Hi everyone
I just tried out the iOS Alpha release and trust me, it is pretty awesome. The new UI/UX is great and the use of colours and gradients is a feast to the eyes . Gives it the cool modern look, pretty much like iOS. (Material design doesnāt have widespread use for gradients, iOS lives off it. Good thinking there!)
I donāt know if many of you have noticed, but it is now possible to create project names with a space in between. (It no longer shows a warning). I am waiting for such a change in the Android platform too, but it may take longer as Java plays spoilsport sometimesā¦
Though there are limited components to try out, the level of options provided for each is just mindblowing, especially for an alpha release. Quite a few features are not available on the stable release even though Android supports them (For example, the āTypeā setting for the Text input).
Now that there is a dedicated blocks area for each component, Iām sure things will get a lot less cluttered. It would be great if this could be merged with the stable release.
On the improvements side, I think it would be better to keep the Add Component as a drag-and-drop menu, just like the original.
I like the current login screen over the one seen in the alpha. (But these are just my views. Feel free to differ! )
The Components section may look better with a dedicated scrollbar. When you have too many components, it gets cumbersome to scroll to the bottomā¦ then select one componentā¦ then move over to the blocks editor. If there were a scroll bar just for the list of existing components, I could scroll freely while keeping the āBlocksā, āPropertiesā, āLive Testā and āRemove componentā buttons on top. I can add a screenshot, if the admins donāt object.
Also, as @lucatunes mentioned, it would be great to have a āProject settingsā icon.
Again, the Alpha is awesome. Keep up the good work!
Helios
EDIT: Just spotted a weird bug. When I have two or more components, I have different code areas for each. But I can code for all the components in a single area. Can get confusing and easy to miss out blocks. But it turns out, the blocks not in their places disappear when you switch menus. Waitā¦ all my blocks are just disappearing!!!