I'm happy to announce the first beta release of Lily, a Mozilla based
visual programming environment written in Javascript. Lily is a
modular framework that allows you to wire together Javascript library
components graphically. Currently there are Lily modules that wrap
components from the YUI, JQuery & Scriptaculous libraries. There are
also modules that provide access to the file system, browser storage,
network & graphics. Lily programs can be saved as standalone XULRunner
applications or as Firefox addons.
Have a look at the demo applications below to get a feel for some of
what Lily can do:
> [...] > Have a look at the demo applications below to get a feel for some of > what Lily can do: > [...] > More information about Lily is available on the website: http://www.lilyapp.org/
Wow. Thats amazing stuff, I love the svg/javascript sound demos. Using interactive visuals to create music is so much fun.
Now I just need to take a closer look how Lily enbales stuff like that, so most likey more feedback coming soon from here.
> Bill Orcutt schrieb: >> [...] >> Have a look at the demo applications below to get a feel for some of >> what Lily can do: >> [...] >> More information about Lily is available on the website: >> http://www.lilyapp.org/
> Wow. Thats amazing stuff, I love the svg/javascript sound demos. Using > interactive visuals to create music is so much fun.
> Now I just need to take a closer look how Lily enbales stuff like > that, so most likey more feedback coming soon from here.
Okay, some things: You need a Getting Started section and make that awfully obvious to find on the lilapp.org front page. Currently its difficult to find the download or even the wiki (which doesn't help in that respect). Along the link to the download should be the content of the readme file, avoid the need to download the package before being able to understand what and how to install. I found the download link only on the Public Beta 1 release post, which isn't even on the front page anymore. I also wonder if that couldn't be installed directly from the page - its just a firefox extension, isn't it? That way I wouldn't need to save anything on my disk and unpacking it. The included examples and demos could be provided via the page/wiki.
Ah. After writing all that I discovered the top navigation bar, including the download link. You may want to make that a bit more obvious...
Could not agree more Jörn, every link I click seemed to be sending me in circles. Luckily this app looked really cool, otherwise I would have said f-it in half the time it took me find the download. And I still have not found on the site where is says what version of firefox this is meant for. Apparently not 2.0.0.9.
On Jan 29, 2008 4:19 PM, Jörn Zaefferer <Enc...@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Bill Orcutt schrieb: > >> [...] > >> Have a look at the demo applications below to get a feel for some of > >> what Lily can do: > >> [...] > >> More information about Lily is available on the website: > >> http://www.lilyapp.org/
> > Wow. Thats amazing stuff, I love the svg/javascript sound demos. Using > > interactive visuals to create music is so much fun.
> > Now I just need to take a closer look how Lily enbales stuff like > > that, so most likey more feedback coming soon from here. > Okay, some things: > You need a Getting Started section and make that awfully obvious to find > on the lilapp.org front page. Currently its difficult to find the > download or even the wiki (which doesn't help in that respect). > Along the link to the download should be the content of the readme file, > avoid the need to download the package before being able to understand > what and how to install. > I found the download link only on the Public Beta 1 release post, which > isn't even on the front page anymore. > I also wonder if that couldn't be installed directly from the page - its > just a firefox extension, isn't it? That way I wouldn't need to save > anything on my disk and unpacking it. The included examples and demos > could be provided via the page/wiki.
> Ah. After writing all that I discovered the top navigation bar, > including the download link. You may want to make that a bit more > obvious...
Thanks for the useful feedback on the site. I've added another
download link and will implement some of the other suggestions as I
find time. I hope once you've had a chance to have a look at the
program, you'll consider joining the user group- http://groups.google.com/group/lily-users.
-Bill
On Jan 29, 4:19 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <Enc...@gmx.net> wrote:
> >BillOrcuttschrieb:
> >> [...]
> >> Have a look at the demo applications below to get a feel for some of
> >> what Lily can do:
> >> [...]
> >> More information about Lily is available on the website:
> >>http://www.lilyapp.org/
> > Wow. Thats amazing stuff, I love the svg/javascript sound demos. Using
> > interactive visuals to create music is so much fun.
> > Now I just need to take a closer look how Lily enbales stuff like
> > that, so most likey more feedback coming soon from here.
