Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by somethingnew » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 2:54 PM UTC

Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M
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Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by dchuk » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 3:23 PM UTC

That's fantastic news for them, and me by extension. I've been watching their project closely since discovering it and am excited to prototype a hybrid app with it for my new startup soon. If the performance really does meet their claims, I will be one happy AngularJS wielding front end engineer.

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by yesimahuman » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 3:27 PM UTC

dchuk wrote: post #2

That's fantastic news for them, and me by extension. I've been watching their project closely since discovering it and am excited to prototype a hybrid app with it for my new startup soon. If the performance really does meet their claims, I will be one happy AngularJS wielding front end engineer.

Thanks! Let us know if you ever have any questions as you play with it. It's come a long ways since we were last on HN :)

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by WhitneyLand » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 3:30 PM UTC

Congratulations guys, great to hear Ionic has good momentum.

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by hadem » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 3:47 PM UTC

Direct link to the Ionic Framework: http://ionicframework.com/

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by milkanic » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 3:53 PM UTC

Awesome, definitely using this for my next project. When I was originally looking at this, I thought your Ionic Weather app screenshot was pulling my location. Turns out your guys are in Madison!

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by reedlaw » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 4:07 PM UTC

I'm always curious what the business model is. I don't see any clear call to action on http://ionicframework.com/

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by Killswitch » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 4:09 PM UTC

Awesome news guys, good to see some Midwest companies getting love. Always been a fan of your work and Ionic is a great framework.

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by jasonlotito » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

I wonder if there is any plans to fully support Android. By that, I mean, the UI is iOS specific, and doesn't seem to adopt to the way Android does things. Simply porting an iOS app to Android and reusing the same interface is basically saying that Android is a second class citizen.

Re: Drifty, Makers of the Ionic Mobile Framework, Raise $1M

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Post by iLoch » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

hadem wrote: post #5

Direct link to the Ionic Framework: http://ionicframework.com/

They've also got the Ionic framework icons available as a standalone download at http://ionicons.com - I use these frequently.