Comix Editor (cmx.io)
Creative
comic creation
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
18 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 13 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Execution: 5 for, 7 againstIdea: 9 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Impressive, intuitive editing of curves and object relations
From 1 comment
Disappointed the top comments are criticizing and discussing the browser limitations. For a weekend project, this guy created a UI that deals intuitively deals with angles,…
brokentone on HN
Markup-based approach is brilliant
From 1 comment
OP is missing the point - the markup idea is brilliant. The WYSIWIG will come in it's million forms later and you shouldn't focus on it. I just need comix.vim and I'm good. I'm…
tarr11 on HN
Objections
Requires WebKit/Chrome; blocks other browsers
From 2 comments
"STOP! WebKit is required here. The Comix Editor was tested under Chrome. It uses some webkit-specific tricks." WebKit - the new IE.
znowi on HNA warning is fine, but I just hate it when a site doesn't even let me try in another browser. I use Firefox Nightly, maybe it fixed the issues that are breaking your app? If…
Osmose on HN
Crashes Chrome for several users
From 3 comments
This is neat! Unfortunately, the editor does not work for me. It makes Chrome crash the page :( I'm running Chrome 24.0.1312.69 on one of those new Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu machines…
memset on HNAw, snap! Crashes chrome 24.0.1312.57 on Ubuntu 12.10. I tried opening the console to get additional info, but it doesn't show anything.
darkstar999 on HNAny known issue with Chromium? I just get an error message saying that the page script was taking too much memory and was stopped.
Frozenlock on HN
Slow to make comics compared with Photoshop
From 1 comment
Here's my problem. It works, fairly well. But I spent about 15 minutes doing one panel, trying to figure out the minor nuances. I kept thinking to myself "I could do a whole…
eggbrain on HN
Requests
Visual editing that is more GUI-like
From 2 comments
This is fun, but for it be useful in production the control scheme would need to be made more GUI-like. Great start!
dominic_cocch on HNI agree it has some great upsides. I love the idea of localization, and version control is nice to easily revert changes, etc. Having a scalable comic that can change text on the…
eggbrain on HN
Support for other browsers
From 2 comments
Of course :) However, it does limit feedback for any of us not using Chrome. Author is probably cool with that though as it appears and I commend them for not making us jump…
yareally on HNGood news. Comix Editor will work on Opera soon. And without my work :-) http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/300-million-users-and-move-to-webkit
dr_win on HN
Questions
Can custom objects like trees and hats be created?
From 1 comment
I agree it has some great upsides. I love the idea of localization, and version control is nice to easily revert changes, etc. Having a scalable comic that can change text on the…
eggbrain on HN
Alternatives named
Photoshop
From 1 comment
Here's my problem. It works, fairly well. But I spent about 15 minutes doing one panel, trying to figure out the minor nuances. I kept thinking to myself "I could do a whole…
eggbrain on HN
Flash
From 1 comment
forgive me if i've missed any sardonicism, but you might be interested in learning you are describing Flash in thorough detail.
catshirt on HN
Microsoft Comic Chat
From 1 comment
> Chat comics. It'll be 1996 all over again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat
vidarh on HN