Markupwand
Dev tools
design to code converter
SHOW HN2012
342points
127comments
#28of 1,677 in 2012
Top 2%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
15 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 16 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 6 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 8 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive automatic conversion quality
From 3 comments
Very impressive ! and I am sure many people will use this service .. About the quality of code that it generates : I don't mind setting some on in my team to work on optimizing…
ing33k on HNWow, nice work. This looks great.
lincolnq on HNThis. is. awesome. Super cool
brettcvz on HN
Fills a real need for designers who want to code
From 2 comments
I can see this as a great product for designers who would like to code, but don't have the time to learn. Now they can take this instant output and simply tweak it, which is a…
kirillzubovsky on HNThis is definitely a problem worth solving, and I am glad these guys are doing it. I've worked with designers who hated doing, and developers are not fond of it too. As it…
mehuln on HN
Objections
Generated HTML is non-semantic div soup with class soup CSS
From 2 comments
As a visual designer who has learned to code, I feel that this is not a good idea for the simple fact that it outputs non-semantic HTML (divs are not semantic HTML) and CSS…
brianfryer on HN> How on earth are div's non-semantic? Most things on a page are just "boxes" -- not lists or links or images or paragraphs, just boxes. And div's are the correct thing to use in…
brianfryer on HN
Output uses fixed widths and pixel units, not fluid layouts
From 2 comments
Are you guys looking into methods that don't apply widths and pixel-perfect margin/padding to everything? Obviously much harder, but until these converters can do that they just…
ianstormtaylor on HNThe problem with this and other photoshop > CSS tools, is that you're still stuck with Photoshop. We should be elevating design by designing web native and making it beautiful,…
splatcollision on HN
Requires Photoshop, which is costly
From 2 comments
The problem with this and other photoshop > CSS tools, is that you're still stuck with Photoshop. We should be elevating design by designing web native and making it beautiful,…
splatcollision on HNDoes Markupwand use scripted Photoshop instances in the background? And if so, how did you manage to work around the fact that the standard Photoshop license does not permit such…
nimbix on HN
Requests
Offline version
From 1 comment
is there a offline version available ?
rikacomet on HN
Support for Fireworks and PNG input
From 1 comment
How about PNG? Is it just me here using Fireworks for web design?
grigy on HN
Bulk upload and Safari support
From 1 comment
Drag and drop to upload doesn't work in Safari. Nor does the progress bar, or selecting multiple files.
tambourine_man on HN
Questions
How does it work technically
From 2 comments
How does it work?
chetan51 on HNHow on earth does this not use absolute positioning, but actually figuring out the full width of text boxes, whether they are expandable vertically or not, etc.? I'd love some…
crazygringo on HN
Is it using scripted Photoshop and does that violate licensing
From 1 comment
Does Markupwand use scripted Photoshop instances in the background? And if so, how did you manage to work around the fact that the standard Photoshop license does not permit such…
nimbix on HN
Alternatives named
CSSHat
From 2 comments
Is this any different than csshat?
massarog on HNExactly. Not taking advantage of what you can do - and how easy you can do it - in the code right away just means more time wasted. Once you get the basic layout out, all…
mnicole on HN
Adobe Muse
From 1 comment
Awesome! Really psyched to try it out...I was about to go down the path of trying CSS Hat but I'll give this a shot first. Any thoughts on where tools like Adobe Muse…
kevinbluer on HN
Edit Room
From 1 comment
The problem with this and other photoshop > CSS tools, is that you're still stuck with Photoshop. We should be elevating design by designing web native and making it beautiful,…
splatcollision on HN