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Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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post #63

I really don't understand how this product can be called Sketch in good conscience. Sketch is already a disruptive gorgeous product that has changed ux and digital design. It should be respected and given room to breathe. Change the name of your product.

This is Expo Sketch though. You can't use it without Expo. It's like complaining about the "Native" part in React Native.

Time to start a company called Lin that makes a design product called UX

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I really like how shadertoy show previews of each shader. Maybe that's something we could add eventually. Also - you can use OpenGL with this: https://sketch.expo.io/rJiYksBse

Small suggestion: it would be awesome if the sketch homepage listed examples and had a quick screenshot or two. most people go to react.rocks and it looks like crap. https://react.rocks/tag/ReactNative I totally understand why you need a "download the app before viewing" flow, but that requirement is now such a pervasive and hostile UX pattern for growth marketers that I bet many new visitors will just bounce before…

The OpenGL issue is fixed now. :)

Here's an example with THREE.js: https://sketch.expo.io/rkpPMg8ie

Plain OpenGL: https://sketch.expo.io/SJaCWirsg

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

#104
post #30

For anyone who does not understand why it always shows a QR code and a "Download from app store" buttons, there is a close button on top right corner to close that modal. Not sure it was a great idea to always show that modal, it took me a while to figure out that I can close it, I thought it's an ios app...

We show the QRCode because you need to scan it and open on the phone to be able to view it. Yeah, we will change the styles to make it more obvious that it's modal. Sorry for the confusion.

I opened the QR code with a QR reader, because when I say the app-store buttons, I assumed the QR code was for downloading the app.

You could:

1) Have the QR code contain a real URL, with the Expo ID appended as a querystring.

3) On the server, redirect to the appropriate app-store depending on the browser used to open the URL, or open sketch if installed.

3) Have Expo interpret the querystring to open the correct "sketch".

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

#105
Yesterday, I played around with CRNA (and it was amazing). This is even more useful. You can get started here, do quick prototype, and as things start to get more complicated, move to CRNA project. Do rest of the stuff in CRNA, and when CRNA cannot handle it, do an eject!

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

#106

Change the name fellas. Sketch is a brand new tool that's about to replace Photoshop for almost all web design work.

This was also the first thing I thought. Sketch is a well-known (artistic) design tool. I'm sure you fellas already know that but decided to stick with it anyway. In reality, it really doesn't associate with your product all that well, definitely not when compared with the photoshop-Sketch and what it's for.

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

#107

Change the name fellas. Sketch is a brand new tool that's about to replace Photoshop for almost all web design work.

Brand new? And no, I don't think so. Sketch is awesome but it isn't a substitute for work that you would do in Photoshop. Unless you were doing wireframes in Photoshop.

I'm a designer at Twitter and our design team has been using Sketch for UI design for the last few years. I believe the same situation occurs at FB and many other design teams unless doing very particular photo work or iconography/illustration.

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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post #63

I really don't understand how this product can be called Sketch in good conscience. Sketch is already a disruptive gorgeous product that has changed ux and digital design. It should be respected and given room to breathe. Change the name of your product.

This is Expo Sketch though. You can't use it without Expo. It's like complaining about the "Native" part in React Native.

That doesn't make it much better. I thought about white board makers.
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