Pixate (YC S12) and Google
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Pixate (YC S12) and Google
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Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#2It's been on my to-do list for the last few months to start playing with Pixate. Can someone knowledgeable on this share their thoughts on what this means for the Pixate tools going forward?
Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#3It's been on my to-do list for the last few months to start playing with Pixate. Can someone knowledgeable on this share their thoughts on what this means for the Pixate tools going forward?
According to Pixates own FAQ related to this:
* Pixate Studio is now free to everyone
* Pixate Cloud is $5 per seat per month, or $50 per year
* Pixate Studio licenses will be refunded as a credit toward Pixate Cloud
Otherwise, no changes for now it seems. It's a very nice tool for simple prototyping for UX flows, animated transitions, and visual layout. A fantastic tool for designers.
Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#4Interesting acquisition considering they also bought Form[0]. Would love to see some designer-centric prototyping tools built by Google specifically for Android devices. The OSX/iOS ecosystem is particularly well equipped in this area, and finding good design prototyping tools built for Android is a pain point for many people in UX/UI imo.
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Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#5It's refreshing to see a company getting acquired and instead of shutting down they double down on their product/service.
Congratulations to the Pixate team!
Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#6Here's why I (and jawngee) never used Pixate's products for my apps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5062868
Given that I only make iOS apps, and that Google acquired them, I feel vindicated 916 days later.
Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#7Interesting acquisition considering they also bought Form[0]. Would love to see some designer-centric prototyping tools built by Google specifically for Android devices. The OSX/iOS ecosystem is particularly well equipped in this area, and finding good design prototyping tools built for Android is a pain point for many people in UX/UI imo. _ 0. http://www.relativewave.com/form/google/
I'm involved in Neonto, a startup that makes a design tool that targets both iOS and Android:
The unique twist is that Neonto Studio generates real native code (Obj-C for iOS, Java for Android), so it's possible to use it even for complete apps, not just prototypes.
Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#8Pixate has a middle term potential to fix the difficulties with designing and deploying UI's which require basic physics or animations. It has the long term potential to change native front end engineering as its currently done.
Potentially it could compress design, prototyping, and front-end dev into a single seat -- who is more design-forward rather than coding-forward.
Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#9Here's why I (and jawngee) never used Pixate's products for my apps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5062868 Given that I only make iOS apps, and that Google acquired them, I feel vindicated 916 days later.
I wonder if they would have been acquired by Google if they had open sourced their software. Don't get me wrong - I completely understand your decision.
Re: Pixate (YC S12) and Google
#10Here's why I (and jawngee) never used Pixate's products for my apps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5062868 Given that I only make iOS apps, and that Google acquired them, I feel vindicated 916 days later.
Except that Pixate is purely for prototyping in the design phase.. not for actually shipping a binary to the app store.