Oh PS. Here's my advice for making the best, top-notch, professional websites on the planet fast and for little money. Use the programs "Flux," "Hype," and "Pixelmator" in conjunction. With that trio, you've got the equivalent of about $1,000.00 worth of the unbelievably overpriced Adobe software - for about $165.00!!! I personally think the results are even better than with the Adobe equivalents, and they're a heck of a lot more fun to use. Even for experienced designers, using Adobe software is torture. I personally want web development and design to be an enjoyable experience myself, and it should be. Trust me, that's the magical trio - Flux, Hype, and Pixelmator. I'd personally have Coda there as well, but it's not at all necessary.
This app is outrageous! I think these guys were walking the fine line perfectly! Just what I wished existed, and I found it. A full on template-based editor like DreamWeaver is too much. It's easy, yet restricts and limits you if you DO know how to code fairly well. Coding 100% by hand is great, but too time consuming if you're busy. This is exactly what the doctor ordered! Here is an accurate assessment: If you do know how to code well, this is the greatest thing since ice cream if you're a busy person, because it does everything you can possibly want for developing a perfect website, WITH NO LIMITATIONS whatsoever! Why? Because you can fine-tune anything you want by hand to get things precisely the way you want them. It does the heavy lifting, lets you focus specifically on the design, and at the end, you fine-tune the code to get things EXACT. You still have full freedom just as you would with Coda or Espresso 2, yet you have the OPTION (that's the beauty - it's an OPTION) of letting FLUX code for you as you work with the actual DESIGN, not the code. I think coders tend to forget that it's about the DESIGN for the USER, it's not about the CODE for the CODER. I really hope you stay on top of this wonderful app and perfect it with frequent updates. Please don't abandon it. It's the best idea going right now, and I think that when more people find out about this, it will set the standard for everything else in the near future. We designers have to put aside our pride when it comes to how good we are at coding, and think about our designing ideas so we provide a service for our users, not ourselves. This app is a big step in that direction, while leaving the option to code by hand wide open as well. Keep it up. Totally awesome concept and execution. Just stay on top of this, and it will go platinum. Thank you.
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Flux
Illuin reviewed on 20 Jan 2012
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Flux
Illuin reviewed on 20 Jan 2012