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Show HN: Tilepieces - An open source project for visually editing
HTML documents
Hi all, My name is Simone Di Nuovo and i'm the creator of
tilepieces, an open source project to visually editing HTML
documents and Web applications. Tilepieces is a software that
allows you to create applications for editing HTML documents, using
some of the popular interfaces of the browser developer tools (with
which it is possible to integrate css edits). Tilepieces also
allows you to reuse your favorite code and libraries, and exposes
APIs that are useful for editing multiple files at a time. You can
start using tilepieces with its progressive web application version
at https://pwa.tilepieces.net! I will be happy to receive any
comments from you.
Author : dinuovos
Score : 94 points
Date : 2022-04-06 13:14 UTC (9 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (tilepieces.net)
(TXT) w3m dump (tilepieces.net)
| johnday wrote:
| Well done, seems like a cool project!
|
| A couple of comments right out of the gate on the UX/UI:
|
| - Why is the place where you create and browse projects called
| the "package manager"? I opened that expecting to find plug-ins
| or similar. (Might just be a language barrier issue.) "Projects
| view" or similar would be a better term.
|
| - The window-centric design aesthetic is quite unwelcoming to new
| users, especially if you have to start by opening some specific
| subset of the windows. Prefer some automated layouts, and
| preferably some kind of way to snap windows into panels
| photoshop-style.
|
| - If you are going to stick with a windows-first aesthetic, it's
| important that those windows behave as ergonomically as possible.
| For example, if I click within a window, that window should come
| to the front if multiple windows overlap.
|
| Best of luck with continued development!
| dinuovos wrote:
| Thank you so much for your feedback. Let me make some
| observations: The "package manager"
| (https://tilepieces.net/documentation/panels/package-
| manager....) is not only used for projects, but also to create
| / load / export components
| (https://tilepieces.net/documentation/data-
| structures/compone...), and to set the global properties of the
| application. So I think "Package Manager" is more appropriate
| than "Projects view".
|
| As for the windows (I think you talk about panels ->
| https://tilepieces.net/documentation/UI/panels.html) they can
| be set right, left, above, below (they are fixed below 1024px).
| They are certainly a bit .. rough/raw/sketched i think you
| could say... as everything to the UI, but at the moment I think
| the important thing is that they work.
|
| The third point you are referring to is a bug! I swear it
| worked until yesterday :)!
| [deleted]
| FreeHugs wrote:
| It gives me this error: error in reading
| settings
|
| (I'm using Firefox on Linux with uBlock Origin.)
| skynet_123 wrote:
| Well done. It's a really good project.
| detritus wrote:
| I'd avoid using the repeated phrase 'the best' as it's hard
| (/impossible) to qualify practically or in terms of comparative
| metrics. I'm sure what you've done is very good, but I'd be very
| wary of claims of it being 'the best'.
| jrm4 wrote:
| I'd avoid advice from people who nitpick the living heck out of
| reasonable marketing phrasing.
| diamondo25 wrote:
| So its a WYSIWYG editor?
| gavinray wrote:
| Interesting, thanks for sharing =)
|
| One suggestion: On the PWA playground, it would be nice if it
| loaded into a fully set up example app
|
| I was expecting something like this (or a button like "LOAD
| EXAMPLE"/EXAMPLES") but it opened to an empty workspace
| dinuovos wrote:
| Thank you so much for your feedback. what you say makes a lot
| of sense. I take this into consideration, but it must also be
| borne in mind that if I load templates into the PWA, the user
| has to install them every time (although maybe you could do
| some smart caching, but that's not the only point) and the same
| thing who use the node.js version.
|
| Please note that you can upload an existing project ->
| https://tilepieces.net/documentation/panels/package-
| manager/.... Zip a folder and start editing!
| zachrip wrote:
| I went to the "try online" immediately and couldn't figure
| out how to do anything, I even opened my console expecting an
| error..could pass a query param with that button that pops up
| some help text or something to get started.
| cssinate wrote:
| Came to say the exact same as the other replier to this
| comment. Jumped right in to demo it and couldn't figure out
| what to do so I gave up.
| dinuovos wrote:
| Thank you for your feedback. What a pity that you gave up.
| If you want you can continue watching the rest of the site.
| The videos in my opinion are very beautiful and
| descriptive. My partner did them all. You can find them all
| on the youtube channel.
| codegeek wrote:
| same for me. I opened the demo playground and couldn't
| figure out what to do with the blank screen. It is very
| confusing as a new user.
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