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Zeplin - Collaboration app for UI designers & frontend developers

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Maker
Hey everyone! I'm Berk, one of the co-founders. With Zeplin, we’re actually scratching our own itch, working for a world where designers and developers can collaborate with maximum efficiency. For now, Zeplin supports Sketch (Photoshop is on the way.). We'd be happy to hear your feedback and answer any questions!
Looks cool... whats the pricing ?
Maker
Not 100% decided on "prices" yet but it'll be subscription based - very similar to InVision - based on your number of projects.
Wow, nice work guys, I'm excited to use it. We literally wrapped up product design for yesterday and I was starting to think how I will convert them into production notes for UI. What's the best way to provide feedback?
Maker
That's great to hear :) You can reach me whenever you want from pelin (at) zeplin (dot) io
How does this compare to InVision? Pixate? Trying to understand how best to fit this into iOS workflows. Thanks!
Did you use Zeplin to design the Zeplin app?
Maker
Of course we did. Zeplinception! Here is a screenshot of Zeplin while we are working on our web app :)
I'm glad to hear you went deeper!
One of the problems when handing off mock-ups is that you end up with px values everywhere, when they should really be em values. For example, when creating a button, you may have 18px of padding, but what you actually want is 1em because you want it to scale with the font size of the button. Any thoughts around helping designers explain their intent rather than the fixed values created in a mockup? What are you pursuing to help designers and front-end developers create design systems rather than individual pixel-perfect unicorns?
Maker
Hey, this is definitely an area we are exploring and want to focus on! Suggesting em units instead of px units means reflecting the intention of the designer which is a little challenging UX-wise. We're currently doing conversions for Android and iOS though (px to dp, px to pt) according to screen resolution. Similar to this idea, we're also brainstorming on how to enable designers to set constraints (Auto Layout-ish) on layers to better communicate the responsiveness of the design.
I've been digging deep on constraints lately (and how they can apply to CSS specifically). I think that's a great route to go.
My business partner develops under Linux environment, are you planning a linux version?
Maker
We are currently working on a 'read-only' web app for developers. It will be ready in a few weeks.
Nice! I just installed it, great app and really useful to our team. I'll share ;)
Good stuff. I was thinking it was something more like . You should probably indicate that is is a mac download on the landing page. I signed up before I knew. I use Windows
Zeplin will be 10 times better than Avocode after beta. I hope.
Good stuff guys..
So, are there any requirements on the designer in how they construct their Sketch file/artboards? Is there any syncing, a la InVision?
Maker
Hey, I'm Pelin, one of the Co-founders :) No, designers can prepare their documents however they like, this is something we really care about. For now, there is no live syncing but it is definitely in our roadmap.
Now that Layervault is shutting down, this looks like a really great solution for a Sketch designer like myself to hand off files and requirements to my engineering pals. Look forward to giving it a try.
I was introduced to Zeplin a few weeks back and cannot get enough of it. Finally my designers don't have write up complex specifications and I don't have to read any complex specifications, a win win for all!