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Scratchpad: Rapid prototyping from UI elements you clip/collect from the web
- danialtz 14y ago>"Sign up and get started now!" I register, and then nothing. Isn't this tool already released?
- francov88 14y agoAmazing tool. This is the kind of thing you've always dreamed of finding.
- KThornton 14y agoSoooo excited about this!
- schrototo 14y agoDid you get the idea for this from that one footnote to Bret Victor's recent essay? If so, that's some impressive turnaround time.
- adraper 14y agoHa, I wish I could say I was that fast, although the whole thing's still very much in it's infancy sadly my turnaround time isn't quite that quick!
- thehodge 14y agoI think people are taking the lean startup method of throwing a landing page up to gain intrest a little too far, this feels quite deceiving and to be honest has annoyed me that oh.. I'm just signing up to a mailing list and have to actually invite my friends to be 'front of the line'.. makes me feel like nothing has actually being built at all apart from a pretty landing page.
- adraper 14y agoAs the designer/developer behind this I promise you plenty is being build, we'll be ready to start inviting people to use it in the next couple of days. Sorry to have annoyed you, but there's really no better way to gauge interest/insight into what your doing early than this type of approach, it really does work out for the better in the long run.
- thehodge 14y ago"Sign up & Get Started Now!" Thats exactly what your call to action says.. but thats blatantly a lie.. It gives the expectation of instant access. "Sign up to learn more, Coming Soon, Be the first to know" all alternative CTA's that are less deceitful.
- gokhan 14y agoKinda. The popup after that says "Be first in line! We're launching soon.", before you give your email. Exciting service. I would still be giving my email if it said "be the first to know".
- francov88 14y agoI agree that based on the CTA you're expecting to go directly into the app, but to be fair that's the bottom CTA (I never saw it as it was below the fold of my screen). Instead of taking the negative route, you could just tweet about it and ask for early access...
- sgricci 14y agoI too believed I would be signing up for a service that was already launched and thought twice when I realized I was being deceived.
- johnmurch 14y agoLooks like signup is broken :( Love to test this new tool out!
- adraper 14y agoOdd, send me an email at andrew[at]scratchpad.co and I'd be happy to give you access when we have the tool live in the next day or two
- adambratt 14y agoLove the idea but isn't this the same thing as using command+shift+ctrl+4 and then pasting into a photoshop document?
- adraper 14y agoIt's similar yes (and partly what it's based on, i've been doing just that for years), but not everyone has photoshop (or wants to go through the effort of screenshot-ing and organizing their clippings on their hard drive
- justjimmy 14y agoHow are people gushing about this service in the comments when it's not even released/available -_- I got so excited, signed up, and then nothing :(
- adraper 14y agoSorry, as was noted below the CTA was a little misleading, I've updated it since—nothing sinister was meant by it, just trying to gain insight into what people want as we put the finishing touches on the app, you should get an email in the next couple of days to start using it
- codegeek 14y agoIn IE8, the stylesheet does not load.
- mrbogle 14y agoYou can do this today with the http://easel.io http://easel.io chrome extension. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/deejobgbijaihniifcoinjfaagfmnnap https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/deejobgbijaihniifc... It uses html/css, so you can even edit the things you import.
- smit 14y agoHow different is this from easel.io?
- adraper 14y agoThe biggest difference is there's no extension to install (not a big deal to most). Also, we're focused on non-designers being able to get their thoughts/likes across easy to designers. That said, as a designer myself the Scratchpad process is largely based on an existing process I've employed for a while to get things going to show other's in a simple manner what i'm thinking and get early buy in to be able to move forward faster and on my own terms.
- bdclimber14 14y agoI couldn't help but realize the remarkable design similarities to http://www.blogic.com http://www.blogic.com. I'm curious if it inspired you.
- adraper 14y agowow, some definite similarities, but no hadn't seen that site until just now. It's actually based on another site design I'd done a few years ago: http://yourboxseat.com/ http://yourboxseat.com/
- bdclimber14 14y agoDarn, I was going to say I was flattered.
- adraper 14y agoSorry, happy to lie if it helps :)
- jonny_eh 14y agoLooks like your site's SSL cert expired.
- rnernento 14y agoThis is awesome, but isn't it a copyright nightmare waiting to happen?
- jonny_eh 14y agoAs long as you don't redistribute what you copy I can't imagine it being a problem. It looks to be meant for prototyping/wireframing.