![]() "We'll soon unveil other features that will help web designers work much more efficiently and avoid doing a lot of repetitive work." "It's the beginning of a new web design platform," declares Vlad. So who should use Webflow? Seems like if you're looking for a turnkey app, from prototyping to deployment, this could be the tool for you. That doesn't exclude those looking to use it for one specific task, but Webflow is certainly more than capable of being your workhorse. Sometimes the best ideas come from previous ones. As was the case for San Francisco designer Sandijs Ruluks who, just a few years back, launched a simple, WYSIWYG content management system. The original intention was to just use it for his own site, but, after sharing it with friends, the user base grew to the point where he could charge for hosting. There was still one problem: the inability to design for small screens. Ruluks proceeded to introduce a breakpoint ruler, grid controls and a handful of other responsive-focused features. It's a seemingly logical sequence of events, yet it validates the importance of iteration and the benefits of addressing your users' problems. "Our focus is on things that are painful or impossible to make with the current set of tools. ![]() For example, we aren't planning to add ability to draw custom shapes, as Photoshop and Sketch are good enough for that. Instead, we focus on best practices in responsive web design, web fonts and interactivity. We aren't going to the direction of a CMS and we are totally against full design automation that's not where the innovation lives," says Ruluks. Probably the most notable difference between FROONT and the other web design tools has to do with your wallet. Ruluks promises that FROONT "will be free as long as projects are public." (Private projects will be available on paid plans.) FROONT is absolutely free to publish public sites, and gives you HTML and CSS, should you want to use that elsewhere. Why's that important? Perhaps paying for a next-gen design tool is a worthy investment for someone using it from prototype-to-frontend development, but what about a designer just looking to experiment? An argument can always be made for the worth of a tool, but it's refreshing to have options when there's so many workflows out there. #Responsive layout maker pro vs professional.
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