I would like to pick the color rather than enter the RGB numbers or the name.
Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
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Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#12(Web) design is hard. For us programmers, it's a pain in the ass, and when it comes to create UI elements for a (web) app, we are stuck with two choices: 1. create something very basic, or 2. spend countless hours searching the web for Photoshop tutorials on how to create a bubble or depth effect, then spend even-more-countless hours fighting with Photoshop to implement it, and finally, maybe adapt the image with som…
Excellent. How does it work? :)
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#13It doesnt work in IE7 (stuck on this browser at the University Library, so no alternative). The progress indicator keeps going.
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#14Great job. The buttons look great for such minimal effort. Suggestions for next steps:
1. Add an easy way to get hover and pushed states for buttons. Basically, provide some clever defaults that allow the user to get all 3 at once with minimal work.
2. Put in a paypal or tip jar link (it can't hurt, right?)
3. Add a pretty attribution link, "Buttons by Da Button Factory" or something.
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#15Thanks everyone for all of your comments!
@brk: the method is pretty simple: the images are queried via Ajax to the server, which runs a Fast-CGI script, written in Perl, to generate the buttons. Javascript does the rest (visual effects, Ajax, CSS code generation...)
@zepolen: thanks for reporting the problem in Opera, I'll investigate ASAP!
@DXL: yes, color pickers and more powerful controllers in general (for picking the orientation maybe, for example) are in the roadmap :-)
@exalo: you are not the first one to tell me about a "randomize" feature. I'll think of it seriously. Thanks. For the vertical alignment: normally it should be centered, but the result of "vertical-align: middle;" vary between browsers. I'll make it better ASAP :-) For the non-clickable title: actually it's currently just a tag, but this will obviously change, you're right.
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#16Great job. The buttons look great for such minimal effort. Suggestions for next steps: 1. Add an easy way to get hover and pushed states for buttons. Basically, provide some clever defaults that allow the user to get all 3 at once with minimal work. 2. Put in a paypal or tip jar link (it can't hurt, right?) 3. Add a pretty attribution link, "Buttons by Da Button Factory" or something.
Thanks for your advice.
1. yes, it's in my mind, it will be the big step towards the "version 2"
2. and 3. it may come ;-)
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#17(Web) design is hard. For us programmers, it's a pain in the ass, and when it comes to create UI elements for a (web) app, we are stuck with two choices: 1. create something very basic, or 2. spend countless hours searching the web for Photoshop tutorials on how to create a bubble or depth effect, then spend even-more-countless hours fighting with Photoshop to implement it, and finally, maybe adapt the image with som…
If you're looking to improve the design of the site, you might be interested to know that the Chinese character for big is 大, pronounced "da4" (fourth or falling tone).
The character is simple enough it should be easy to work into any site logo, and the meaning works well with your URL ("Big Button Factory"). Mandarin is also cool.
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#18It doesnt work in IE7 (stuck on this browser at the University Library, so no alternative). The progress indicator keeps going.
Sorry, I didn't try with IE7 :-/ I could just put my hands on an old IE6 version to test the render. I'll definitely install a virtual machine or smthg :-) Thanks for the report.
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#19Yeah, looks pretty useful. Any thoughts about charging anything for it? I'm a huge fan of Joe Krause's advice to beta test a business model while you beta test your product: How you make your money is equally relevant in how people perceive your product. http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2006/04/30/joe-kraus-confe...
Thanks a lot, especially for the link! I don't think much of any serious "business-ization", but hey, we'll see ;-)...
Re: Ask HN: Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons
#20(Web) design is hard. For us programmers, it's a pain in the ass, and when it comes to create UI elements for a (web) app, we are stuck with two choices: 1. create something very basic, or 2. spend countless hours searching the web for Photoshop tutorials on how to create a bubble or depth effect, then spend even-more-countless hours fighting with Photoshop to implement it, and finally, maybe adapt the image with som…
If you're looking to improve the design of the site, you might be interested to know that the Chinese character for big is 大, pronounced "da4" (fourth or falling tone). The character is simple enough it should be easy to work into any site logo, and the meaning works well with your URL ("Big Button Factory"). Mandarin is also cool.
Oh thank you, so interesting!