> Okay, some things:
> You need a Getting Started section and make that awfully obvious to find
> on the lilapp.org front page. Currently its difficult to find the
> download or even the wiki (which doesn't help in that respect).
> Along the link to the download should be the content of the readme file,
> avoid the need to download the package before being able to understand
> what and how to install.
> I found the download link only on the Public Beta 1 release post, which
> isn't even on the front page anymore.
> I also wonder if that couldn't be installed directly from the page - its
> just a firefox extension, isn't it? That way I wouldn't need to save
> anything on my disk and unpacking it. The included examples and demos
> could be provided via the page/wiki.
> Ah. After writing all that I discovered the top navigation bar,
> including the download link. You may want to make that a bit more obvious...
> Thanks for the useful feedback on the site. I've added another > download link and will implement some of the other suggestions as I > find time. I hope once you've had a chance to have a look at the > program, you'll consider joining the user group- > http://groups.google.com/group/lily-users.
> -Bill
> On Jan 29, 4:19 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <Enc...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Jörn Zaefferer schrieb:
> > >BillOrcuttschrieb: > > >> [...] > > >> Have a look at the demo applications below to get a feel for some of > > >> what Lily can do: > > >> [...] > > >> More information about Lily is available on the website: > > >>http://www.lilyapp.org/
> > > Wow. Thats amazing stuff, I love the svg/javascript sound demos. Using > > > interactive visuals to create music is so much fun.
> > > Now I just need to take a closer look how Lily enbales stuff like > > > that, so most likey more feedback coming soon from here.
> > Okay, some things: > > You need a Getting Started section and make that awfully obvious to find > > on the lilapp.org front page. Currently its difficult to find the > > download or even the wiki (which doesn't help in that respect). > > Along the link to the download should be the content of the readme file, > > avoid the need to download the package before being able to understand > > what and how to install. > > I found the download link only on the Public Beta 1 release post, which > > isn't even on the front page anymore. > > I also wonder if that couldn't be installed directly from the page - its > > just a firefox extension, isn't it? That way I wouldn't need to save > > anything on my disk and unpacking it. The included examples and demos > > could be provided via the page/wiki.
> > Ah. After writing all that I discovered the top navigation bar, > > including the download link. You may want to make that a bit more > obvious...
> The minVersion in the install.rdf is 2.0.0 I changed to 2.0.0.* and it
> installed
> On Jan 29, 2008 9:33 PM, Bill Orcutt <orc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the useful feedback on the site. I've added another
> > download link and will implement some of the other suggestions as I
> > find time. I hope once you've had a chance to have a look at the
> > program, you'll consider joining the user group-
> >http://groups.google.com/group/lily-users.
> > -Bill
> > On Jan 29, 4:19 pm, Jörn Zaefferer <Enc...@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > Jörn Zaefferer schrieb:
> > > >BillOrcuttschrieb:
> > > >> [...]
> > > >> Have a look at the demo applications below to get a feel for some of
> > > >> what Lily can do:
> > > >> [...]
> > > >> More information about Lily is available on the website:
> > > >>http://www.lilyapp.org/
> > > > Wow. Thats amazing stuff, I love the svg/javascript sound demos. Using
> > > > interactive visuals to create music is so much fun.
> > > > Now I just need to take a closer look how Lily enbales stuff like
> > > > that, so most likey more feedback coming soon from here.
> > > Okay, some things:
> > > You need a Getting Started section and make that awfully obvious to find
> > > on the lilapp.org front page. Currently its difficult to find the
> > > download or even the wiki (which doesn't help in that respect).
> > > Along the link to the download should be the content of the readme file,
> > > avoid the need to download the package before being able to understand
> > > what and how to install.
> > > I found the download link only on the Public Beta 1 release post, which
> > > isn't even on the front page anymore.
> > > I also wonder if that couldn't be installed directly from the page - its
> > > just a firefox extension, isn't it? That way I wouldn't need to save
> > > anything on my disk and unpacking it. The included examples and demos
> > > could be provided via the page/wiki.
> > > Ah. After writing all that I discovered the top navigation bar,
> > > including the download link. You may want to make that a bit more
> > obvious...
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