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Uxbox – The open-source prototyping tool

188 points by simonpure 7y ago

chrisweekly 7y ago
Is there more here than "coming soon"?
swlkr 7y ago
Pretty cool that it's written in clojure https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox
- big_chungus 7y ago
  Yes, though I wonder how it will affect the ability of others to contribute to the project. The upside to, say, C++ is that tons of people can contribute.
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k1e 7y ago
Looks very similar to another open-source prototyping tool: http://pencil.evolus.vn/ http://pencil.evolus.vn/ https://github.com/evolus/pencil https://github.com/evolus/pencil
- xmichael999 7y ago
  pencil kicks ass, blows omnigraffle out of the water and you don't have to find with omnigraffle every few weeks when they do an update and claim again that your license is invalid or pirated!
  - big_chungus 7y ago
    And funny, just did a search and found a cracked copy in under a minute. Looks like that DRM really works... It's like the "pls no pirate" messages on DVDs that pirates never see.
  - sbarre 7y ago
    For what it's worth, I'll share my counter-anecdote. I've never once had a license problem with Omnigraffle and I've been a paying customer for 10+ years.
sansnomme 7y ago
This makes for a brilliant alternative to Figma. Kudos to the author for building this.
- rchaud 7y ago
  How so? It already says it's in "development" stage, while Figma is a far more mature tool. The website doesn't even list the features of the tool. "Wireframing" is very broad. You can create wireframes in PowerPoint if you need to. Other functionality, like generating a clickable multi-screen prototype that can be loaded on a mobile device or shared with a client, that's more advanced functionality that's required for corporate design work.
lucasverra 7y ago
With So many vc Money the Space, what is your ambition of making this oss ?
pavlov 7y ago
Is this still actively worked on? Site is copyrighted 2017, and the Twitter account also seems to be silent since June 2017.
- windsurfer 7y ago
  I see activity on their GitHub from less than a month ago: https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop
- taneq 7y ago
  This is something I don't really understand about the open source community. If something's not being worked on right now then it's seen as useless, regardless of the current state of it. There are plenty of libraries, utilities etc. that haven't seen an update in years, because they're done and there's nothing more to add or take away.
krm01 7y ago
I'm running a UI/UX design firm for B2B software companies and we use Sketch, XD & Invision on a daily basis. (And constantly trying out new ones to see which improve our process). Would love to somehow collaborate and help take this product to the next level, since we'd be helping out to build the tool we ourselves want to use. Not sure how to get in contact, so please find my contact details in my bio.
- sbarre 7y ago
  I'd recommend getting in touch through their Github page, where the project is hosted and developed. Open an issue or submit your first pull request.
masukomi 7y ago
what does it DO? Like... you can't tell unless you sign up. All i know is that it generates SVGs and somehow this is related to creating prototypes.
dmix 7y ago
Can I please just test it without having to sign-in? If it's browser based there's really no excuse no to load it up immediately and let people explore it first.
- ben174 7y ago
  If there is no demo, there's no way I'm playing with it. Period.
  - dmix 7y ago
    They are targeting a sophisticated userbase. They aren’t fooling their target market into giving emails without trying it out first. Too many companies use emails as a metric over sales. Selling someone after the fact is much harder and no VC is caring about email only signup numbers.
jansan 7y ago
Site links to the official SVG spec. Does anyone else find it disturbing, that on the official W3C SVG website there is an announcement for a conference in 2016?
- deleted 7y ago
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keithnz 7y ago
I didn't make it past the signup. Just wanted to have a look... Also why not use standard identity providers? Also, why not make your front page actually say something useful? There are lots of words, no real content. Also, the project tool seems to indicate it's been dead for 4 months?
AdrienLemaire 7y ago
Looks like the demo has bugs (https://i.imgur.com/cSgIlWs.png https://i.imgur.com/cSgIlWs.png). Clicking on the "icons" icon doesn't show anything, but the readme picture (https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop#uxbox https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop#uxbox) clearly shows that it should open in the bottom left sidebar. I would have followed the project if it was more active, but no commits in 21 days for master branch, 28 days for develop branch and a diff of 246 commits between the 2 branches leaves me perplexed.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
Question to HN: is there any UI prototyping / wireframing tool out there than can handle a pen/stylus, the kind of Surface tablets and similar devices come with? I've recently got a Windows device with a pen and I would really love to use it for that purpose. I've tested several web and desktop solutions, and none of them could handle it in any useful way.
kyriakos 7y ago
Page copyright says 2017

188 points by simonpure 7y ago

chrisweekly 7y ago

Is there more here than "coming soon"?

swlkr 7y ago

Pretty cool that it's written in clojure https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox

big_chungus 7y ago
Yes, though I wonder how it will affect the ability of others to contribute to the project. The upside to, say, C++ is that tons of people can contribute.

