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"Time-saving" Generators for Designers

152 points by macos 15y ago

swombat 15y ago
These are actually pretty neat. Bookmarked.
brador 15y ago
These are great, but I'd like more things like Twitter bootstrap. Anyone know any?
- mindhunter 15y ago
  zurb released a comparable and quite beautiful framework called 'foundation' http://foundation.zurb.com/ http://foundation.zurb.com/
  - brador 15y ago
    Not seen that one before, thanks! I've also found skeleton: http://www.getskeleton.com/ http://www.getskeleton.com/
  - mkelley82 15y ago
    I discovered ZURB's Foundation 1-2 months ago, and I absolutely fell in love with it. My only problem is I started developing a site with it, and before I knew it they had already shipped out a new version - they are apparently at a stage where their release cycle is pretty quick. I ended up deciding to take a day to convert the project over to the latest version of Foundation, 2.1.3 as of this writing.... here is their github repository: https://github.com/zurb/foundation https://github.com/zurb/foundation - I love it.
maeon3 15y ago
I try so hard not to be bothered by his "pstck" slurping sound after every period of every sentence, but I can't quite do it. Pstck. Was going to upvote, but I'm not going to. tslsck. The lip smacking seems to get into my subconscious and makes my skin crawl. pslk.
- MagicClam 15y ago
  Huh?
  - maeon3 15y ago
    The pslick sound, at the end of every sentence. If you are hard of hearing I can run it through a speech to text program and have it report that "pslick" is not a valid sentence. It bugs the hell out of me and lots of people do it. Stop it. Its like farting on stage so the mic picks it up. The audience shouldent have to tell others that it is aggrevating.
    - callahad 15y ago
      I think you may be accidentally commenting on the wrong post. I don't see any video or audio on this post's link.
  - deleted 15y ago
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sgdesign 15y ago
I'm the guy who did Patternify, in case you have any questions/feedback.
- macos 15y ago
  where can i send you feed back
  - sgdesign 15y ago
    You can use the contact form on my site: http://sachagreif.com http://sachagreif.com or do it via twitter: http://twitter.com/SachaGreif http://twitter.com/SachaGreif
JonnieCache 15y ago
Another background pattern generator at http://www.patterncooler.com/ http://www.patterncooler.com/ It has a built in pattern editor, I think it uses some svg madness. It's very impressive.
kellishaver 15y ago
I was bored/tinkering a while back and wrote a couple little generators for creating favicons and/or 16x16px PNG icons, and one for creating CSS sprites from multiple images. They're nowhere near as polished, but functional. PNG/Favicon maker: http://ico.orng.us/ http://ico.orng.us/ CSS sprite generator: http://spritebuilder.orng.us/ http://spritebuilder.orng.us/
mrspeaker 15y ago
Do the quotes indicate that they think these are really not time savers?
- haldean 15y ago
  Yeah, that was my first thought as well. They seem really "useful".
  - ibisum 15y ago
    The quotes mean "sort of like" and are often used not just to indicate insincerity/corruption of the subject, but assimilation/similarity to the subject, as well. Similarity leaves room for both negative side, and a positive/different side, too.
  - nitrogen 15y ago
    Note to sibling comment by ibisum: it looks like your post on Easter Island heads have bodies got your account algo-killed.
- ChrisCooper 15y ago
  It could also be referring to some of the comments that the tools are addictive.
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jjets718 15y ago
What about Twitter Bootstrap? That's pretty useful.
DTrejo 15y ago
Please change the title to "Time-saving" Generators for Designers as per the guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mwsherman 15y ago
These are pretty helpful, especially for those of us who aren’t designers or don’t have them at beck and call. Favicons are a good example, as well as the little progress spinners.
mikeleeorg 15y ago
I love ColourLovers because I'm not always the best at selecting a color palette. So Pictaculous looks pretty neat too. I thought it was only going to give me the top few color averages of the photo I submitted, but it appears to be giving me more than that. Nice.
MaxGabriel 15y ago
While on this topic, anyone have a tool like this for creating iOS buttons? I've found a few but they've not worked
antichaos 15y ago
Shameless plug: http://www.neatgrid.com http://www.neatgrid.com for creating pixel-perfect grid layouts.
jongalloway2 15y ago
Fail for missing Cosby: http://cosby.secretgeek.net/ http://cosby.secretgeek.net/

