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Show HN: Webflow - Design responsive websites visually

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Re: Show HN: Webflow - Design responsive websites visually

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Hey guys, looks really awesome. I built Jetstrap ( http://jetstrap.com/ ) which is attacking the problem in a different way for probably a different type of user, but this is really impressive. Great work!

We love Jetstrap! It was actually a big inspiration when we first started working on Webflow. Keep being awesome! :)

Re: Show HN: Webflow - Design responsive websites visually

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Super awesome and very well done, just played with this for a couple minutes..love how you can choose the different platforms on the left and side and when you click on an element you can edit everything on the right hand side. How do you plan on monetizing this?

Thank you! It's still early, but we're planning on offering a subscription service to create/import sites and host them on our platform.

Looks great! One thing: Please don't force me to host my stuff with you. I'd rather pay twice to have the freedom to dl my designs. Also: Let me pay-as-I-go. As a designer I'd like to use this but I would not want to pay X bucks per month. I would pay X dollars per project.

Edit: After studying the video: I'll pay triple! Any thoughts on importing bootstrap?

Re: Show HN: Webflow - Design responsive websites visually

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Congrats guys. I haven't had a chance to check out the full thing yet (reading HN on my iPad) but from a quick glance it looks incredibly thorough and well-done. I think there will always be a contingent of folks who prefer to hand-code this stuff, but there is a larger contingent of folks for whom a great set of visual design tools will be incredibly valuable. So good on ya and good luck.

I completely agree. Being able to hand-code doesn't mean it's always the easiest way to develop an idea.

And well done guys. Getting this far in 7 months is very impressive.

Having been part of the team that designed and built Typecast (http://typecast.com), it took us over a year to really get somewhere. Building browser-based design tools is way harder than it looks.

Re: Show HN: Webflow - Design responsive websites visually

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Super awesome and very well done, just played with this for a couple minutes..love how you can choose the different platforms on the left and side and when you click on an element you can edit everything on the right hand side. How do you plan on monetizing this?

Thank you! It's still early, but we're planning on offering a subscription service to create/import sites and host them on our platform.

Great work! I agree that importing a current site/design would be a killer feature. But, forcing to host is a non-starter...and would probably cause more issues for your company as well.

Re: Show HN: Webflow - Design responsive websites visually

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Congrats guys. I haven't had a chance to check out the full thing yet (reading HN on my iPad) but from a quick glance it looks incredibly thorough and well-done. I think there will always be a contingent of folks who prefer to hand-code this stuff, but there is a larger contingent of folks for whom a great set of visual design tools will be incredibly valuable. So good on ya and good luck.

I completely agree. Being able to hand-code doesn't mean it's always the easiest way to develop an idea. And well done guys. Getting this far in 7 months is very impressive. Having been part of the team that designed and built Typecast ( http://typecast.com ), it took us over a year to really get somewhere. Building browser-based design tools is way harder than it looks.

Hi Paul, thanks for the kind words! You guys have built an awesome tool at Typecast! It truly is harder than it looks. Oh, and say hi to Jamie :)
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