46 comments

  • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, over 5 years ago

    Looks good. A couple of questions, if you don’t mind:

    1. Is it colour managed?
    2. Are you VC funded?
    16 points
    • Sacha GreifSacha Greif, over 5 years ago

      I'm so glad you're the one voice out there fighting for better color management!

      4 points
      • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, over 5 years ago

        :)

        No colour management = tool probably shouldn’t be used. A professional design tool needs to display, import and export colours that are accurate.

        1 point
        • Norm Sheeran, over 5 years ago

          Is that also the case with browser based tools?

          0 points
          • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, over 5 years ago

            If a technology can’t provide it, that technology shouldn’t be used for the tool. Browser based tools can do it in a limited capacity, depending on what you’re after and how the app is built.

            0 points
      • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

        Morning from London! Sorry for a slow reply. On a different timezone. To answer your questions: 1. Is it color managed? - Eventually, yep. We’re focused on some other things for v1 but color management is coming ;) 2. Are you VC funded? - Yup! At least a bit. We raised a few hundred thousand to build a small team and a prototype last fall. We’re raising more now (which we expect to be done in a few weeks) then our team will grow from the current 6ppl to about 12-15ppl.

        1 point
  • thosch rettechs, over 5 years ago

    already have a feature request: please get rid of that same old color tool every other app uses as well. Cmon guys. I want a nice big swatch palette with description, hex and some sorting functionality. Its not 1993 anymore. https://i.imgur.com/b20FgEb.png (screenshot from phase yt video)

    5 points
    • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

      Couldn’t agree more - that colorpicker is something we just threw in for the prototype, but we want to fix this. We have some ideas about how but we’d love to hear yours. Any links or suggestions?

      1 point
  • Lee Fuhr, over 5 years ago

    Tool exhaustion.

    And I'm an inveterate tinkerer.

    5 points
  • Andrew Richardson, over 5 years ago

    Signed up for beta but, as with Invision studio, I have strong skepticism about this being able to deliver on these promises. All-in-one apps tend to over promise and under deliver when it comes to the details that matter in each workflow. The "frankenstein" of different apps is not really a problem I see worth solving because applications specializing in different areas of design means they can treat those areas with special care and don't have to make compromises for other workflows.

    But a little part of me is hopeful that you can blow my mind so good luck!

    5 points
  • Patrycja PaczkowskaPatrycja Paczkowska, over 5 years ago

    Looks interesting. But I think we should stop using phrases like: "Redesign the design process" or "Digital Design Reinvented".

    4 points
  • Jon MyersJon Myers, over 5 years ago

    Well, as a designer, I’m not going to complain about having yet, another design tool as an option. So, bring it on.

    Congratulations on building something - it’s certainly ambitious.

    As with others, I meet your post and claims, hopeful, but with a high degree of skepticism. However, I’ll certainly give it a try. It looks promising.

    I feel like if you’re going to go public with “Digital Design Reinvented” - you have to get a little more specific or you waste the opportunity when you have our attention.

    When Invision Studio went public with announcements there were at least video snippets of the product in action. I could imagine myself using the product.

    Kinda like - don’t tell us what you’re gonna do with marketing splash, just show us and let the product do the talking. The concept is familiar (adaptive, symbols, etc., etc.,) - yet, the product is cryptic and abstract. Seems like a Dribbble shot of a white Sketch UI. I have no connection.

    Regardless, just trying to be helpful and give feedback, wishing you all well and I’m looking forward to trying out the product.

    4 points
  • Eli SchiffEli Schiff, over 5 years ago

    Looks like Phase is a rebranded version of Vectr after it was acquired by Inmagine Labs. https://twitter.com/eli_schiff/status/961413452152655872

    4 points
    • Jrtorrents Dorman , over 5 years ago

      Unless you’ve seen and used both apps yourself, I don’t think it’s fair and right to call it just “rebranded” Vectr.

      Didn’t Invision acquire Macaw? can we also say that Invision Studio is just a rebranded Macaw ?

      Reading your tweets, it appears to me that you may have personal issue with them. why so much hate and negativity?

      5 points
    • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

      Hey Eli!

      Nope it’s not a reskin of Vectr - it’s 100% new product, new code, new concept, etc. About 30% of the team building Phase use to work on Vectr but Phase doesn’t use anything from Vectr, and is entirely new. Phase is also working 100% independently from Inmagine, though Inmagine did invest money in Phase to help get us started.

      3 points
  • Ariel VerberAriel Verber, over 5 years ago

    10/10 for the promise. good luck with the execution.

    4 points
  • David ThornDavid Thorn, over 5 years ago

    Element States.

    4 points
  • Account deleted over 5 years ago

    When did we start spending more time struggling with our tools, than we spend solving design problems? Than we spend, actually doing design?

    Never?

    3 points
  • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

    Hi everyone!

    We hope you’ll join us in building the simple, visual, intuitive Digital Design product that we’ve always dreamed of.

    Join us @ Phase in the real digital design revolution!

    https://youtu.be/E5xeEXewW9o

    Beta list opened now!

    Happy to hear what you think guys!

