Macaw hits 1.0, now available(macaw.co)

9 years ago from Manik Rathee, Eng Manager @ Google

  • Louis-André LabadieLouis-André Labadie, 9 years ago

    I'm hoping it's a better way for me to give designs to front-end devs.

    The automated code isn't an argument for me. The web-centric layout engine is.

    Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch or Fireworks documents are all absolutely positioned (everything with X and Y coordinates relative to the canvas). What I'm looking for is a way to communicate what the layout is, and how it behaves. In browsers.

    I understand Macaw's code output might be marginally better than competitors, but for us it'll be thrown away one way or another. If its generated pages can provide a real-life reference to use during front-end development, though, I'm all in.

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