37 comments

  • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

    A while back I posted about this design tool I've been working on. I've made some progress since then and I'd love to hear some feedback.

    The goal is to provide a a simple workspace where designers can brainstorm and build clickable prototypes quickly and easily.

    6 points
  • Allan GrinshteinAllan Grinshtein, almost 9 years ago

    I'm impressed. Where are you going with this?

    3 points
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Thanks! The plan for now is to keep improving it. I'd like to add things like:

      • Easing
      • Keyframe animations
      • Element states (hover, focus etc.)
      • Better inspector (multiple borders, box shadows etc.)
      • Better drawing tools (Undo/redo, rotation etc.)

      I also have plans for things like collaboration, code output/integration, live data import etc. but that's way down the line.

      If people like it and I can think of a name for the damn thing, I'm hoping to turn it into a SaaS app.

      6 points
  • alec salec s, almost 9 years ago

    Wow, I've only used it for a few moments and I can see the potential. Definitely impressed. I'll give it a shot this week and return with feedback :)

    2 points
  • Pierre VerrierPierre Verrier, almost 9 years ago

    I want to start by saying: good work Colm! That intro tutorial was quite nice.

    Have you thought of adding some sort of 'guides' ?

    Also, to increase understanding of tools to left instantly, maybe have 2 versions of that bar - one with tool tips showing, which you can dismiss to view the minified version with icons only.

    Just a few pennies. I will follow your progress. Keep up the good work bud!

    2 points
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Thanks Pierre, really appreciate the feedback!

      By 'guides', do you mean tutorials? When I launch beta I'm planning to provide some short video tutorials.

      You might have a good point with the toolbar. I'll probably add a lot more hints and tooltips soon.

      0 points
      • Pierre VerrierPierre Verrier, almost 9 years ago

        You betcha Colm! It's my pleasure.

        By guides, which didn't really need to be quotes, I mean't vertical and horizontal lines that serve as guidelines a user can setup to structure their canvas. I see that you have a version of smart guides already in place.

        Also, I'm certain a few short video tutorials never hurt anyone :)

        Looking forward to seeing the evolution from the strong base. Cheers

        0 points
  • Tom GantzerTom Gantzer, almost 9 years ago

    I love the contextual menus (The "align" dialog options appearing when selecting multiple elements made me smile)

    I'd say interactions are a little confusing. What is affected when what is pressed? The order could be reversed and it would be just as clear.

    Will have a proper play later tonight. Nice progress!

    2 points
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Cheers Tom! I must say, I'm pretty fond of those align buttons myself :) I'm trying to keep the chrome to a minimum to free up as much canvas space as possible.

      Yeah interactions are missing some input labels, maybe some better tooltips. I might also re-arrange the order of the inputs.

      Let me know if you have anymore feedback. Thanks.

      0 points
  • Shaun DowlingShaun Dowling, almost 9 years ago

    Nice work, i can see my self paying for it when its complete. Kudos!

    1 point
  • Shane McCleeryShane McCleery, almost 9 years ago

    This looks amazing Colm. I can't wait to get my hands on it and play around. Exactly what I've been wanting out of a prototyping design tool. If I had more thumbs, I'd put them all up.

    1 point
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Thanks Shane, great to hear!

      If you think of any specific features or improvements you'd like to see, let me know :)

      1 point
  • Michael SchultzMichael Schultz, almost 9 years ago

    Excellent! Love how simple it is to create a quick and dirty clickable prototype. Tools like Sketch to a terrible job of this. I would use this ALL THE TIME! Not only that, but this is something that non-designers in the office could use to share their ideas.

    Found some small bugs, like I wasn't able to change font color after a while. So cool that you bring in the OSX color picker. Didn't even know that was possible.

    Keep it up and let us know if you need anything in the mean time. I would gladly pay for this product.

    1 point
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Awesome feedback mate, thanks!

      I added font color to the to-do list. Any other features you'd like to see? What would you like to see me work on next?

      0 points
    • Cihad TurhanCihad Turhan, almost 9 years ago

      Lol, this is default color picker for HTML5. Simply write:

      <input type="color">

      0 points
  • Kevin HaggertyKevin Haggerty, almost 9 years ago

    Nice work Colm - Its nice and clean, I like the double-click menus for object properties.

    1 point
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Thanks Kevin. I'm sure you've noticed I used Shorthand for the interactions. I'm planning to submit a PR soon with the custom functions.

      0 points
      • Kevin HaggertyKevin Haggerty, almost 9 years ago

        That is awesome. I am also building Shorthand into the next version of Edit Room and will even expose it as generated, hoping it gains some traction on its own!

        0 points
  • Jenny MaJenny Ma, almost 9 years ago

    I love this a bunch already. Is email an ideal way for me to get in touch with you, Colm? I have some thoughts I'd love to share.

    Cheers, Jenny Ma

    0 points
  • Jeff CouturierJeff Couturier, almost 9 years ago

    Bummer that it only works in Chrome :( Firefox and I are friends.

    0 points
  • Daniel WinterDaniel Winter, almost 9 years ago

    It's quite good but I find the double click to edit options a bit tiring. Maybe a fixed sidebar a la sketch 3 might help there?

    Besides of that: Good work!

    0 points
  • Braden HammBraden Hamm, almost 9 years ago

    I really like the "learn by doing" tutorial.

    But I have been trying to add an interaction to the button for a few minutes and still can't figure it out. It's very unclear to me.

    Great start though.

    0 points
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Yeah it needs a lot more work. I'll try to explain:

      button1 toggle rect1 click

      That would mean, when you click button1, it would toggle the visibility of rect1.

      Then you need to click the "preview" icon to go to preview mode and try it out. That icon is the browser window icon, second from the bottom at the bottom of the toolbar.

      0 points
      • Daniel WinterDaniel Winter, almost 9 years ago

        that was a bit unclear to me aswell. especially because the menu where you're editing this overlaps the tutorial text.

        1 point
  • Utku CanUtku Can, almost 9 years ago

    This is a great start Colm.

    As a heads up, while playing with it, I found you can change the canvas number in the URL and see other people's work. For example: http://design-tool.herokuapp.com/canvases/12http://design-tool.herokuapp.com/canvases/385http://design-tool.herokuapp.com/canvases/323

    I know it's an alpha, but that's probably one worth fixing.

    Looking forward to seeing how you evolve this.

    0 points
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Thanks for the feedback mate.

      That's not actually a bug. Notice how the /edit is missing from the url. When you visit a canvas that you don't own, it redirects you to the preview mode for that canvas. So right now, all canvases are public, so you can share your work with guests/clients.

      In the future, I'll probably add the ability to make your work private.

      Let me know if you come across anything else :)

      1 point
    • Tom GantzerTom Gantzer, almost 9 years ago

      Yay, I am canvas 12!

      0 points
  • Zach UbbelohdeZach Ubbelohde, almost 9 years ago

    This is really awesome. I am looking forward to where you take this! Having a blast playing around at the moment.

    0 points
    • Colm TuiteColm Tuite, almost 9 years ago

      Cool, glad you're liking it :)

      If you think of any suggestions or come across any issues, let me know.

      0 points