    3 points
    • Mathieu MayerMathieu Mayer, over 5 years ago

      Hey congrats for the announcement. Looking really promising.

      I actually went ahead and gave my name and email address to get early access. Right when I submitted these private information, a loading bar was displayed while a promotion message appeared (something like "share and get 3 months free"). I was wondering if the loading bar was used as a technique to get more people to share? There is no reason I know of that a website needs a loading bar when submitting a form. Submitting such little amount of information to a server is pretty much instantaneous.

      I felt a bit manipulated right there :p

      1 point
      • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

        Hey Mathieu!

        Glad to hear you've signed up! You're right that the server's pretty instant. It's a fake delay that I put in there butttt it wasn't meant as any dirty a marketing tactic. When we tried the form and it instantly disappeared, it felt like it was broken. Some people didn't feel sure it went through. So we just really quickly (like, in 10min) threw a second page in there just to show that it worked.

        The marketing manipulation feeling was totally unintentional - just didn't want people to feel the form was broken so threw in a quick fix. Sorry about that ;)

        1 point
        • Mathieu MayerMathieu Mayer, over 5 years ago

          I see. Maybe a confirmation message that the submission went through is a faster and more standard (accessible too) approach :) Anyway, thank you for your answer. Good luck with launch!

          2 points
      • Matt MilosavljevicMatt Milosavljevic, over 5 years ago

        This is a fairly common pattern in UX design, mainly done because people tend not to expect things to be instantaneous.

        https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/why-some-apps-use-fake-progress-bars/517233/

        0 points
        • Mathieu MayerMathieu Mayer, over 5 years ago

          Yup, which is why I asked my question ;) It can be done manipulatively. Facebook used the same technique when saving privacy settings if you remember.

          0 points
    • James FutheyJames Futhey, over 5 years ago

      Looks really good!

      Kind of wish people would stop reinventing things though.

      0 points
  • Juan J. RamirezJuan J. Ramirez, over 5 years ago

    They missed a chance to name their tool YADT... Yet Another Design tool.

    2 points
  • Norm Sheeran, over 5 years ago

    This is going to be an interesting year!

    2 points
  • Ali Zendaki, over 5 years ago

    Nick, are their plans for deep extensibility from launch? (Plugins, API, etc)

    2 points
    • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

      Not from the first day of launch, no. We are however building these into the code from day one, so that once an ecosystem beings to grow around the product we can release these ;)

      0 points
  • josh burtonjosh burton, over 5 years ago

    Looks rad. 2018 the year designers design... and export to real code.

    2 points
  • Emile-Victor PortenartEmile-Victor Portenart, over 5 years ago

    Looks promising! Could you elaborate on the distinction of Phase vs what we know of Invision Studio?

    2 points
    • Andrew Washuta, over 5 years ago

      I would echo the same sentiment and question.

      0 points
    • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

      From what we’re seen of InVision studio, it seems like they’re taking the pre-made interactions approach again. That approach is never going to be as powerful as we need, and in the PR the InVision CEO himself even admits that they don’t really know how to get the full level of power in interactions that code tools give.

      3 points
  • Domas MarkeviciusDomas Markevicius, over 5 years ago

    Looks nice, though it's hard to comment more without seeing a real demo. If it really works, I would use it. Best of luck!

    1 point
  • Dustin Locke, over 5 years ago

    YOU get a design tool. and YOU get a design tool. and YOU get a design tool!

    1 point
  • Mattan IngramMattan Ingram, over 5 years ago

    I was worried this was going to be just another Sketch clone, but it really does look like they are taking some of the best bits from each tool while adding the much needed actual responsive design.

    Also good to hear they care about branching AND collaborating.

    Where are the other design tools discussing this stuff?

    1 point
  • Nick Dominguez, over 5 years ago

    Congratulations on your announcement and good luck on your launch!

    1 point
  • Jan SemlerJan Semler, over 5 years ago

    Looks promising! Just signed up for early access. 2018 seems to be the year of new design and motion applications, looking forward to everything...

    1 point
  • Oleh Matsko, over 5 years ago

    Nice project :)

    1 point
  • Zim Ger, over 5 years ago

    A new tool for design, so many tools, please decide the leader dear community... I can't pay for all of them.

    0 points
  • brian sheridan, over 5 years ago

    Thanks for the info and best of luck with the project.

    0 points
  • Pete Lonsdale, over 5 years ago

    Looks interesting. A few questions

    • Does this handle responsive design? as in components that can interact and respond to one another dependant upon screen size.
    • Does it have advanced typography settings?
    • What about colour management?
    • Are prototypes ran from the app or are they able to be shared publicly?
    0 points
    • Nick Budden, over 5 years ago

      “Does this handle responsive design? as in components that can interact and respond to one another dependant upon screen size.” Yep! We’ll have more info about exactly how in the coming weeks in detail, but the gist is with: states, layout, and a dynamically sized workspace.

      “Does it have advanced typography settings?” Oh yes. Not in v1. v1 is really focused just on the interactions. But we have really, really big plans here for the future.

      “What about colour management?” Same as above, not in v1 but it’s coming for sure :wink:

      “Are prototypes ran from the app or are they able to be shared publicly?” Both!

      0 points