My new product, NimbleText, is live

I just released my new product, NimbleText. Technically I guess it's in public beta now. This means you get the opportunity to be one of the cool kids performing beta testing.

NimbleText is a downloadable version of 'the world's simplest code generator.' It's free, and adds a few features to the existing online version. If you register it, it adds more features again.

 

Get "NimbleText.exe" Now

 

I'd appreciate any feedback you've got. Maybe you have:

• Suggestions for new features
• bug reports!
• feedback on the website (NimbleText)
• questions
• comforting words

Feel free to email me: LeonBambrickexclude this bit@exclude this bitgmail.com

'Artur Carvalho' on Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:02:03 GMT, sez:

Hello Leon,

Looks very nice =)

Just one thing, why would you start with $0 instead of $1? If this is to be used by non-techie people you have to do the extra explanation that $0 is first, $1 is second, and so on.

Cheers

'Doeke' on Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:35:48 GMT, sez:

Nice! I really like the design of the website. It's clear, it stands out (maybe Arcsin could design the UI of NimbleText as well?). And the per-character hover effect on the title is really cool!

Some small points: I would add a tooltip to the download-icon on the right, and I would use the English URL to the Arcsin website. More important: the image on the homepage should really have a link to the screenshot page.

Do you actually have a Mac version planned?

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'David H' on Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:19:31 GMT, sez:

Nice job Leon. And nothing screams 'You should upgrade to Pro version' like some clever and insightful use of ballet dancer clip art!

'lb' on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:39:50 GMT, sez:

Thank you for the feedback.
@Artur -- yep, the zero-based indexing is definitely a geek thing. In fact, I've realized that my earlier idea of marketing to non-geeks is just a non-starter. I'm a geek. I only understand geeks.

Many times I've shown the original WSCG to non-geeks, and they've never really gotten it. Even when it would benefit them greatly. Maybe I need to be willing to add the more hardcore geek features I've always wanted.

@Doeke -- all good points, particularly
"the image on the homepage should really have a link to the screenshot page."
I just updated the website.
The solution for Mac users is to use the live version of the site.

@David H -- Yeh, the bright pink is a deliberate way to embarass people into upgrading. I was thinking of adding a $5 license that adds no features, but turns all the pink buttons into more manly colours. With lightsaber sound effects.

cheers
lb

'Kyralessa' on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:55:36 GMT, sez:

I have a feature request:

When I have NimbleText non-maximized, and I resize and reposition its window, then the next time I run it, it forgets the previous size and position. It also seems to always start maximized even if I didn't close it maximized. (I don't want it maximized because then I can't see my stunningly beautiful desktop backgrounds.)

'lb' on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:29:20 GMT, sez:

@Kyralessa
I've got that request in the backlog already, so i added your name to the people wanting it.

'Josh Miller' on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:32:20 GMT, sez:

Is this modeled after the *nix AWK utility?

There are some good if not dated (2005) binaries for windows that I use for simple data file tweaks. (Search for GNUAwk or GAWK)

It would be nice if NimbleText was partially script compatible with GAWK.

At a glance the only incompatibility I see is that AWK users $0 to reference the entire line and $1 to reference the first element.

- Josh

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Use it for:

• extracting data from text
• manipulating text
• generating code

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