I think the UI component details look a lot like Photoshop's... Watch for any patent suits from Adobe!
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#32As a UX Designer, I'd say I've needed something like this: a true UI design app that only had the features I needed. None of Photoshop or Illustrator's extraneous features (with respect to a UI Designer's needs, anyway).
One thing that would definitely make me try it is a bundled/stock icon set that is well-integrated into the app. Finding open-license icons for my mockups (or drawing my own) is actually the most laborious part of my design process. If that was somehow shortened, or if I at least had inspiration built into my design tool, I'd be a happy camper.
Re: Show HN: Enterface, a UI design app concept I'm designing
#33Will help a lot for UX designers..is it cloud based or a desktop app???
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#34This is awesome.
If I can suggest something - it'd be amazing to export some kind of layer-based file format (PSD, really, though that tends to be hard). Your concept looks great for wireframing at a very refined level, but inevitably UI designers will want to go deeper with all the fanciness Photoshop provides.
It'd be incredibly powerful for them to pull in a PSD where all the layers are already in place and ready to be chopped.
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#35Two big things I would love from a tool that intends to solve this problem well: - Do it on the web, making it free of platform ties. - Make collaboration (versioning, sharing, maybe discussion) much easier.
There's too much focus on web-based software. This type of product is ideal native, even with all the collaboration features.
Why do you consider it "ideal native?"
What was a good case for a desktop app even two years ago works fine on the web today (e.g., WebGL stuff, canvas-based apps.) Chances are this will be even more true 1-2 years from now (when a product like this would have become quite polished.)
A web app can offer cheap distribution, a more iterative development cycle, split testing, more monetization flexibility, piracy protection, a larger market, immunity from platform trends, and virality (share interactive designs even with stakeholders who haven't downloaded or bought a large creative application).
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#37The things that I have been missing greatly in my UI mockup workflow are:
• Pixel perfect using Photoshop (usually after I have walkthrough concepts using Balsamiq) • Creating reusable assets with various style states (such as menu items selected/not selected) • Taking a design element, such as a table of data, and adapting it effortlessly to other data types (such as different columns) • I'm using Photoshop CS2 and it's layer management can get out of control with some complex designs • A closer relationship to CSS styling (borders, rounded corners, gradients, shadows, etc - in particular doing it on just some edges) - I tried the demo of CS6 to see if there were changes in this area (layer effects) - and nope, nothing. Very disappointing.
I think there is a lot of innovation to be had in this area of UI design. However there may be a lot of basics that needs to be covered first before getting to the UI specific feature set.
First impressions with the site...
1. The carousel animation is confusion on the screenshots. I keep pressing right but it toggles from left and right animations.
2. You need a CTA to register interest. You have attention now but no way for capture those who are interested. A wasted opportunity.
3. The screenshot could show a more complex design to make viewers know it can do what they are used to working with.
4. The name Enterface makes me think of entering people's faces.
Would love to see this concept developed further.
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#38The Flyout Tool is pretty novel. It's one UI quirk that bugs me in a lot of apps that support layering.
I was thinking the same thing re the coolness of it, but I don't have enough experience to say anything about novelty. If it is novel, OP's one-year patent clock starts today for the U.S., and the opportunity to patent in the rest of the world is now lost. It wouldn't surprise me if selling that feature to Adobe, Microsoft, or others could pay off more than the proposed (quite cool) app.
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#40I know a guy who is working on a similar type of project, but his goal is to take the resultant, vector-based output and be able to feed it into devices with differing sizes and resolutions. This looks like it could be a great matchup. If you are interested in hearing more, my contact is in my profile.