Existing creative apps for designers are not suited to today's web.
We're forced to put up with dated tools and a disjointed workflow because there are no real alternatives. We need something new.
Project Meteor is a campaign to demonstrate the demand for a modern web design app and give app developers direction as to what it should be.
The apps we currently use are software dinosaurs, and it's about time we had an extinction event… it's time for someone to deliver the meteor that causes it.
Yes Please
- Fluid / fixed page layout (page flow, grids, etc)
- Realistic rendering of text and styles (text wrapping, css font styles)
- Document-level type styles and integration with font services (e.g. Typekit)
- Objects that can be styled using rules that translate to CSS (e.g. gradients etc)
- Bitmap and Vector editing with non-destructive effects/filters
- Document and object states (e.g. 'on-hover' etc)
No Thanks
- HTML code output
- Measurement units which don't translate to CSS
- Non-native application UI / keyboard shortcuts
- Another rapid prototyping tool
- Monthly subscription
- Bloated and sluggish
Do we really need this?
Yes, we do! Designers have been writing about the need for a better web design app for some time.
- An InDesign for HTML and CSS? (Zeldman)
- A real web design application (Jason Santa Maria)
- A big-assed post about Fireworks (Jon Hicks)
- An open letter to software developers RE Adobe Fireworks (Nathan Pitman)
- Using web fonts in desktop design apps (Elliot Jay Stocks)
- The perfect web design app… and why it doesn’t exist (.Net magazine)
How Can I Help?
Spread the word. If you agree that current tools don't cut it, tweet this to add your voice to the campaign.
Are you a indie developer or a software house? We'd like to make Project Meteor a reality and are happy to consult with you to make that happen - Contact us.
Support the campaign by sharing this on Twitter!
Latest Tweets
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"The only way to truly experience and evaluate a website design is in a web browser" - http://t.co/df3cNvJrBz
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This isn’t a pamphlet against Sketch, or any other programs, it’s more of a love letter to Photoshop - http://t.co/cMprjzN3ZB
Quotes
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Elliot Jay Stocks
Hell yes: projectmeteor.org
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Jeffrey Zeldman
I'm campaigning for the web design app we need projectmeteor.org via @project_meteor
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.Net Magazine
The perfect web design app... and why it doesn't exist. Will @project_meteor bring the answer? projectmeteor.org
Show your support
Insurgents
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David Dixon
@daviddixon
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Darren Miller
@darrenmiller
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Elliot Lewis
@elliotlewis
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Nathan Pitman
@nathanpitman
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Craig Grannell
@craiggrannell