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Hi!, creator of Gimli here. i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have

tuckerwales 8y ago
I'm just wondering why you've posted before release? I was really excited to try it out, only to discover that it isn't released yet... :(
- gimliapp 8y ago
  Aw, well i'm glad you wanted to try it :) Too answer your question though. I've been working on Gimli for the last 18 months now. Using up my own savings, and the reality is that I can't afford to keep working on it for much longer. I would have loved to be able to present a finished and polished product but i'm just not there yet.
  - manigandham 8y ago
    I recommend releasing what you have now since you're about to get a lot of HN traffic. Use it for feedback and upsells while you have the chance.
    - rattray 8y ago
      +1, release it as beta. We know how to deal with broken software, everyone here makes it all the time :-) (At least, I do)
  - d3sandoval 8y ago
    Would love a way to sign up on a mailing list so I can get updates on when this will be released. Looks awesome and can't wait to try it!
    - franckl 8y ago
      +1 for the mailing list
    - gimliapp 8y ago
      Good suggestion! I will look into it.
  - sucrose 8y ago
    Okay, you've dedicated time to your project... but you haven't answered the question: why you've posted before release?
    - sfotm 8y ago
      I think it's to garner support for the kickstarter linked on the page.
  - pvg 8y ago
    You can't use Show HN for that, though. Take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
oschn 8y ago
How do you map the rendered dom elements to the php source files?
finchisko 8y ago
How much will it costs?
- gimliapp 8y ago
  The current pricing is available at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182057119/gimli https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182057119/gimli Its basically: 29$ for a 2 year license. 35$ for a 2 year license + beta access
  - manigandham 8y ago
    At least double those prices if this tool does what it looks like. Actually triple them and add a real buy button to see sell through.
    - brmgb 8y ago
      You should also ask for an email to send a free trial/inform people of the release in order to build a first prospect list.
    - mritchie712 8y ago
      I'd agree with this if it was ready now. I think a huge discount is warranted considering it's not actually available now and you're backing a Kickstarter.
    - MVorlm 8y ago
      Agreed. If this actually has the polish + features it promises then it's worth _far_ more than what's quoted on the KS page. $80-100 dollars minimum.
0xfeba 8y ago
Super minor... but when I start scrolling down on FF 66.0.1 the "Debug" and the URL in what I thought was a bg image get garbled/overlapped: https://imgur.com/qLhgM8u https://imgur.com/qLhgM8u
nkg 8y ago
One little thing: after watching the demo vid, Youtube suggest some related content. You can disable that. (I caught myself youtubing inside your landing page :D )
- jeroen 8y ago
  I think google removed that option.
  - airstrike 8y ago
    Could always use vimeo?
ThorinJacobs 8y ago
This looks really cool and definitely fills a need I've had when doing web front-end. Does the UI viewer work with dynamic content such as that loaded from a back-end (or say, from a sample .json file in the event that we want to skip the API call)? I've done a lot of work in WPF/MVVM applications where everything ends up becoming a ResourceDictionary and breaks the Visual Studio UI viewer, so I'm curious how you handle it. Also, do you have any plans to incorporate a compatibility view? It would be really cool if I could select an item from a combo box and see what my UI would look like in (say) IE or Opera
mig4ng 8y ago
I recommend that you make the app available for beta testing with some users. Maybe even releasing a beta version to the public, do not make the mistake of waiting until you have the perfect product. Other request/suggestion is to make it open source or at least free for personal use, it will bring a lot of users that will want to have the same tooling at their workplaces. Then you can have commercial licenses that you make corporations pay for. Keep the great work!
- mft_ 8y ago
  Agree - could you release an Alpha version via Kickstarter? I'd pay (say) 50 SEK for alpha access to play with it for a couple of months, and (if wanted) give feedback on bugs. You could always end alpha access at a given point (set date or once the beta release is out) and/or offer upgrades to the full package at a slight discount. No downside, apart from a little more complication for you, and you'd maybe get a bit of money even sooner...
turowicz 8y ago
How does this tie to working with Bootstrap-based custom css frameworks?
firemelt 8y ago
since its based on free and open source editor did it have a chance for a free version?
johnx123-up 8y ago
How is it better than Pingendo?

