Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

  • Loved the concept, makes drawing sooo easy even with a trackpad.

    Some tips :-

    1. When holding down shift allow straight lines only and no curves. It's the norm in design softwares

    2. When I drag to create the line, the drop point if off and not accurate to the nearest dot of my mouse position. I'm unsure if it's a bug or have you deliberately built a non-accurate system.

  • Congratulations on having a dependency free project [0]. (just typescript)

    We got so used to read code using frameworks that pure JavaScript seems other world.

    [0] https://github.com/maxwellito/minimator/

  • A similar tool: http://100r.co/site/dotgrid.html

    Absolutely love small, simple tools like this that have one singular purpose and execute it with restraint.

  • very interesting "securityCheck": https://minimator.app/dist/services/features.js

  • Reminds me of dotgrid from 100rabbits http://100r.co/site/dotgrid.html

  • This is excellent.

    Another commenter pointed it out, but it rang true for me; it is difficult to make an ugly drawing in this style. Very nice.

  • Love it! It does one thing, does it well, and it's hard to make an ugly drawing in this style :-) I'm not sure how useful it is in practice, but as a piece of computer art, it's great!

  • What a delightful tool. I can imagine having a lot of fun creating logos and icons with this.

  • This was very helpful. But I didn't understand the rules, so I thought it was broken when it kept showing me the same word.

    I eventually figured it out by accidentally clicking the question mark (I am an avid interface clicker) and read the instructions...

  • The "pinch to change" is kinda bad, since.. mice. But the drawing itself is interesting, the constraints makes it a very enjoyable experience, but do try not to assume people are using a touch screen,.

  • Make it so you're presented a canvas right away and an option to give it a title and resize later. Excalidraw does this very well.

  • Was this hijacking the browser's back button for anyone else? Not a fan of not being able to press back to go to the previous page. The site is neat though.

  • This is super neat, thanks for making it. Two pieces of improvement:

    1. Allow for diagonals straight lines 2. Allow for different line thickness

  • This is such a cool tool. Thank you very much.

  • I love these types of projects! Good job.

  • Is it just me or does it not work on iPhone? I try touching and dragging and long pressing but none worked :(

  • Wow, this is nice!

    Is there a hotkey to toggle the eraser?

  • Brilliant! Just, amazing. Well done.

  • Very nice, love it.