I hate to be the one ask, but where's the Linux support? I was ready to buy Macaw, but my web workflow is in Linux.
Isn't it built on node-webkit? How hard could it be to port, really?
Macaw V1 Released
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Re: Macaw V1 Released
#22Some thoughts: I heard about this a couple months ago at a conference on rapid prototyping, and I've been waiting for it to come out in the hopes that we would finally have a rapid prototyping solution for user interface designs. I'm basically looking for a balsamiq with lots of built-in animations and UI interaction patterns. Unfortunately, it looks like this product is geared more towards being a full-featured WYSI…
Sounds like you're looking for something completely different than what this tool has been marketed as since the beginning. As a full-stack developer it interests me because it lets me visually create the visual part of a site. I don't like writing CSS when I have so much other development to do, but at the same time I don't want some shitty, bloated WYSIWYG editor that spits out garbage code. Macaw's authors have em…
Yes, it looks like it's not what I'm looking for. Just wanted to post in case there were others out there like me who were confused.
Re: Macaw V1 Released
#23Some thoughts: I heard about this a couple months ago at a conference on rapid prototyping, and I've been waiting for it to come out in the hopes that we would finally have a rapid prototyping solution for user interface designs. I'm basically looking for a balsamiq with lots of built-in animations and UI interaction patterns. Unfortunately, it looks like this product is geared more towards being a full-featured WYSI…
I've used keynote for this, with some success. I'm a developer, but I love using keynote to prototype interfaces before I start coding.
Re: Macaw V1 Released
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, it's not really a text editor, it's more of a WYSIWYG editor.
So for an actual web developer this is pretty much useless? It kind of sounds like Dreamweaver 2.0.
I mean that's what it is. And you can think of it as Dreamweaver but unlike Dreamweaver, Macaw is supposed to generate code that is similar to handwritten code. So if they can deliver on that objective, it will be very useful.
Re: Macaw V1 Released
#25I hate to be the one ask, but where's the Linux support? I was ready to buy Macaw, but my web workflow is in Linux. Isn't it built on node-webkit? How hard could it be to port, really?
Linux? This sounds soooo 90s…
Since then we have un*x that simply works: Mac.
Re: Macaw V1 Released
#26Some thoughts: I heard about this a couple months ago at a conference on rapid prototyping, and I've been waiting for it to come out in the hopes that we would finally have a rapid prototyping solution for user interface designs. I'm basically looking for a balsamiq with lots of built-in animations and UI interaction patterns. Unfortunately, it looks like this product is geared more towards being a full-featured WYSI…
Jeremy, you may be looking for something like this - http://www.screenr.com/HTQH . I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic. The Macaw guys are doing great, though!
Thanks for the link.
With the caveat that I just watched the video and didn't do any further digging...
It looks really cool, but it may be for people who need a lot more freedom with their animations. Honestly, my needs could be met with just a handful of interactions (slide up, slide down, modal, tooltip, show, hide) with a handful of events (mouse in, mouse out, click, etc)
Re: Macaw V1 Released
#27I hate to be the one ask, but where's the Linux support? I was ready to buy Macaw, but my web workflow is in Linux. Isn't it built on node-webkit? How hard could it be to port, really?
Linux? This sounds soooo 90s… Since then we have un*x that simply works: Mac.
And it ships with NSA backdoors! FREE
Re: Macaw V1 Released
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sounds like you're looking for something completely different than what this tool has been marketed as since the beginning. As a full-stack developer it interests me because it lets me visually create the visual part of a site. I don't like writing CSS when I have so much other development to do, but at the same time I don't want some shitty, bloated WYSIWYG editor that spits out garbage code. Macaw's authors have em…
Yes, it looks like it's not what I'm looking for. Just wanted to post in case there were others out there like me who were confused.
Have you considered using Quartz Composer? Particularly with the Origami plugin (by Facebook)?
Re: Macaw V1 Released
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jeremy, you may be looking for something like this - http://www.screenr.com/HTQH . I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic. The Macaw guys are doing great, though!
Thanks for the link. With the caveat that I just watched the video and didn't do any further digging... It looks really cool, but it may be for people who need a lot more freedom with their animations. Honestly, my needs could be met with just a handful of interactions (slide up, slide down, modal, tooltip, show, hide) with a handful of events (mouse in, mouse out, click, etc)
Why not just rig up and expose jQuery slide animations as buttons to your designers? Could be as simple as they click on the container they want to animate -> click on an event -> click on an animation.
Re: Macaw V1 Released
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