[web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
Hey guys, I'm the friend who's been working on this with Charles. The decision to use Pyjamas came from desire to use the same language for the front- end and back-end. It has already paid off, we originally implemented both the clipping and recognition algorithms in the front-end, but later decided to move them to the back-end to reduce the front-end size/load-time. As an added bonus, having them on the back-end prevents copy-cats from reusing our code (not that we're against open- sourcing parts of it eventually, just not yet). We apologize for the bugs you guys mentioned, we're tweaking things as we go (part of being Agile). dederocks, for the color issue you mentioned, it has the default opacity at 0%, I get caught off-guard by that myself quite a bit too. Charles has just suggested that I switch to 100% opacity automatically if user picks a color when opacity is at 0%. Also, we're curious to know what you guys think about the interface. We've already got some feedback that the icons should be larger and some buttons moved around. We don't want to clutter the app with complicated menus, so we're aiming to maximize usability while minimizing the number of buttons. It's likely that the interface/menus will change a ton over the next few weeks based on user feedback. Also, for those of you using Macs, use Ctrl+Click instead of right- click. Thanks On Jul 28, 8:32 pm, Charles Law wrote: > Thanks everyone! My friend and I will be looking into all those bugs > and getting them fixed over the next couple days. > > We really appreciate the feedback and bug reports. Keep it coming! > > On Jul 28, 5:41 pm, Michele Comitini > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Charles, > > > That is excellent! I think that using pyjamas was a great choice of yours! > > > I also use it and I suggest it to anyone here that needs complex > > applications since web2py supports it very well. > > > mic > > > 2011/7/28 Charles Law : > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > My friend and I have been using Pyjamas and web2py for over a year > > > now, and we've decided to release our app. Our app is called Grafpad > > > (http://www.grafpad.com) and it is a vector-based drawing application > > > that allows users to hand-draw shapes then converts them to legible > > > shapes on the fly.
[web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
Thanks everyone! My friend and I will be looking into all those bugs and getting them fixed over the next couple days. We really appreciate the feedback and bug reports. Keep it coming! On Jul 28, 5:41 pm, Michele Comitini wrote: > Charles, > > That is excellent! I think that using pyjamas was a great choice of yours! > > I also use it and I suggest it to anyone here that needs complex > applications since web2py supports it very well. > > mic > > 2011/7/28 Charles Law : > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > My friend and I have been using Pyjamas and web2py for over a year > > now, and we've decided to release our app. Our app is called Grafpad > > (http://www.grafpad.com) and it is a vector-based drawing application > > that allows users to hand-draw shapes then converts them to legible > > shapes on the fly.
[web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
Very nice!
[web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
This is SO COOL :) By the way, if you go to grafpad.com, then click on your logo , you get an error: "Server Error! Sorry, there was an error with our server. Please continue to our homepage. "( homepage is a link) and clicking the link gets you to a 404 error ( that you drew with grafpag i guess ? it's made out of shapes ) telling you to report this to you if you got there by a valid link. I think i only followed valid links but i'll tell you to be sure.
[web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
Very cool!
[web2py] Re : Introducing Grafpad!
Hi Charles, Great application! Some bugs, though -- or I haven't understood how to use Grafpad properly: - Using FF, I tried to fill a form with color -- but it doesn't work. Right click on the form, select properties & choose a color -- nothing happens. - Also, I can't send you a feedback! Is it because I used it in demo mode? Thanks again, Andre
Re: [web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
amazing application congratulation guys On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Anthony wrote: > Very nice. Congratulations. > > Just added it to http://web2py.com/poweredby. > > Anthony > -- *-Furqan Rauf* *Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first. -Prophet Muhammad * *http://www.amway.com/furqanrauf*
[web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
Very nice. Congratulations. Just added it to http://web2py.com/poweredby. Anthony
[web2py] Re: Introducing Grafpad!
really cool! On Jul 27, 5:40 pm, Charles Law wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My friend and I have been using Pyjamas and web2py for over a year > now, and we've decided to release our app. Our app is called Grafpad > (http://www.grafpad.com) and it is a vector-based drawing application > that allows users to hand-draw shapes then converts them to legible > shapes on the fly. It also allows users to cut out or merge new shapes > using existing ones. The motivation for it was to make drawing on > computer more like drawing on a piece of paper but with the benefit of > creating legible presentations. The front-end is written in Pyjamas, > while the back-end is web2py. Web2py manages all the user accounts/ > settings, access control, and protects all our exciting algorithms > behind JSONRPC calls. > > The app is still an alpha version, so be gentle with it :). It should > run on all browsers except earlier versions of IE (IE9 should work). > There are still some annoying browser-related bugs: for example, > zooming in in Chrome/Safari causes weird screen issues (started > happening after they implemented hardware acceleration). > > One of the reasons we've released Grafpad is to participate in the > Lean Startup Challenge (http://www.leanstartupchallenge.com/). The > point of the challenge is to train startups to use agile development > principles in order to achieve the best customer fit and avoid making > a product nobody wants. As part of the challenge we would appreciate > any feedback from those interested in trying it. We really want to > understand how to improve Grafpad so it becomes an intuitive app. My > friend, who is the CEO, will be posting our weekly progress on his > blog as well, for those interested in reading it:http://pyjsblog.blogspot.com/ > > Thanks!
