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Re: Jetstrap for Bootstrap

#12

Post by Alan01252 »

nantes wrote: post #9

Quick data point, works beautifully under Chrome (Version 21.0.1180.89) on Ubuntu 12.10 beta. Loving it.

Didn't work on Firefox 14.0.1 Ubuntu 12.04. Dragged elements don't appear on the canvas. The error in the console log, "not dropping, no container or component found". Same issue with Chrome Version 21.0.1180.81.

Looking forwards to when these are fixed though, I'd like to use it myself, and would be happy to contribute.

== Update ==

The problem I was having seemed to be I hadn't named my screen, I was then shown a blank white screen which looked like I could drag the elements onto, but this didn't work.

Re: Jetstrap for Bootstrap

#15

Post by jenius »

When I saw this and clicked it, I was preparing myself for a bootstrap-in-production-code abomination, but was pleasantly surprised. The design and interaction on this site are gorgeous and not boostrapped, and the tool looks really nice for putting together prototypes.

With all the horrible bootstrap default production sites i've seen lately, I've developed a pretty signficant hatred for the framework. But sometimes after seeing tools like this, I remember that it can be a very effective prototyping tool (as long as it's used only for prototypes, and you hire a real designer and/or front end guy to put together your production design and code).

That being said, awesome job with this site and this tool. Then only suggestion I could possibly make would be to change the header text from "build amazing websites" to "build amazing prototypes" - this at least helps to spread the concept that boostrap does not replace good, unique design and code.

Re: Jetstrap for Bootstrap

#18

Post by erikano »

Sorry for being blunt, but the site looks quite bad on a mobile device [1][2][3].

I realize that this tool is probably meant to be used from a computer with a large screen and with a mouse, but consider the following scenario: Somebody, who is using their smart phone, is landing on your page from a search for "bootstrap responsive interface-building tool". If that was me, I'd probably leave the site pretty fast.

[1]: http://i.imgur.com/UsYhZ.png?1

[2]: http://i.imgur.com/UzaB8.png?1

[3]: http://i.imgur.com/JEPSj.png?1

(Using Dolphin Browser on Samsung Galaxy S2, Android 2.3.5)

Re: Jetstrap for Bootstrap

#19

Post by yesimahuman »

mindcruzer wrote: post #8
yesimahuman wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry about that Zack. What browser are you on?

The same thing is happening to me. I'm on Chrome v21 in Archlinux. I'm getting the following errors: "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (NOT FOUND) http://jetstrap.com/api/v1/project/last "not dropping, no container or component found. builder.js:127"

Looking into it...just pushed a few tweaks. It could also be the default menu wasn't clear what you were supposed to drag and where to drop it. We need to fix that.

Re: Jetstrap for Bootstrap

#20

Post by yesimahuman »

erikano wrote: post #18

Sorry for being blunt, but the site looks quite bad on a mobile device [1][2][3]. I realize that this tool is probably meant to be used from a computer with a large screen and with a mouse, but consider the following scenario: Somebody, who is using their smart phone, is landing on your page from a search for "bootstrap responsive interface-building tool". If that was me, I'd probably leave the site pretty fast. [1]:…

Thanks for letting us know. Odd that the gradients aren't showing up on the buttons, which indicates to me a bug with Dolphin. I'll take a look.
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