[HN Gopher] Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor
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Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor
Author : maxwellito
Score : 117 points
Date : 2022-01-07 12:17 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (minimator.app)
(TXT) w3m dump (minimator.app)
| priyanmuthu wrote:
| This is such a cool tool. Thank you very much.
| dusted wrote:
| The "pinch to change" is kinda bad, since.. mice. But the drawing
| itself is interesting, the constraints makes it a very enjoyable
| experience, but do try not to assume people are using a touch
| screen,.
| maxwellito wrote:
| Thanks, yes at first I was thinking of making it working on
| touch devices only. However, I'm a bit confused about your
| 'pinch to change' comment. If you want to zoom in/out you will
| have to use CTRL + [-/+]. Do you mind explaining a bit more? I
| feel like Im missing something here. Thx
| dusted wrote:
| Yes, it's the text on the bottom of the canvas when creating
| a new one, it says " Pinch to change dimensions" which is a
| bit confusing to someone using a mouse, and as far as I can
| tell, "zooming" with mwheel and control or +/- does something
| else (it zooms the page, which is not the same as "changing
| dimensions".
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| That said, I had a lot of fun with this, bookmarked :)
| maxwellito wrote:
| Oh yes right, this is very silly I know. It's only because
| changing the dimension values on touch screen is awful
| (need to focus on the input field then then tap the
| number). While on desktop, you can scroll on the input
| field to change it's value, which is more convenient.
|
| Sadly, I made the "Pinch to change dimension" only on touch
| screen because it handle the pinch direction, so it can
| update x/y independently or together. While on desktop, the
| scroll would scale x/y together only.
|
| However, glad you had fun with it :)
| speps wrote:
| Make it so you're presented a canvas right away and an option to
| give it a title and resize later. Excalidraw does this very well.
| [deleted]
| choward wrote:
| I thought that's what it was at first and tried drawing on it.
| Once I saw that wasn't the case I closed the tab. Not trying to
| be petty or anything but I just wanted to tell my real
| experience since I'm sure I'm not the only one. Naming things
| is one of the hardest things for me to do.
| busymom0 wrote:
| Is it just me or does it not work on iPhone? I try touching and
| dragging and long pressing but none worked :(
| [deleted]
| vladstudio wrote:
| Love it! It does one thing, does it well, and it's hard to make
| an ugly drawing in this style :-) I'm not sure how useful it is
| in practice, but as a piece of computer art, it's great!
| amazing_stories wrote:
| I love these types of projects! Good job.
| bhagyash wrote:
| Loved the concept, makes drawing sooo easy even with a trackpad.
|
| Some tips :-
|
| 1. When holding down shift allow straight lines only and no
| curves. It's the norm in design softwares
|
| 2. When I drag to create the line, the drop point if off and not
| accurate to the nearest dot of my mouse position. I'm unsure if
| it's a bug or have you deliberately built a non-accurate system.
| maxwellito wrote:
| Thanks for your kind words. About the trackpad I didn't manage
| to implement the pitch to zoom which is desperately missing.
|
| 1. That's a good point, I didn't implement this shortcut. In my
| head, I assumed it wouldn't be useful because the editor only
| let you do vertical lines, horizontal lines and circle quarter.
| So making a straight line is pretty easy. If it was pure
| freeform like on Illustrator, it would be vital. 2. Maybe it's
| related to the editor only letting you do
| vertical/horizontal/circle quarter, right?
| pbronez wrote:
| I like that it locks things to a grid. I wish I could draw
| horizontal lines and more complex curves. It's kinda weird
| that I can't connect any dot to any other dot. Definitely
| enforces a particular style though.
| bhagyash wrote:
| I think shift is good while making a non-curved diagonal
| line.
|
| I tried to make a diagonal without a curve and faced this
| issue.
|
| Also, I personally find the accuracy important. I understand
| that it would add complexity to the vertical / horizontal /
| circle quarter system you've built.
|
| But as a guy who draws, it feels like unnatural when it over-
| extends.
|
| Either way good luck !
| rendall wrote:
| Brilliant! Just, amazing. Well done.
| fvold wrote:
| Wow, this is nice!
|
| Is there a hotkey to toggle the eraser?
| maxwellito wrote:
| Sadly not, but should not be difficult to implement :)
| jjice wrote:
| Was this hijacking the browser's back button for anyone else? Not
| a fan of not being able to press back to go to the previous page.
| The site is neat though.
| maxwellito wrote:
| Oh sorry! I didn't realise I was hijacking it when the user was
| coming from another website (which I never tried during
| development). This is bad, I will fix it. Thanks for pointing
| it
|
| Edit: Fixed and deployed!
| jarbus wrote:
| Reminds me of dotgrid from 100rabbits
| http://100r.co/site/dotgrid.html
| [deleted]
| maxwellito wrote:
| 100rabbits looks way much better! This is very slick, thanks
| for sharing!
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