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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)

#61

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.

Agree 100%. All the names out there, and you chose the one of the industry standard for UI/UX design. For the uninformed, this would be like naming Expo Sketch "Photoshop" (at least in spirit) 5 years ago.

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

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post #61

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.

Agree 100%. All the names out there, and you chose the one of the industry standard for UI/UX design. For the uninformed, this would be like naming Expo Sketch "Photoshop" (at least in spirit) 5 years ago.

https://www.adobe.com/products/sketch.html

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

#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.

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

#64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 actually lost interest and closed the tab when I saw the QR code.

How else would they do it? QR code seems justified in this case.

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

#65

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.

We think the products are so different that people won't get confused but if it turns out to be a problem, we'll figure something out.

Sketch the design tool is great. We use it.

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

#66
post #40

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.

Personally, I didn't understand how a chat app for software developers could in good conscience be called 'Slack'.

That's a different discussion and type of argument than the author of the reply means to introduce here. It is not a naming conflict because of another product that is too well known to use its name (for both legal and other reasons).

On your slack comment: I do understand it. Chatting is traditionally seen as not working. I'm thinking IRC times when I was young(er). Mostly social, not so much project related. It is more seen as the coffee break but online. The fact that both are often used to discuss business matter does not alter this. For me, Slack is well chosen, even though I use it mainly for work related communication nowadays.

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

#67

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.

We think the products are so different that people won't get confused but if it turns out to be a problem, we'll figure something out. Sketch the design tool is great. We use it.

My advice, change it sooner rather than later.

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

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post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually lost interest and closed the tab when I saw the QR code.

How else would they do it? QR code seems justified in this case.

1. People want to preview the app once they have something to preview. That would probably be a more appropriate time to remind them they can see it on their phones.

2. QR codes are scary (at least for most in the American market; other countries could be different). Instead of a QR code, show a random string the user has to input. We are all used to inputting random numbers/string when doing 2-factor.

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

#69
post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree 100%. All the names out there, and you chose the one of the industry standard for UI/UX design. For the uninformed, this would be like naming Expo Sketch "Photoshop" (at least in spirit) 5 years ago.

https://www.adobe.com/products/sketch.html

In fairness to Sketch (Bohemian Coding), they existed first before Photoshop Sketch was released.

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

#70

Ah, so you have an app that links to the "fiddle" and downloads the RN JS bundle and runs it for you, instead of an emulator. Nice! I'm still trying to figure out whether it is possible to run RN directly in the browser using an interpreter instead of an emulator, along with something like emscripten (might have to run an emscripten-compiled JVM, too haha). Sounds really tricky, for one thing, any Android or iOS SDK…

I've written a little game in React Native, and I was really surprised when react-native-web just worked almost out of the box. If you don't have many native libraries, then it's really easy to write an app that works in a browser.
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