I'd care…
Looks interesting, but I think it could use more explanation of how it works and what it creates. If anyone is interested in other tools, I built a Twitter Bootstrap prototyping tool called Jetstrap ( http://jetstrap.com/ ). It lets you build bootstrap pages with a lot of control.
I imagine this is not meant for UI Designers. The layout creation process feels impractical and the drag and drop with the side menu to add internal elements is a bit confusing. Overall, its got some cool ideas. I like the export to Node.js feature. Anyway, it may be easier to pick one design pattern ( i.e. Drag and Drop or control by side menu)the mixture is kinda clunky. The cross-hairs on the draggable elements is…
I also understand what you mean about the cross-hairs. I'll switch to cursor: move, as this seems more appropriate.
An overlay requiring me to "Sign in" before I can even know what the hell the site is about? No thanks.
The reason is simple: it works. Many people will hand over their email address with no guarantee of anything in return. A shockingly large number of people will do that. And then the opt-in spam begins. It's a never ending email campaign for who knows what. Does the spam work? Surprisingly, yes. Enough to be worth paying to keep sending it out. Legalised spam.
Is an email address worth something? Gather enough of them and yes, absolutely it is.
This is all pure speculation. Or is it?
If I had a dime for every site that collects email addresses without delivering anything first...
As if Mozilla didn't have enough data about users already.
Anyway, if you wanna see what this thing is here you go:
http://github.com/mozilla/napkin/zipball/master
Unzip the file and start reading.
An overlay requiring me to "Sign in" before I can even know what the hell the site is about? No thanks.
Gets you a peek and provides them with useless data. I think it's a fair trade.
An overlay requiring me to "Sign in" before I can even know what the hell the site is about? No thanks.
Yes, it would be better to let you use the site as a guest, and then require signing in only to save your work. But I’m glad they use BrowserID for sign-in, at least. Since I was already signed in to BrowserID, the actual sign-in was super easy – a pop-up window opened, I clicked one button, and I was in.
Also, the page is too wide for my 1366x768. See http://imgur.com/kzIqN