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k1e 7y ago

Looks very similar to another open-source prototyping tool: http://pencil.evolus.vn/ http://pencil.evolus.vn/ https://github.com/evolus/pencil https://github.com/evolus/pencil

xmichael999 7y ago
pencil kicks ass, blows omnigraffle out of the water and you don't have to find with omnigraffle every few weeks when they do an update and claim again that your license is invalid or pirated!
- big_chungus 7y ago
  And funny, just did a search and found a cracked copy in under a minute. Looks like that DRM really works... It's like the "pls no pirate" messages on DVDs that pirates never see.
- sbarre 7y ago
  For what it's worth, I'll share my counter-anecdote. I've never once had a license problem with Omnigraffle and I've been a paying customer for 10+ years.

sansnomme 7y ago

This makes for a brilliant alternative to Figma. Kudos to the author for building this.

rchaud 7y ago
How so? It already says it's in "development" stage, while Figma is a far more mature tool. The website doesn't even list the features of the tool. "Wireframing" is very broad. You can create wireframes in PowerPoint if you need to. Other functionality, like generating a clickable multi-screen prototype that can be loaded on a mobile device or shared with a client, that's more advanced functionality that's required for corporate design work.

lucasverra 7y ago

With So many vc Money the Space, what is your ambition of making this oss ?

pavlov 7y ago

Is this still actively worked on? Site is copyrighted 2017, and the Twitter account also seems to be silent since June 2017.

windsurfer 7y ago
I see activity on their GitHub from less than a month ago: https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop
taneq 7y ago
This is something I don't really understand about the open source community. If something's not being worked on right now then it's seen as useless, regardless of the current state of it. There are plenty of libraries, utilities etc. that haven't seen an update in years, because they're done and there's nothing more to add or take away.

krm01 7y ago

I'm running a UI/UX design firm for B2B software companies and we use Sketch, XD & Invision on a daily basis. (And constantly trying out new ones to see which improve our process). Would love to somehow collaborate and help take this product to the next level, since we'd be helping out to build the tool we ourselves want to use. Not sure how to get in contact, so please find my contact details in my bio.

sbarre 7y ago
I'd recommend getting in touch through their Github page, where the project is hosted and developed. Open an issue or submit your first pull request.

masukomi 7y ago

what does it DO? Like... you can't tell unless you sign up. All i know is that it generates SVGs and somehow this is related to creating prototypes.

dmix 7y ago

Can I please just test it without having to sign-in? If it's browser based there's really no excuse no to load it up immediately and let people explore it first.

ben174 7y ago
If there is no demo, there's no way I'm playing with it. Period.
- dmix 7y ago
  They are targeting a sophisticated userbase. They aren’t fooling their target market into giving emails without trying it out first. Too many companies use emails as a metric over sales. Selling someone after the fact is much harder and no VC is caring about email only signup numbers.

jansan 7y ago

Site links to the official SVG spec. Does anyone else find it disturbing, that on the official W3C SVG website there is an announcement for a conference in 2016?

deleted 7y ago
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keithnz 7y ago

I didn't make it past the signup. Just wanted to have a look... Also why not use standard identity providers? Also, why not make your front page actually say something useful? There are lots of words, no real content. Also, the project tool seems to indicate it's been dead for 4 months?

AdrienLemaire 7y ago

Looks like the demo has bugs (https://i.imgur.com/cSgIlWs.png https://i.imgur.com/cSgIlWs.png). Clicking on the "icons" icon doesn't show anything, but the readme picture (https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop#uxbox https://github.com/uxbox/uxbox/tree/develop#uxbox) clearly shows that it should open in the bottom left sidebar. I would have followed the project if it was more active, but no commits in 21 days for master branch, 28 days for develop branch and a diff of 246 commits between the 2 branches leaves me perplexed.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

Question to HN: is there any UI prototyping / wireframing tool out there than can handle a pen/stylus, the kind of Surface tablets and similar devices come with? I've recently got a Windows device with a pen and I would really love to use it for that purpose. I've tested several web and desktop solutions, and none of them could handle it in any useful way.

kyriakos 7y ago