4 ms·

Show HN: Monodraw for Mac, ASCII Art Editor – Beta Available

18 points by milen 12y ago

zyxley 12y ago
A nitpick: All the animated stuff in the properties sidebar is distracting and feels slow and annoying. Also, I might be tempted to pay $29.99, but $49.99 feels like too much to me for such a niche product, especially since that's more than some full-fledged multipurpose image editors like Pixelmator.
- milen 12y ago
  Thanks for the feedback :) Regarding animations, everything can be turned off (some people love them, others hate them). Check out the options in the Prefs window (Monodraw > Preferences from the menu bar).
milen 12y ago
First of all, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone on HN. Your support since the announcement has been instrumental in keeping me motivated. We've got tons of upcoming improvements and features, the launch of the beta is only the beginning of a much longer journey. If you have any suggestions or ideas, just add a comment in this thread or get in touch. I'll try to answer anything that comes up, so fire away :) _____ _ __ __ _ _ | ____|_ __ (_) ___ _ _ | \/ | ___ _ __ ___ __| |_ __ __ ___ _| | | _| | '_ \ | |/ _ \| | | | | |\/| |/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \ / _` | '__/ _` \ \ /\ / / | | |___| | | || | (_) | |_| | | | | | (_) | | | | (_) | (_| | | | (_| |\ V V /|_| |_____|_| |_|/ |\___/ \__, | |_| |_|\___/|_| |_|\___/ \__,_|_| \__,_| \_/\_/ (_) |__/ |___/
- m_eiman 12y ago
  If you have any suggestions or ideas, just add a comment in this thread or get in touch. Do contact them, they've been very responsive and helpful during the private beta!
ohrobot 12y ago
Will Monodraw be available on the Mac AppStore as well?
- milen 12y ago
  We haven't made a decision yet. Obviously, we cannot distribute beta software on the Mac App Store at the moment. Once we have the final v1 version, we will decide whether we will distribute on the MAS or not. In the mean time, you can just use the free beta (it will run for at least a few months).
sjs382 12y ago
There's also Pablodraw (http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/ http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/), which is also cross-platform using Mono. The use cases for these seem very different though. PabloDraw is more like PhotoShop for ASCII & ANSI, while MonoDraw seems more like Vizio?
- milen 12y ago
  You're absolutely right. Monodraw is tailored more at making diagrams but that's just the beginning. My long term plan is to make it the one-stop app to everything ASCII related.
- jquast 12y ago
  Much like PabloDraw and PhotoShop, Both products are closed source, so I'm still looking.
- pidg 12y ago
  Not forgetting the stalwart JavE (http://www.jave.de/ http://www.jave.de/), although it seems unmaintained, and isn't non-destructive/object-based/whatever you want to call it. I like Monodraw, and I know you're an indie developer, but the price seems bonkers for what it is, even at discount. If others pay it, though, I guess the price is right :)
drt 12y ago
Congrats on the launch!

18 points by milen 12y ago

A nitpick: All the animated stuff in the properties sidebar is distracting and feels slow and annoying. Also, I might be tempted to pay $29.99, but $49.99 feels like too much to me for such a niche product, especially since that's more than some full-fledged multipurpose image editors like Pixelmator.

milen 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback :) Regarding animations, everything can be turned off (some people love them, others hate them). Check out the options in the Prefs window (Monodraw > Preferences from the menu bar).

milen 12y ago

First of all, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone on HN. Your support since the announcement has been instrumental in keeping me motivated. We've got tons of upcoming improvements and features, the launch of the beta is only the beginning of a much longer journey. If you have any suggestions or ideas, just add a comment in this thread or get in touch. I'll try to answer anything that comes up, so fire away :) _____ _ __ __ _ _ | ____|_ __ (_) ___ _ _ | \/ | ___ _ __ ___ __| |_ __ __ ___ _| | | _| | '_ \ | |/ _ \| | | | | |\/| |/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \ / _` | '__/ _` \ \ /\ / / | | |___| | | || | (_) | |_| | | | | | (_) | | | | (_) | (_| | | | (_| |\ V V /|_| |_____|_| |_|/ |\___/ \__, | |_| |_|\___/|_| |_|\___/ \__,_|_| \__,_| \_/\_/ (_) |__/ |___/

m_eiman 12y ago
If you have any suggestions or ideas, just add a comment in this thread or get in touch. Do contact them, they've been very responsive and helpful during the private beta!

ohrobot 12y ago

Will Monodraw be available on the Mac AppStore as well?

milen 12y ago
We haven't made a decision yet. Obviously, we cannot distribute beta software on the Mac App Store at the moment. Once we have the final v1 version, we will decide whether we will distribute on the MAS or not. In the mean time, you can just use the free beta (it will run for at least a few months).

sjs382 12y ago

There's also Pablodraw (http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/ http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/), which is also cross-platform using Mono. The use cases for these seem very different though. PabloDraw is more like PhotoShop for ASCII & ANSI, while MonoDraw seems more like Vizio?

milen 12y ago
You're absolutely right. Monodraw is tailored more at making diagrams but that's just the beginning. My long term plan is to make it the one-stop app to everything ASCII related.
jquast 12y ago
Much like PabloDraw and PhotoShop, Both products are closed source, so I'm still looking.
pidg 12y ago
Not forgetting the stalwart JavE (http://www.jave.de/ http://www.jave.de/), although it seems unmaintained, and isn't non-destructive/object-based/whatever you want to call it. I like Monodraw, and I know you're an indie developer, but the price seems bonkers for what it is, even at discount. If others pay it, though, I guess the price is right :)

drt 12y ago

Congrats on the launch!