Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by mcolyer » Mon, Feb 04, 2013, 11:29 PM UTC

Easel: We've Added CSS Editing
blog.easel.io

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by vinothgopi » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 12:15 AM UTC

Woohoo! I loved the site but felt limited by the fact that I couldn't just "edit-source" and fix things. It's great that this feature is finally in.

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by mcolyer » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 12:25 AM UTC

vinothgopi wrote: post #2

Woohoo! I loved the site but felt limited by the fact that I couldn't just "edit-source" and fix things. It's great that this feature is finally in.

Thanks! Noted on the ability to edit the source directly.

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by dools » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 12:54 AM UTC

It's good to see these types of services pop up because "loosely coupled web services" has always been our design goal - ie. we never want to add features into Decal, we'd much rather rely on a rich ecosystem to provide functionality (eg. dropbox for files, wufoo for forms, easel for editing HTML etc.)

I'm really interested in how Easel could work with our CMS, which takes HTML (with a few extra attributes) as input[1] - ping me on iain@workingsoftware.com.au if you're interested in chatting.

[1]http://www.decalcms.com/tour/

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by ambiguator » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 12:58 AM UTC

Peace out Dreamweaver.

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by lquist » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 1:24 AM UTC

'Since the web is viewed in a browser, we believe it should be built in one too.'

Wait, why?

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by mcolyer » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 1:30 AM UTC

lquist wrote: post #6

'Since the web is viewed in a browser, we believe it should be built in one too.' Wait, why?

We strongly believe that the only way to know what something we really look like is to work in the medium in which it will be ultimately be presented in.

Anything less will just be an approximation of the final product.

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by supercoder » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 1:40 AM UTC

mcolyer wrote: post #7

lquist wrote: post #6

'Since the web is viewed in a browser, we believe it should be built in one too.' Wait, why?

We strongly believe that the only way to know what something we really look like is to work in the medium in which it will be ultimately be presented in. Anything less will just be an approximation of the final product.

Lucky there is only ever one way something will be displayed on the web then.

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by ollysb » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 1:45 AM UTC

Zoom to fit would be very much appreciated on my 15inch laptop screen.

Re: Easel: We've Added CSS Editing

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Post by sgdesign » Tue, Feb 05, 2013, 1:48 AM UTC

mcolyer wrote: post #7

lquist wrote: post #6

'Since the web is viewed in a browser, we believe it should be built in one too.' Wait, why?

We strongly believe that the only way to know what something we really look like is to work in the medium in which it will be ultimately be presented in. Anything less will just be an approximation of the final product.

Well, I can't really agree with this. Filming a movie and viewing a movie are two completely different experiences and take place in completely different environments, even if the medium is the same.

What you're saying would be like saying all movies should be filmed in cinemas… I think using the browser's rendering engine is great, but there's no reason why we necessarily need to create websites in actual browsers.

In fact I think the main weakness of apps like Easel compared to, say, Photoshop, is precisely the fact that they run in the browser and don't feel as fast and responsive as a native desktop app.