I'm just wondering why you've posted before release? I was really excited to try it out, only to discover that it isn't released yet... :(

gimliapp 8y ago
Aw, well i'm glad you wanted to try it :) Too answer your question though. I've been working on Gimli for the last 18 months now. Using up my own savings, and the reality is that I can't afford to keep working on it for much longer. I would have loved to be able to present a finished and polished product but i'm just not there yet.
- manigandham 8y ago
  I recommend releasing what you have now since you're about to get a lot of HN traffic. Use it for feedback and upsells while you have the chance.
  - rattray 8y ago
    +1, release it as beta. We know how to deal with broken software, everyone here makes it all the time :-) (At least, I do)
- d3sandoval 8y ago
  Would love a way to sign up on a mailing list so I can get updates on when this will be released. Looks awesome and can't wait to try it!
  - franckl 8y ago
    +1 for the mailing list
  - gimliapp 8y ago
    Good suggestion! I will look into it.
- sucrose 8y ago
  Okay, you've dedicated time to your project... but you haven't answered the question: why you've posted before release?
  - sfotm 8y ago
    I think it's to garner support for the kickstarter linked on the page.
- pvg 8y ago
  You can't use Show HN for that, though. Take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

oschn 8y ago

How do you map the rendered dom elements to the php source files?

finchisko 8y ago

How much will it costs?

gimliapp 8y ago
The current pricing is available at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182057119/gimli https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182057119/gimli Its basically: 29$ for a 2 year license. 35$ for a 2 year license + beta access
- manigandham 8y ago
  At least double those prices if this tool does what it looks like. Actually triple them and add a real buy button to see sell through.
  - brmgb 8y ago
    You should also ask for an email to send a free trial/inform people of the release in order to build a first prospect list.
  - mritchie712 8y ago
    I'd agree with this if it was ready now. I think a huge discount is warranted considering it's not actually available now and you're backing a Kickstarter.
  - MVorlm 8y ago
    Agreed. If this actually has the polish + features it promises then it's worth _far_ more than what's quoted on the KS page. $80-100 dollars minimum.

0xfeba 8y ago

Super minor... but when I start scrolling down on FF 66.0.1 the "Debug" and the URL in what I thought was a bg image get garbled/overlapped: https://imgur.com/qLhgM8u https://imgur.com/qLhgM8u

nkg 8y ago

One little thing: after watching the demo vid, Youtube suggest some related content. You can disable that. (I caught myself youtubing inside your landing page :D )

jeroen 8y ago
I think google removed that option.
- airstrike 8y ago
  Could always use vimeo?

ThorinJacobs 8y ago

This looks really cool and definitely fills a need I've had when doing web front-end. Does the UI viewer work with dynamic content such as that loaded from a back-end (or say, from a sample .json file in the event that we want to skip the API call)? I've done a lot of work in WPF/MVVM applications where everything ends up becoming a ResourceDictionary and breaks the Visual Studio UI viewer, so I'm curious how you handle it. Also, do you have any plans to incorporate a compatibility view? It would be really cool if I could select an item from a combo box and see what my UI would look like in (say) IE or Opera

mig4ng 8y ago

I recommend that you make the app available for beta testing with some users. Maybe even releasing a beta version to the public, do not make the mistake of waiting until you have the perfect product. Other request/suggestion is to make it open source or at least free for personal use, it will bring a lot of users that will want to have the same tooling at their workplaces. Then you can have commercial licenses that you make corporations pay for. Keep the great work!

mft_ 8y ago
Agree - could you release an Alpha version via Kickstarter? I'd pay (say) 50 SEK for alpha access to play with it for a couple of months, and (if wanted) give feedback on bugs. You could always end alpha access at a given point (set date or once the beta release is out) and/or offer upgrades to the full package at a slight discount. No downside, apart from a little more complication for you, and you'd maybe get a bit of money even sooner...

turowicz 8y ago

How does this tie to working with Bootstrap-based custom css frameworks?

firemelt 8y ago

since its based on free and open source editor did it have a chance for a free version?

johnx123-up 8y ago

How is it better than Pingendo?