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Show HN: I made a drag and drop website builder that works on mobile
- HardwareLust 5y agoNo offense, but some of those "themes" are hilariously bad. I love it! The web has become far too homgenized and corporatized.
- TuringTest 5y agoI have no idea how half the editor controls work (on Desktop). How do you assign colors to a button? There's no 'accept' action in the color picker, 'X' closes it without assigning the color, and clicking on the color rectangle changes it randomly on mouse over, before you can apply it. Is this supposed to be mobile only?
- amilios 5y agoThe landing page is quite noisy, what with the marquee text and the top and bottom text banners, etc. I would recommend simplifying things a bit and going with a cleaner look, right now it kinda reminds me of the style of websites in the early 2000s. Of course if that's what you were going for carry on lol. The actual editor itself is quite nice, good job!
- smusamashah 5y agoConversely, I like the landing page very much. I believe author made it the way it is intentionally.
- okozzie 5y agoYep, completely intentional haha. Wanted to make something unconventional
- gregoriol 5y agoUnconventional may be cool, but as it is now the page is not usable, not clear, and actually annoying. If you want to make a product out of it, it would be a good idea to rework it around some softer touches and more professional feel.
- graphpapa 5y agoI assume the intended market is people who like this style It may still be confusing though that’s another point
- jkeat 5y agoI think it’s kitschy in a cool way! Kind of like mmm.page
- pineconewarrior 5y agoThis is definitely intentional. However, there are certainly ways the design could be improved while staying true to the style. I really like what they're doing though!
- slaymaker1907 5y agoThat was my favorite part of this page, very nostalgic.
- miki_tyler 5y ago100%.
- calgoo 5y agoYea reminded me of the geocities days where everyone had a page that was under construction (with blinking text and construction worker clip art).
- unobatbayar 5y agoI like the classic alert("Coming soon"); when Explore tab is clicked. How long did it take for you to make this?
- jugg1es 5y agoThe googly eyes really make this.
- miki_tyler 5y agoI like how you went full brutalist in your design, very unconventional.
- okozzie 5y agoAppreciate it!
- thebradbain 5y agoI absolutely love this style, web-brutalism is refreshing to me absolutely every time I see it (which is not nearly enough) Have you ever checked out https://brutalistwebsites.com https://brutalistwebsites.com? Yours and your demos would fit right in!
- throwaway984393 5y agoThis is ugly as hell and I love it The tutorial thingy is great! I recommend some "under construction" gifs where the "COMING SOON" text is; maybe it's too nostalgic but it just seems like it would fit
- okozzie 5y agoLOL thanks! Major update coming next week also!
- framecowbird 5y agoI love the style!! Satisfyingly retro, reminds me of the joy of early internet pages, before all these cookie-cutter super clean designs came along.
- okozzie 5y agoHaha, appreciate it!
- 650 5y agoPossible to return HTML/CSS/JS instead of a .straw page? I know tons who would use it if that was possible.
- d--b 5y agoLooks great. You should package that stuff in an app. Kids these days love their apps.
- tobyjsullivan 5y agoThis is great! I've been designing something similar (but different) recently. The interactions like dragging on the grid to add an element are genuinely brilliant.
- okozzie 5y agoHey guys, quick update: HUGE update is releasing next week. It will include a blogging platform (with a notion-like editor), where you can design your own theme + more! Twitter for updates: https://twitter.com/okozzie_ https://twitter.com/okozzie_
- soco 5y agoIt could be nice to have a multilingual page option on the paid plan. All page creators I know are a drag (some more some less) and you can get language switches only with ugly workarounds.
- princeofxanadu 5y agoDamn. That's an ugly website. I'd be interested to know if your are making or will ever make money from this.
- nedp 5y agoI'm no dang but... > Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- breakfastduck 5y agoGod forbid someone not take themselves so seriously :)
- username91 5y agoThis is so great. I love the chunky grid layout when positioning. The eyes and other ridiculousness is what made me wanna try it out. Everyone's branding these days is so boring. Great work. :D
- s_c_r 5y agoI got an SSL error, fyi. ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID
- okozzie 5y agoDamn, what page caused the error?
- dangoor 5y agoVery cool to see a competitor to mmm.page. I think this is an absolutely awesome direction to get more people making their own, unique personal sites. Great work, and I look forward to seeing your huge update!
- XCSme 5y agoI didn't understand anything from the landing page (on a 4k screen). I tried to understand what it promotes, but it was way to messy, so I left.