Webflow
Dev tools
visual website design tool
SHOW HN2013
503points
132comments
#11of 1,739 in 2013
Top 1%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
43 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 16 critical, out of 94 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Idea: 11 for, 3 againstDesign: 9 for, 4 againstExecution: 9 for, 4 againstPerformance: 3 for, 4 againstPricing: 3 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for designers bridging design and code
From 2 comments
Holy wow, great work guys! This is exactly the type of tool a lot of designers are looking for to bridge the gap between design and code (or at least get their feet wet before…
mnicole on HNThis is so well done. Really impressive. It seems like a great tool for both designers and developers. The more I develop responsive sites, the more I realize how difficult and…
johnnyn on HN
Objections
Hosting lock-in; users want to export their designs
From 3 comments
Looks great! One thing: Please don't force me to host my stuff with you. I'd rather pay twice to have the freedom to dl my designs. Also: Let me pay-as-I-go. As a designer I'd…
digitalengineer on HNGreat work! I agree that importing a current site/design would be a killer feature. But, forcing to host is a non-starter...and would probably cause more issues for your company…
ActVen on HNCount me as another vote for exporting the data. I wouldn't hire your hosting, but I'd take a look at it if it was an independent tool. Anyway, I'm signing for updates because I…
marcosdumay on HN
Only works in Chrome at launch; Firefox and Safari quirks
From 3 comments
Co-founder here. My brother and I quit our jobs 7 months ago, and have been working on this day and night off of our savings since then. The CSS Playground is a preview of our…
callmevlad on HNThere are still a few quirks in Safari, but since it's Webkit it does mostly work. Thank you!
callmevlad on HN"The Webflow CSS Playground currently works in Google Chrome and Chrome Canary." Another fine example of how Chrome is the new IE6...
prelud on HN
Does not work well on mobile devices
From 3 comments
Doesnt flow right on my htc desire. Both horizontal and vertical orientation. Seems like the width is always larger than the screen.
polskibus on HNIt doesn't really work on an iPhone. Not super responsive to my trying to scroll. But I'm excited to check it out otherwise.
kdazzle on HNDoesnt seem to work on android + chrome.
d2ncal on HN
Requests
Ability to export code
From 1 comment
Co-founder here. My brother and I quit our jobs 7 months ago, and have been working on this day and night off of our savings since then. The CSS Playground is a preview of our…
callmevlad on HN
Import existing CSS and frameworks such as Bootstrap
From 3 comments
Very well done. Without looking at the docs (sorry) can you import existing css files and full-on frameworks? That's the #1 thing I'd be looking to use. jsFiddle is great but the…
wheaties on HNLooks great! One thing: Please don't force me to host my stuff with you. I'd rather pay twice to have the freedom to dl my designs. Also: Let me pay-as-I-go. As a designer I'd…
digitalengineer on HNThanks! These are some of the questions we've been mulling over. We are working on importing existing CSS, but as far as importing the framework - that's another hurdle. We will…
thesergie on HN
Pay-as-you-go pricing
From 2 comments
Looks great! One thing: Please don't force me to host my stuff with you. I'd rather pay twice to have the freedom to dl my designs. Also: Let me pay-as-I-go. As a designer I'd…
digitalengineer on HNwhat about also basing it on saved designs? the first x are free, then it costs y for additional
mkeung on HN
Questions
How the product will be monetized
From 1 comment
Super awesome and very well done, just played with this for a couple minutes..love how you can choose the different platforms on the left and side and when you click on an…
massarog on HN
Release date
From 1 comment
This is very impressive! I'd love to use this on new projects. I have some new projects coming up just around the corner. Do you have any ideas when you plan to release?
hadem on HN
Alternatives named
Jetstrap
From 2 comments
Hey guys, looks really awesome. I built Jetstrap (http://jetstrap.com/) which is attacking the problem in a different way for probably a different type of user, but this is…
yesimahuman on HNLots of companies I know use a custom version of bootstrap as their styleguide/pattern library. I'd pay a lot for a functionality that can enable us to use our visually different…
uxabhishek on HN
Divshot and Easel
From 2 comments
Divshot vs. Easel vs. Webflow: Go.
webwielder on HNLots of companies I know use a custom version of bootstrap as their styleguide/pattern library. I'd pay a lot for a functionality that can enable us to use our visually different…
uxabhishek on HN
Adobe Edge Reflow
From 1 comment
Lots of companies I know use a custom version of bootstrap as their styleguide/pattern library. I'd pay a lot for a functionality that can enable us to use our visually different…
uxabhishek on HN
Stylizer
From 1 comment
Looks very nice, reminds me of http://www.stylizerapp.com/ with added mobile/responsive
fduran on HN