Re:Easel (YC S12) launches as an easier way to design for th...
by maccman on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @06:51PM
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Haha, I'm honored (and slightly amazed) that people are using it in production.
Re:Easel (YC S12) launches as an easier way to design for th...
by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @07:13PM
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Hey, perhaps I'm missing something, but could you add a button to show the styles on an element, somehow? Thanks!
Re:Easel (YC S12) launches as an easier way to design for th...
by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @05:18PM
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Stylo is very nice. The fact it has, well, grid lines is very helpful. It's more limited, sure, but it looks like I can actually build layouts with this thing, not just fancy gradients.
I think the biggest flaw in these apps is they start people with either an amateur design or a blank template instead of exposing the grids and guides that define a website (and further define the limitations of web design) right off the bat. Even though it starts as a blank page, I love Alex Maccaw's Stylo (http://styloapp.com/) because the tools are simple and familiar, they don't overburden the page I'm focusing on and it creates smart guides that show up when I've got two elements on the same plane. It's the only one of these apps I've tried that actually extends my creativity and doesn't end up taking me longer to design something I like between clunky UI elements or trying to figure out what everything does.