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Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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GWT actually is great, especially if your app is big and there are more than one dev on a team

I know, I'm more concerned about the HTML side.

currently the only html/css left in the app is in the inspector and some dialogs. everything else is drawn on canvas using our own canvas-based ui controls

Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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great find for me! i am in design/dev for the learning and development industry, so naturally many teams have strong backgrounds in Flash, and lately Adobe Edge Animate and Tumult Hype (even Google has thrown something into the ring). Literally the only thing I did to determine whether I would investigate Animatron further was opening it up and dropping some audio into the project, and seeing whether the waveform shows up on the timeline layer. This is a MUST regarding WYSIWYG sync of animation to audio... its what Flash IDE had that Edge and Hype still do not! The next thing is determining the workflow for integrating with eLearning standards such as SCORM and TinCanAPI / Experience API... naturally this is the type of product I would also pay premium to integrate further into my team and client's workflow for Instructional Design, etc...

Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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great find for me! i am in design/dev for the learning and development industry, so naturally many teams have strong backgrounds in Flash, and lately Adobe Edge Animate and Tumult Hype (even Google has thrown something into the ring). Literally the only thing I did to determine whether I would investigate Animatron further was opening it up and dropping some audio into the project, and seeing whether the waveform sho…

That's great to hear! If you have any questions while you're investigating how to integrate Animatron into your existing workflow, get in touch with us at feedback at animatron.com - maybe we'll be able to help.

Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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I am serious about this. A lot of good stuff is written for Actionscript, all sorts of libraries etc., years worth of good work of many good people. It's just not fair to trash all that effort just because Apple has a tooth on Adobe. Even without rtmfp, or even without rtmp, that will be very valuable.

oh, well, I thought it was an irony :) anyway for now our plans in terms of flash do not go beyond exporting to swf.

Why don't add actionscript, at least with limitations?

Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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oh, well, I thought it was an irony :) anyway for now our plans in terms of flash do not go beyond exporting to swf.

Why don't add actionscript, at least with limitations?

supporting actionscript by itself without implementing the whole flash model does not make much sense. most of the existing actionscript code use it one way or another.

and implementing flash model is a very serious undertaking.

Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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It's so refreshing to see a service that requires no signup. Normally a signup acts as a barrier to entry for me, especially when it requires a link to a social media identity. I'm going to have a play around now.

The best products I've signed up for seemed to have this doctrine. I think it also shows confidence in your product!

Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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Wow! I don't have any use for this right now, but I'm in awe! The landing page is beautiful and the video catching, registration is easy and the tutorial is great, color me impressed.

Everything he said.

Couple points: I checked it on my mobile earlier, and the landing, although still pretty looking, doesn't scale responsively, having a pretty small HTC, it was kinda tedious to fiddle with scrolling left to right/ and which kinda made me forget about it until I noticed the thread again today. Anyway I understand that this wouldn't have been your focus, but maybe it will give you a small % boost :)

In any case, really well put together product, and although I will likely never have use for it myself I'm impressed

One other thing: The introduction video is really cute, and I love your original style and branding. But it hardly provided much information about your product imho, other than what I've already got from the text on your main page.

But maybe this is just a designer/programmer style discrepancy.

Re: Show HN: A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser

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Why don't add actionscript, at least with limitations?

supporting actionscript by itself without implementing the whole flash model does not make much sense. most of the existing actionscript code use it one way or another. and implementing flash model is a very serious undertaking.

Someone has to do it, anyways, and you guys are closer to there than anyone else out here. Flash is great but it is stuck between egos of business guys.
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