There's tremendous value in the history of a design file. Virtually every design agency I've worked for has had the need to write case studies based on work they've done. "Showing your workings" is also a powerful tool for demonstrating to clients the value for money they're getting. Finally, I can imagine such history being an invaluable aid for junior designers trying to learn from their seniors; it potentially tra…
We just recently started using Pixelapse a week and a half ago, so I can answer a couple of these. There is an app that runs in the menu bar of our designer Kevin's mac, which automatically uploads "revisions" of the design he's working on. It only captures changes to the file on disk, so he has to save strategically knowing that it will create a "revision". I personally don't like this, as it discourages saving ofte…
Re: Pixelapse (YC W12): GitHub-Style Sharing and Version Control For Design Projects
#21Thanks Steve, interesting stuff. It feels like revision-on-save is a significant limitation; I wonder if they have plans to tackle this in future.