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Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code

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Re: Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code

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Man are people that oppose to learning a little bit of coding? I guess in my mind if you are that against coding maybe you should consider just sticking with design or biz development, etc? Not being mean but seriously, stick to what you are good at, right?

I don't think anyone here is "against coding" - we're just speeding up repetitive tasks that take up way too much time and manual labor to complete. People weren't "against" writing Bezier math or doing typesetting manually - it just became much more efficient to do it visually.

The same thing happened with assemblers, compilers, etc, so it's nothing new - abstraction marches on.

Re: Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code

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Let me preface this by saying: I have the upmost respect for the Webflow developers and designers...they've created a highly-functional web app with the purpose of enabling creators...the process to make such a full-featured web-browser product with such a range of capability is astounding. That said, I disagree with the implication that Webflow, and similar products, solve the problems of code, e.g., the phrase "Do…

i actually came here to say pretty much the same thing. as a front end dev, i thought the site looked and functioned pretty well. if you can get someone to build that complex of a site with some "non-coding" tools, well done. my concern is that you've taken the problem of coding and replaced it with a new one. people who don't understand how the web works won't be able to build amazing beautiful sites with this product (ok, maybe some will, my guess is a low percentage). what you've done is create a better WYSIWYG, and we all know what WYSIWYGs get you: Geocities.

again, no knock on the site, it looks like it's really well done, i'm just not sure that a series of complex controls solves the problem of web development any better than just learning how to code yourself.

Re: Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code

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Lack of scroll animation support for touch devices seems like a deal breaker, no?

None of the scroll animations work in Firefox either. Not just touch based devices. Didn't leave a very good impression on me.

Kyle from Webflow here. Are you on the latest version of Firefox (28.0)? The scrolling animations are working for us.

Re: Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code

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Man are people that oppose to learning a little bit of coding? I guess in my mind if you are that against coding maybe you should consider just sticking with design or biz development, etc? Not being mean but seriously, stick to what you are good at, right?

Totally get your point, and we could have a fun philosophical discussion around whether or not people SHOULD want to learn how to code.

However, it's pretty clear that most of the people in the world who want to create/share content on the web are NOT interested in learning how to code at all, right? I mean, that's a big part of the reason why blogging platforms, and many other user-generated content sites are so huge (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. etc.).

Yeah, people could just stick with what they know if they don't want to code -- but then there would still be huge barriers between having an idea that you want to create and get out there, and actually having the ability to make it real.

For example, this Webflow Interactions site was entirely created by someone who isn't a coder (I know, I work with him). How long would it have taken him to learn all of the code he would have needed to know to create it all from scratch? Or how much would he have needed to pay a developer to build it for him? And how long would that back and forth taken to get it all right?

For a lot of people, those types barriers are insurmountable (they don't have the time/skill to learn themselves, or the money to pay someone else). So should their ideas just not ever have the chance to see the light of day?

If everyone who ever had a great idea could code it themselves that would be awesome. I just don't think it's feasible -- and tools like Webflow can bring a lot more people a lot closer.

Re: Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code

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Lack of scroll animation support for touch devices seems like a deal breaker, no?

None of the scroll animations work in Firefox either. Not just touch based devices. Didn't leave a very good impression on me.

Works fine on FF on Ubuntu 28.

Re: Create JavaScript, CSS Interactions With Zero Lines of Code

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

None of the scroll animations work in Firefox either. Not just touch based devices. Didn't leave a very good impression on me.

Kyle from Webflow here. Are you on the latest version of Firefox (28.0)? The scrolling animations are working for us.

I'm also having similar issues on Firefox 28. Chrome 34 looks good though.
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