Launch HN: Pagedraw (YC W18) – Compile UI Mockups to React Code

Re:Launch HN: Pagedraw (YC W18) – Compile UI Mockups to Reac... by ggg9990 on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:15PM (#16468583)

A highly specialized Web app doesn’t need to support more than one browser. If you’re a Firefox user, consider it as though it said “please download the Spotify app to use our service on your machine.”

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Re:Launch HN: Pagedraw (YC W18) – Compile UI Mockups to Reac... by kakarot on Monday February 26, 2018 @04:15PM (#16469025)

Then why is it a web app? What happened to open standards? Why not just make it a standalone application, following your logic?

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Re:Launch HN: Pagedraw (YC W18) – Compile UI Mockups to Reac... by ggg9990 on Monday February 26, 2018 @04:42PM (#16469221)

You’re right, it’s not a web app. It is a stand-alone application built on top of Chrome the way that other apps are built on Qt or WPF.

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Re:Launch HN: Pagedraw (YC W18) – Compile UI Mockups to Reac... by kakarot on Monday February 26, 2018 @08:27PM (#16470456)

Right, and I'm saying I fundamentally disagree with this vendor-locking approach. Qt doesn't lock me into a particular environment and is cross-platform. It's a view framework, not an entire browser. Huge difference.

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Re:Launch HN: Pagedraw (YC W18) – Compile UI Mockups to Reac... by ggg9990 on Monday February 26, 2018 @10:27PM (#16470872)

If your product is useful enough people will install what they need to, like Photoshop and Excel.

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Re:Launch HN: Pagedraw (YC W18) – Compile UI Mockups to Reac... by betrpic on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @02:03PM (#16476716)

I agree also its an early iteration of the product. I think you would prefer to get a working version out there earlier and get feedback about the product rather than wait a month and get it right in every browser.

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