Entomic
Dev tools
web development ide
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Pricing: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Live preview updating across devices works well
From 2 comments
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HNVery cool idea and excellent implementation, works amazingly well! While playing around with it I was just thinking that what this is doing is shifting the complexity of web…
cstrat on HN
Onboarding and polish are excellent
From 1 comment
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HN
Responsive design handling and device preview are strong
From 1 comment
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HN
Objections
Too code-focused for designers and too visual for coders
From 1 comment
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HN
Interface is busy and cluttered
From 1 comment
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HN
Only runs in Chrome; other browsers show a not-Chrome error
From 2 comments
“Oops… You’re not running Google Chrome.” You’re doing it wrong -.- (unless you’re doing the “negative publicity is still publicity” routine in which case meh)
SimeVidas on HNWhat's missing in non-chrome browsers to get it to run?
fabrice_d on HN
Visual DOM editing is harder than writing markup
From 1 comment
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HN
Requests
Add a free or beta option for HN visitors
From 3 comments
This looks pretty neat. I think that, even if not in the long term, for a launch like this, HN people will want to see the more visible "free" option to better evaluate your…
codezero on HNI'd love one to kick the tires for awhile.
tmchow on HNHook me up if it's possible :-)
NicoJuicy on HN
Support Firefox and other browsers in the IDE
From 2 comments
How am I being an asshole? The message I proposed is factually correct and, equally important, honest. Their current message "Oops... you're not using Chrome" is not recommended,…
SimeVidas on HN“Oops… You’re not running Google Chrome.” You’re doing it wrong -.- (unless you’re doing the “negative publicity is still publicity” routine in which case meh)
SimeVidas on HN
Jump from preview to the DOM node in the editor
From 1 comment
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HN
Questions
Why are the PNG images so large (4MB each)?
From 1 comment
Wow! this is an extremely impressive product. Your on-boarding process was excellent. Seeing the preview site update on my iPad in real-time was very effective - well done. In…
ux-app on HN
What is missing in non-Chrome browsers?
From 1 comment
What's missing in non-chrome browsers to get it to run?
fabrice_d on HN