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Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by sickboy38 »

Hello All,

First I want to thank you all for taking the time to check out Google Web Designer and giving us your feedback! Keep it coming!

Over the last 24 hours we have received a ton of great feedback. One of the biggest questions/comments that I keep hearing is in regards to the broadly scoped name, "Google Web Designer". We chose this name intentionally. We know that it is a lofty name, but we have big plans on living up to it.

It is true that in our beta offering there is a strong focus on rich media. With the proliferation of mobile and Google being a huge player in advertising, we think that rich media was a solid first use case to tackle. Over time we plan on growing our tool set and functionality so that you can create any web content that you so choose.

This is just the beginning. You have the ear of the entire product/engineering team and with your feedback we hope to shape this tool into something special.

Thanks again!

Tony Product Manager | Google Web Designer

Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by marincounty »

1. The Google web Designer is not bad. 2. It't more intuitive than Dreamweaver--by far. 3. I think they should deemphasize the Ad functionality. 4. They should offer a few basic templates--maybe be I missed them? 5. Templates were important in my learning curve. Trying to memorize WC3 examples didn't work for me. Experimenting with a template helped me a lot--plus I could put up rudimentary websites quick. 6. If anyone from Google stumbles upon this; remember you have multiple generations of people out there that would love to learn how to put up a web page. 7. Put up some video tutorials. You are hemoraging money, but I've noticed you seem to depend on customers to post "how to videos", or maybe hire some out of work 30-65 year olds to produce the videos. Some of your older users know how to communicate without using too much tech lingo--isn't that the purpose of ths Editor? If their videos do the trick pay them, and don't expect them to move to your campus-let them work at home. Working at home has some benefits.

Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by [deleted] »

debacle wrote: post #217
arthulia wrote: post #211

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I don't think that's completely fair. The people who are providing the content on a lot of web pages are not the same people who are responsible for the monetization scheme. Some sites have good/decent content, but really obtrusive advertisements that the authors aren't responsible for.

The people providing the content are still being supported by the monetization scheme - you're taking money from them when you use their content without viewing their ads.

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Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by codygman »

kamjam wrote: post #314
sneak wrote: post #288

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The one where the vast majority of web developers live.

There's this entire platform of users who develop in a magical language called C# and run entirely on Microsoft platform. It might just catch on and get quite popular. The Microsoft world might also be used by large corporations, who also happen to have lots of money, with which you can buy things like software. (There's also these other platforms based on *nix, but meh :-p)

We don't need any nix at all!

|pushes button to delete nix|

Hey, where did 60% of my favorite website go? Oh, I'll just google how to undelete *nix... wait... crap!

Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by codygman »

diminoten wrote: post #263
mike-cardwell wrote: post #235

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No. Those people are exposing us to mass cross-site tracking before we even get to see their content, without our permission, and without most people even knowing it's happening.

Visiting a site is giving that site permission to run whatever it wants in your browser/on your computer. The only winning move is to not visit a site.

IIRC running a program meant to delete the users computer on your website would likely get you in a bit of trouble.

Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by feklee »

johnx123-up wrote: post #367

Am I the only one to get the below error (in XP)? The procedure entry point GetSystemDefaultLocaleName could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll.

Same here, in the German version of XP:

  Der Prozedureinsprungpunkt "GetSystemDefaultLocaleName"
  wurde in der DLL "KERNEL32.dll" nicht gefunden.

Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by noptic »

Digit-Al wrote: post #366
smtddr wrote: post #310

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I'm pretty sure the majority of digital artwork, both visual & audio, is done on OSX. I have never heard of any major company in this field that had its artists on anything other than OSX. Maybe linux for some render-farms or something, but the artists' primary workstation is macosx. Also, all the major digit-art tools work sooooooo much better under OSX, or even just under Linux. Example, I've used Autodesk's Maya u…

Considering the very powerful, hardware accelerated 3D games that run smoothly under Windows, I would consider the possibility that if Maya cannot render a scene without freezing, maybe that is a problem with the software developers and not Windows.

This might be true, but I think you miss the point.

People will use the enviroment where the tools run stable.

Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

digitalengineer wrote: post #382
laureny wrote: post #318

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> “Drastically?” The vast majority of the web developers I know use OS X. I'm guessing most (all?) the developers you know work in the US? Mac OS is close to nonexistent in that area in the rest of the world. Trying to sell an app competing against a free product from Google is already challenging enough, you should seriously consider the original advice and extend your tool to work on Windows as well.

Dutchman here. Most designers use MacOsX here. Developers go with Windows. Design-savy or iOS developers use both.

Also Dutch here. Developers go with Windows if they do not get a choice; unfortunately, most major companies demand everyone uses Windows.

I'm fortunate to be working for a consultancy company that just gives everyone a budget to buy their computer. Most people have a Macbook, with the odd exception that simply has a hatred for Apple or can't get used to it.

I would argue that development tools are much better for OSX. It's like Linux, but usable. A lot of commandline tools just work out of the box under OSX, where you have to go through hoops, hope there's a port, or install a bash emulator under Windows.

Of course, .NET developers will be using Windows.

Re: Google Web Designer

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

kyledilger wrote: post #270
znowi wrote: post #210

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Might as well be called "Google Ad Designer" :) There seem to be a hidden agenda in everything Google does these days.

It's not hidden that Google makes its money through advertising.

Nor is it hidden that most ads served through Google's networks are frequently badly designed or use bloated Flash.
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