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I struggled to find the demos from a deep-linked page. I think a nav item called "examples" would be handy. It's the most important thing I want to see with thi

by taitems 15y ago

I struggled to find the demos from a deep-linked page. I think a nav item called "examples" would be handy. It's the most important thing I want to see with this kind of software, as the proof is really in the pudding. Also investing the time in creating some more impressive animations would really sell this to people. If you don't have the knack for it yourself, outsource it to a designer or, dare I say it, make a competition out of it.

pavlov 15y ago
There's a handful of examples at the top of the landing page (blue box with heading "Watch some examples"). Is it poorly placed or too small maybe...? I'll add a nav item for it to the menu. Anyway, I hear what you say about the need for impressive examples. I don't have the talent for that; my current examples are certainly not too interesting. I guess I'll have to invest some money into it... (Since Radi is free, it's not making me anything, and so far it's been strictly a hobby project. Maybe it's time to take it a bit further.)
- MonkoftheFunk 15y ago
  Any future in porting it to Win? Any inspiration from Adobe Edge? I am happy that there are more and more potential replacements for flash in this respect, hopefuly this will also make it easier for versioning control and branch merges.
  - pavlov 15y ago
    I made a preliminary effort towards a Windows port a few months ago. It's running, but not really usable. Here's a screenshot: http://radiapp.com/radi-windows-sshot-20110805.jpg http://radiapp.com/radi-windows-sshot-20110805.jpg I haven't looked deeply at Edge since the initial release. One fundamental difference is that Radi's output is completely custom rendering into either <canvas> or <video>, while Edge uses CSS for animation. I wrote a blog post about that with lots more detail: [1] Although there's some overlap, the approaches are basically complementary. Hence I'm hoping to make Radi into not so much a competitor to apps like Edge and Hype, but rather a more creation-oriented tool that can be used together with these other apps that focus more on building entire sites. Now that e-books are becoming basically HTML5 packages, I'm hoping to find some opportunity for Radi in that market as well... But I haven't done any deeper research into that yet. [1] http://lacquer.fi/pauli/blog/2011/08/why-radi-uses-canvas/ http://lacquer.fi/pauli/blog/2011/08/why-radi-uses-canvas/
    - MonkoftheFunk 15y ago
      Wow nice, great Blog post, that should be a HN link in it's self! I will be watching for an windows version and keep up with your twitter/blog.

by taitems 15y ago

pavlov 15y ago

There's a handful of examples at the top of the landing page (blue box with heading "Watch some examples"). Is it poorly placed or too small maybe...? I'll add a nav item for it to the menu. Anyway, I hear what you say about the need for impressive examples. I don't have the talent for that; my current examples are certainly not too interesting. I guess I'll have to invest some money into it... (Since Radi is free, it's not making me anything, and so far it's been strictly a hobby project. Maybe it's time to take it a bit further.)

MonkoftheFunk 15y ago
Any future in porting it to Win? Any inspiration from Adobe Edge? I am happy that there are more and more potential replacements for flash in this respect, hopefuly this will also make it easier for versioning control and branch merges.
- pavlov 15y ago
  I made a preliminary effort towards a Windows port a few months ago. It's running, but not really usable. Here's a screenshot: http://radiapp.com/radi-windows-sshot-20110805.jpg http://radiapp.com/radi-windows-sshot-20110805.jpg I haven't looked deeply at Edge since the initial release. One fundamental difference is that Radi's output is completely custom rendering into either <canvas> or <video>, while Edge uses CSS for animation. I wrote a blog post about that with lots more detail: [1] Although there's some overlap, the approaches are basically complementary. Hence I'm hoping to make Radi into not so much a competitor to apps like Edge and Hype, but rather a more creation-oriented tool that can be used together with these other apps that focus more on building entire sites. Now that e-books are becoming basically HTML5 packages, I'm hoping to find some opportunity for Radi in that market as well... But I haven't done any deeper research into that yet. [1] http://lacquer.fi/pauli/blog/2011/08/why-radi-uses-canvas/ http://lacquer.fi/pauli/blog/2011/08/why-radi-uses-canvas/
  - MonkoftheFunk 15y ago
    Wow nice, great Blog post, that should be a HN link in it's self! I will be watching for an windows version and keep up with your twitter/blog.