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The tutorial is well done and fluid is very fun to use. I love how simple it is to setup simple transitions and "play" the app. Dragging a page into the trashc

The tutorial is well done and fluid is very fun to use. I love how simple it is to setup simple transitions and "play" the app. Dragging a page into the trashcan is inconsistent with deleting an element by hitting the trashcan button; it took me a bit of frustration to figure out. There's no way to figure out what the buttons do short of clicking on them to figure it out. Most features are intuitive but as evidenced by the "Actually it looks to me like it's only for iPhone design." comment the UI could use a little more explanation (there's no rule against using an icon /and/ text for menu options). I really don't understand why there are so many negative comments, this is very nicely done and I can see it being useful. I'll definitely give using it a shot on my next mobile project.

splatcollision 14y ago
I too was impressed with the smoothness of the UI transitions, and the zoomed-out view. Engaging to play around with. Same confusion about menus - they jump around quite a bit, it's hard to re-focus on relatively small controls that are in a slightly different spot each time. I'm somewhat guilty of this as well, so take the feedback as you may. Lots of templates, almost overwhelming. Looks great for detailed app interface prototyping. I wonder about the code it exports - One of my goals with Edit Room is to have semantic, clean HTML and CSS that is as close to production-ready as needed, with skilled developers picking up the design prototypes, in close collaboration with designers using the app. For more general communication designs, do check it out: http://www.edit-room.com http://www.edit-room.com (my project). It is perhaps more suited to the web design and publishing workflow. Edit Room takes up the task of complete visual design + prototyping. Inspired by AE and PS, but streamlined and focused on building high-fidelity, live, shareable prototype HTML/CSS documents. The visual design and animation editor generates flexible, responsive layouts that look exactly like what you've created on-screen. Etc... Oh, it works just fine with Firefox. Cheers, and good luck with Fluid!
- IanHannigan 14y ago
  Thanks so much - The Edit Room looks very interesting, I like the immediate connection - will check it out some more. If you'd like to talk, drop me a line on ian@fluidui.com Cheers, Ian
IanHannigan 14y ago
Thanks for your kind words Brian. With the trashcan there are two ways to delete a widget - you can drag the widget to the trash just as with pages or you can use the button in the menu if you want less mouse movement for the action. We thought in that case that offering both methods is optimal. Cheers, Ian

splatcollision 14y ago

I too was impressed with the smoothness of the UI transitions, and the zoomed-out view. Engaging to play around with. Same confusion about menus - they jump around quite a bit, it's hard to re-focus on relatively small controls that are in a slightly different spot each time. I'm somewhat guilty of this as well, so take the feedback as you may. Lots of templates, almost overwhelming. Looks great for detailed app interface prototyping. I wonder about the code it exports - One of my goals with Edit Room is to have semantic, clean HTML and CSS that is as close to production-ready as needed, with skilled developers picking up the design prototypes, in close collaboration with designers using the app. For more general communication designs, do check it out: http://www.edit-room.com http://www.edit-room.com (my project). It is perhaps more suited to the web design and publishing workflow. Edit Room takes up the task of complete visual design + prototyping. Inspired by AE and PS, but streamlined and focused on building high-fidelity, live, shareable prototype HTML/CSS documents. The visual design and animation editor generates flexible, responsive layouts that look exactly like what you've created on-screen. Etc... Oh, it works just fine with Firefox. Cheers, and good luck with Fluid!

IanHannigan 14y ago
Thanks so much - The Edit Room looks very interesting, I like the immediate connection - will check it out some more. If you'd like to talk, drop me a line on ian@fluidui.com Cheers, Ian

IanHannigan 14y ago

Thanks for your kind words Brian. With the trashcan there are two ways to delete a widget - you can drag the widget to the trash just as with pages or you can use the button in the menu if you want less mouse movement for the action. We thought in that case that offering both methods is optimal. Cheers, Ian