I’ve been testing Ycode for a short time, and here are my initial thoughts I shared on their chat:
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Pricing: Good and highly competitive.
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Performance: It’s fast.
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Built-in CMS: Looks promising and well-implemented.
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Built-in Localization: Also, looks decent and very well-implemented.
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Roadmap Transparency: Great to see some clarity with a roadmap— this is much appreciated!
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UI and Design: The Ycode UI and overall web design are fantastic.
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File Format Support:
- No mention of .avif support, only .webp. Why is that?
- No support for .woff or .woff2, only .ttf, which has been the web standard for nearly a decade.
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Bugs: Spotted a minor dropdown menu bug (already reported in the Bugs-section here). It’s not critical, just a small annoyance. Also, I see some people on the forums struggling with a crashing builder, so this might be stuff they have to iron out.
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Layers Overview: The “Blocks” don’t adopt the Layer Style name, which clutters the overview with generic “Block” labels. Over time, this makes navigation confusing. This could greatly improve UX imo.
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Breakpoints and Zoom: This is my biggest issue: while the zoom functionality is handy, I really need a consistent 1:1 (100%) zoom while designing. Why doesn’t the “All screens/Desktop” view fit the width of the main-view? A simple width-adjust UI element on the side would help. Additionally, when I press “Preview” and return, it reverts to auto-fit. While auto-fit might sound like it ensures responsiveness, it actually just zooms out and makes everything smaller. TL;DR: A 100% zoom lock combined with auto-fit responsiveness in the main-view would be ideal for me. That said, I understand this may be subjective.
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Community & Support: For a small team I was hoping they would be a little more 'hands on', not getting a decent answer to everything.
Overall, good, but not mature enough for me yet. I’m excited to see how Ycode evolves in the future.
