Providing a design option for web design novices

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The post expresses a desire for a web design tool that is suitable for people with no design knowledge, following the end of Typedream. The community members discuss Webstudio, which is powerful but has a steep learning curve. They explain that Webstudio is primarily built for people who already know design or are willing to learn, and that making the software more user-friendly is a long-term goal, not a current feature. The community members suggest using simpler tools like Framer for basic tasks, and note that there is a trade-off between power and ease of use. They encourage the original poster to learn Webstudio seriously if they want a flexible and powerful tool.

BBastien

I was wondering if you'd ever thought of offering a construction option suitable for people who have no knowledge of design.

With the end of Typedream, which was the only block-based site editor that rendered beautifully, I feel there's a gap.

Webstudio looks very powerful in terms of design. One of the barriers to Webflow or Websutdio is technical knowledge of web design.

Have you thought about trying to break down this barrier? After all, since the rules of design are well defined, isn't it possible to assist the novice designer and make his work easier, without preventing the technical designer from intervening and retaining all his freedom?

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OOleg Isonen

its a hard challenge, we are primarily building a tool for people who either already know how to design and now learn building or want to learn both and want to take on an advanced tool

OOleg Isonen

we will be improving the experience over time here and there on many points, but generally, its not really meant for complete novices, especially not those who are not willing to learn

OOleg Isonen

gettinng the software more user friendly and easier to use is a multi-year goal, kinda the mission, its not a feature

OOleg Isonen

because we are doing this while not compromising on power

OOleg Isonen

if you want a completely easy to use software, a few clicks and done, then one should use something else

OOleg Isonen

if you see specific things that you see how can be done easier to use without compromising power, then please feel free to open a separate thread per 1 feature and we can discuss specific things

SSorin

for super simple stuff you can always use framer. I don't think you get anything more straightforward that that, and the learning curve is zero. Webstudio is better for flexibility that doesn't compromise on performance.

I've tested plasmic, webflow, framer, webstudio, teleportHQ, and whatnot... out of the bunch we got down to webstudio and framer. Webflow is just too damn annoying on pricing and learning curve, and the rest are just too incomplete in features.

so it's down to framer and webstudio for us atm

SSorin

the point is, you cannot have powerful features and not sacrifice ux in the process, or have great ux and not sacrifice flexibility and performance. Flexibility always means complexity.

BBastien

thank you. now i understand what i have to do: learn webstudio seriously.

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