![]() This is similar in spirit to the traditional WYSIWYG except for key aspect number two… They allow you to work with an actual browser viewport, but they let you design without having to write code. This is what really separates these tools from something like Photoshop. To us, a Live Design Environment basically embodies two key aspects: We thought it might help others in differentiating, so we decided to share it. We coined the name Live Design Environment (LDE) internally to help us discuss this new breed of tool, which is not at all exclusive to Macaw. It should have died along with FrontPage. The only category that’s even close is WYSIWYG and I can’t believe that’s still a term we use. Some of the new tools hitting the market don’t. TG: A lot of tools fit nicely into a category: SublimeText is a text editor Sketch is a drawing tool Photoshop is an image editor. We coined the name Live Design Environment internally to help us discuss this new breed of tool We see a future where the two applications work together to accommodate the varying needs of designers and developers. It was built from the ground up with a new architecture and a ton of new features. It’s a completely different application with a reimagined workflow. ![]() Scarlet is not a repackaged version 1 with a few additional features sprinkled on top. TG: Honestly, we didn’t think it would be fair to users to call Scarlet a version 2. I want a tool that lets me work directly with the web in a way that is visual and intuitive. That’s awesome, but I feel like we’re back in the Geocities days again. Many of them have reverted back to a text editor so they can work directly with the medium. Responsive design helped us realize that we can’t treat the web as if it were a fixed, two-dimensional plane and designers are now looking for new ways to work. I believe we’re now experiencing a reconnecting of those two disciplines. Responsive design helped us realize that we can’t treat the web as if it were a fixed, two-dimensional plane Eventually Photoshop rose as a superior way to design for the web and the industry split into those who did design and those who did development. It was a miserable feedback loop-type some HTML, hit refresh, wait for the page to reload, realize you missed a closing bracket, try again. I learned web design back in the days of the Geocities text area. Tom Giannattasio: I don’t think our tools have ever really hit the mark. ![]() Webdesigner Depot: When you first decided to build Macaw, what was it that convinced you that existing tools weren’t good enough? We caught up with Macaw’s Tom Giannattasio, to ask him what we can expect from their latest project… ![]() Scarlet promises to deliver more than Macaw: according to the team, it’s a “live design environment”, and it could be a revolutionary step in the history of design applications. Now, building on the success of their first product, the team behind Macaw is preparing to launch a second tool named Scarlet, with a radical new workflow and a host of new features. It’s one of the first design applications capable of generating clean code, and is endorsed by numerous industry figures. Macaw is one of a new breed of web design tools. ![]()
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