Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
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Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#2Another of the "oh it's been tried a million times, it'll never work, it'll never happen" ideas that are out there that might ACTUALLY work. I love those kinds of ideas.
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#3Curious if all the output code is arranged in absolute positioning.
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#4Curious if all the output code is arranged in absolute positioning.
From macaw.co:
ABSOLUTE TO STATIC CONVERSION Macaw offers designers the freedom of absolute positioning within the interface but will convert to a static document flow upon export by calculating the necessary margins, padding, floats and clears. It's the best of both worlds.
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#5Curious if all the output code is arranged in absolute positioning.
Watch the 20 minute demo, it’s pretty darn amazing.
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#6It's so much easier and rewarding to just learn the basic code to structure a webpage. What if I don't really know much web dev, but master this tool? Where will that get me?
"So it shows here you've developed 8 websites for clients, wow, what does your stack look like?"
"Oh I kinda just mastered this one specific tool, I don't really know how to code."
Reminds me of Dreamweaver days.
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#7It's so much easier and rewarding to just learn the basic code to structure a webpage. What if I don't really know much web dev, but master this tool? Where will that get me? "So it shows here you've developed 8 websites for clients, wow, what does your stack look like?" "Oh I kinda just mastered this one specific tool, I don't really know how to code." Reminds me of Dreamweaver days.
I think the idea is that this is for people who have learned the code to structure a webpage, but are sick of fiddling around with CSS/LESS/SASS to get a certain div in exactly the right place.
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#8It's so much easier and rewarding to just learn the basic code to structure a webpage. What if I don't really know much web dev, but master this tool? Where will that get me? "So it shows here you've developed 8 websites for clients, wow, what does your stack look like?" "Oh I kinda just mastered this one specific tool, I don't really know how to code." Reminds me of Dreamweaver days.
Is this opinion this generation's version of "Real men only write code in (C|assembly|Fortran)"?
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#9Looks interesting. My initial impression was that it reminded me of an Adobe Edge app. I wonder if it will be compatible with existing frameworks, such as Bootstrap, Foundation, etc.
Re: Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
#10It's so much easier and rewarding to just learn the basic code to structure a webpage. What if I don't really know much web dev, but master this tool? Where will that get me? "So it shows here you've developed 8 websites for clients, wow, what does your stack look like?" "Oh I kinda just mastered this one specific tool, I don't really know how to code." Reminds me of Dreamweaver days.
I think the idea is that this is for people who have learned the code to structure a webpage, but are sick of fiddling around with CSS/LESS/SASS to get a certain div in exactly the right place.
Agree, it seems like a complementary tool for people who know how to code. I also would have loved to have this tool a couple of years ago to help explain certain concepts to my boss (an HTML/CSS naysayer), i.e. 'these are the kind of layout things that can be abstracted'.