152 points by macos 15y ago

swombat 15y ago

These are actually pretty neat. Bookmarked.

brador 15y ago

These are great, but I'd like more things like Twitter bootstrap. Anyone know any?

mindhunter 15y ago
zurb released a comparable and quite beautiful framework called 'foundation' http://foundation.zurb.com/ http://foundation.zurb.com/
- brador 15y ago
  Not seen that one before, thanks! I've also found skeleton: http://www.getskeleton.com/ http://www.getskeleton.com/
- mkelley82 15y ago
  I discovered ZURB's Foundation 1-2 months ago, and I absolutely fell in love with it. My only problem is I started developing a site with it, and before I knew it they had already shipped out a new version - they are apparently at a stage where their release cycle is pretty quick. I ended up deciding to take a day to convert the project over to the latest version of Foundation, 2.1.3 as of this writing.... here is their github repository: https://github.com/zurb/foundation https://github.com/zurb/foundation - I love it.

maeon3 15y ago

I try so hard not to be bothered by his "pstck" slurping sound after every period of every sentence, but I can't quite do it. Pstck. Was going to upvote, but I'm not going to. tslsck. The lip smacking seems to get into my subconscious and makes my skin crawl. pslk.

MagicClam 15y ago
Huh?
- maeon3 15y ago
  The pslick sound, at the end of every sentence. If you are hard of hearing I can run it through a speech to text program and have it report that "pslick" is not a valid sentence. It bugs the hell out of me and lots of people do it. Stop it. Its like farting on stage so the mic picks it up. The audience shouldent have to tell others that it is aggrevating.
  - callahad 15y ago
    I think you may be accidentally commenting on the wrong post. I don't see any video or audio on this post's link.
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]

sgdesign 15y ago

I'm the guy who did Patternify, in case you have any questions/feedback.

macos 15y ago
where can i send you feed back
- sgdesign 15y ago
  You can use the contact form on my site: http://sachagreif.com http://sachagreif.com or do it via twitter: http://twitter.com/SachaGreif http://twitter.com/SachaGreif

JonnieCache 15y ago

Another background pattern generator at http://www.patterncooler.com/ http://www.patterncooler.com/ It has a built in pattern editor, I think it uses some svg madness. It's very impressive.

kellishaver 15y ago

I was bored/tinkering a while back and wrote a couple little generators for creating favicons and/or 16x16px PNG icons, and one for creating CSS sprites from multiple images. They're nowhere near as polished, but functional. PNG/Favicon maker: http://ico.orng.us/ http://ico.orng.us/ CSS sprite generator: http://spritebuilder.orng.us/ http://spritebuilder.orng.us/

mrspeaker 15y ago

Do the quotes indicate that they think these are really not time savers?

haldean 15y ago
Yeah, that was my first thought as well. They seem really "useful".
- ibisum 15y ago
  The quotes mean "sort of like" and are often used not just to indicate insincerity/corruption of the subject, but assimilation/similarity to the subject, as well. Similarity leaves room for both negative side, and a positive/different side, too.
- nitrogen 15y ago
  Note to sibling comment by ibisum: it looks like your post on Easter Island heads have bodies got your account algo-killed.
ChrisCooper 15y ago
It could also be referring to some of the comments that the tools are addictive.

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jjets718 15y ago

What about Twitter Bootstrap? That's pretty useful.

DTrejo 15y ago

Please change the title to "Time-saving" Generators for Designers as per the guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mwsherman 15y ago

These are pretty helpful, especially for those of us who aren’t designers or don’t have them at beck and call. Favicons are a good example, as well as the little progress spinners.

mikeleeorg 15y ago

I love ColourLovers because I'm not always the best at selecting a color palette. So Pictaculous looks pretty neat too. I thought it was only going to give me the top few color averages of the photo I submitted, but it appears to be giving me more than that. Nice.

MaxGabriel 15y ago

While on this topic, anyone have a tool like this for creating iOS buttons? I've found a few but they've not worked

antichaos 15y ago

Shameless plug: http://www.neatgrid.com http://www.neatgrid.com for creating pixel-perfect grid layouts.

jongalloway2 15y ago

Fail for missing Cosby: http://cosby.secretgeek.net/ http://cosby.secretgeek.net/