grantrobinson

Hi, we wanted to help you get started with the design of your next iPhone app, so we've put this kit together to give you a kick start when designing for iOS in Atomic. If you haven't tried Atomic before, it lets you design and prototype products for a range of platforms with speed, and has a free 30 day trial. Check it out: https://atomic.io

Read an intro to this kit on the Atomic blog: http://blog.atomic.io/features/i... Learn more about how to use it in the Atomic help center: http://help.atomic.io/hc/en-us/a...

Let me know how you get on, or if you have any suggestions for improvements.

Thanks heaps for the suggestions, I've add your vote to these features in the list we maintain internally.

Good point! We'll try to fix that.

Lots of differences I think. Probably the main one is that Atomic's workspace will feel more familiar to those used to Adobe apps or Sketch. I think it'd be fair to say proto.io focusses more purely on prototyping, while Atomic tries to integrate design, prototyping, collaboration and version control tools.

Hi, you're right that it's restricted to Chrome-only for now. We have tested it in other browsers and there are in some cases issues that would lead to a poor experience - not the sort of experience we want people to have. I do appreciated your suggestion of opening it up anyway though, and as we get closer to fully supporting other browsers this may be exactly what we do. Cheers.

Hi, while we're in beta we've been keeping things to Chrome only, as it lets us progress the product faster at this early stage. Specifically, this cuts out a lot of time spent on cross-browser testing and bug fixing and lets us focus on making sure we've got the right mix of features first.

It's the first time I've tried this approach myself, so it's a bit of an experiment, but I think it's been useful for this particular product. In saying that, we will be looking to offer wider browser support down the track, so stay tuned!

Glad you like it!

Hi, while we're in beta we've been keeping things to Chrome only, as it lets us progress the product faster at this early stage. We're also big believers in the open web and will be looking to offer wider browser support down the track, so stay tuned!

Hi, I think there's actually quite a lot of differences between Atomic and InVision, so I'll focus on what I think the main reasons are that you might try Atomic if you're already familiar with InVision...

Atomic has drawing tools that let you actually design/layout interfaces in the app. You can also import flat images from other apps (like PS or Sketch) for prototyping if you want to. Atomic also lets you design complex and unique animated transitions, not just the standard ones on mobile.

Atomic has some other special features too: like being able to style elements with raw CSS, visually rewind through your history and make branches/variations from any point, and team collaboration that lets multiple team members work on the same set of designs, even simultaneously.

So lots of reasons to give it a try I think. I hope you give it a go and please do let us know what you think.

Today we’re launching our open beta, so anyone can set up an account and start prototyping straight away.

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