Hi all! Founder here. The reason we are building this is simple – web design is far from solved, still. I know there are tools out there that help. Starting from very rigid template-based tools ending with fully customizable frameworks. Our goal is to bring designers and developers closer together. At the end we are speaking the same language of HTML/CSS. Froont aims to communicate the ideas better. Thanks!
True. I also left out Frames. Web 2.0 for me was too much about aesthetics, but AJAX is very close to JS. Both deserve a spot in an extended version of the history though!
It is not about coding versus not coding : ) FROONT is about visually choosing web fonts, work with vectors right in the browser, see how designs perform on various screen widths as soon as possible! Using visual approach where it makes sense and speeds things up and coding to add something new to the project.
I can't imagine why somebody, be it designers or developers, should enjoy tweaking cross-browser issues, dealing with scrollbars etc.
Design is iterative by its nature – therefore FROONT can be used for prototypes and for designs, that depends of the stage and complexity of design. IT can be wireframing, designing responsive patterns or design with real content.
Hi! I would like to clarify what we are actually doing with FROONT – we aren't another bootstrap editor at all. We are aiming to give designers more freedom and control over design process so they can work faster and communicate with developers better building designs that can be tested on real devices right away.
We don't want to automate design, rather automate repetitive parts in coding.
It's a interesting problem you guys are tackling and your progress is very impressive! I like the UI! And for sure it's good that more people are working to make web design more enjoyable. For some time I was wondering why there are so many new frameworks for coding emerging and way less 'visual frameworks' designers can use.
That's why we are building one – focusing on freedom and responsive websites rather than code, something Photoshop can not handle for sure. More at http://www.froont.com.
Anyhow we are living in very interesting times! Looking forward to see how Easel.io will evolve!