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Antetype — Complex UX prototypes solved: responsive, interactive & free
Antetype is advanced prototyping for UX designers: Truly-responsive layouts, elements synchronization & all-possible interactions. With those features, the prototype you build will feel like the final product. Amaze stakeholders – even in complex projects.
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Tried Antetype a couple of hours and I think it has the best „Auto-Layout“ on the market. The whole app is built around the layouting functionality and it works like a charm. Furthermore it allows to build real high fidelity prototypes. You are able to manipulate objects by interacting with other objects, not just screen changes like in most other apps. Its's very easy to export a fully funtional HTML export that works in every browser. Great work guys.
@lurch9000 Wow, thanks for the enthusiastic words! Glad you like it! That's the reason we're building it: To really help designers build prototypes more easily.
@lurch9000 @alex_vasylenko I always loved the idea of someone hacking Antetype prototypes onto their smart fridge's display. So if you ever do, please please let me know! 😁
I have already worked with previous versions of Antetype and always loved it. As a developer I especially like the layout system. Good luck with the new launch!
@sven_fackert Thanks for the kind words, Sven! Glad you like working with it!
@sven_fackert Interesting to know how you work with it as a developer. Are you using the code from a prototype in real applications? If yes that's huge 👍
@alinama If the prototype is built well with responsive layouts, you may directly re-use parts of the code that is automatically generated by Antetype. I have done that for smaller components in a few projects yet. If that's not possible, the export view also includes an inspector to get all the info on each element, which I always use to implement the component as specified.
Antetype is not perfect, but after working with multiple different tools I can say it has unique strengths: It is extremely easy to create highly structured UIs, perfect for the design of productivity tools and responsive applications that need to display complex interactions and data across multiple screen sizes - all within one coherent click-prototype.
@jan_schlegel Thanks for the in-depth comment and kind words! Glad you like it 😊
@jan_schlegel @alex_vasylenko Name any feature, will be done & released within 2 hours! 😄
Looks like a very interesting tool, I will definitely check it out in more detail later today.
PS: The space station demo doesn't work correctly in Firefox...
@alex_w2 Great to hear, I'm looking forward to your feedback! 😊 Thanks for the info, we'll take a look at it
@alex_w2 Hey Alex, we looked into it: We're using backdrop-blur to style some elements. Yet, one needs to activate this in Firefox manually. If you want to try this, take a look here: "From version 70: this feature is behind thelayout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled preferences (needs to be set to true) and the gfx.webrender.all preferences (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config."
@alex_w2 Quick info: Firefox deactivated all backdrop-filters to fix it up. Thanks for notifying us about that bug 😊
(Source: "It was intentionally temporary disabled in bug 1741779. It will get re-enabled in bug 1749625." See last comment here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/sho...)
I work with Antetype for five years. Since then it made some decent steps towards a grown-up prototyping tool. Nowadays it serves me well on certain projects. Whenever I need to prototype for web, Antetype is my favorite choice due to the excellent layouting capabilities and the flexibility to use custom CSS/JS/HTML. I also really like the new cloud features as this will speed up my workflow. No more need to put a zipped webexport to Confluence.
I also heavily work with Protopie, which ticks some more boxes for me on mobile projects. Making use of the phone camera, gyroscope etc allows here an even higher degree of fidelity.
For exploring and creating design ideas I will stick to canvas based tools such as Sketch. But this is of course personal preference ;-)
Wish you all the best for the future and I'm eager to see what's coming next.
@florian8 Thanks for this really detailed view into your workflow! Some cool things happening soon, I'll love your feedback on those as soon as they are ready!
Truly amazing project! Congratulations on the launch! ^_^ I am so happy that there are teams which are spreading the word of importance of design, and that are allowing the whole process goes smoother and more appealing even to people who are not in the design sphere.. Big bravo! ^_^
@maria_brm Thank you so much for the nice words. Appreciate it! Let's get good design out into the whole world, shall we? 🚀
@maria_brm That's great to hear, much appreciated! Let me know if we can help you with something!
Congratulations on the launch @chrisguenther and team.
@rachit_bhatt1 Do check this out.
@rachit_bhatt1 @sanveer_osahan Thank you very much! We're excited to hear your thoughts when you worked with it!
@sanveer_osahan @rachit_bhatt1 Happy to hear. Let me know how you use it!
I'm so glad to see how far Antetype has evolved over the decade (I've been a user since 2013 (EAP days)). Congrats on this latest chapter. Let's keep going till we get to a full no code builder ;)
@uelsimon Haha, yeah it's been a exciting road to today 😄 Thanks a lot for the kind words. We'll seen when we get to no code builder 😁
Antetype is an awesome prototyping tool, especially for creating responsive high fidelity prototypes that look, feel and behave like the final product. In contrast to well-known alternatives such as Sketch or Figma, with Antetype prototypes it is possible to carry out usability testing without any limits (e.g. text input). Another benefit is that the prototypes are web-based, making it easy to host (and modify) them anywhere you want. I can definitely recommend Antetype. Give it a try!
@daniel_lauer Thank you very much for the in-depth details! Best of luck your tests always run smoothly 😊
@infr Thanks for the nice words! We'll take a look into it and let you know via Social Media
I've been using Antetype for quite some years and already loved it back then. With the new features it has overtaken all other design tools by far. The web exports are extremely powerful especially when you work closely with developers. Good luck with the launch! I really hope it reaches a lot of people and simplifies their life as UX Designers!
@lisa_foellinger Glad to have you on board Lisa! Thanks for the detailed opinion. Hope we live up your bold statement 😁
I remember I tried Antetype back in.. 2013 or 2012 maybe. I love almost everything in the new version except the "Style Inspector" tab UI — it's so tiny I can barely read the labels. Overall I'm glad the guys have finally found a way to move forward👌.
@reznik_e Yeah, Antetype made quite the journey from the more-or-less-internal tool back then. Great to still have you on board! We're currently looking into a fix for the font that is sometimes small on high resolutions. Hope to fix it soon. Thanks for the kind words and always happy prototyping!
@otman_alami As you can build complex prototypes, it might be a bit intimidating at first. My tip: Learn how to use Antetype in 25 minutes with our tutorial series on YouTube (Search: "Antetype tutorial" or just register and we'll send it to you 5 minutes after registration). It is easy to use after you build your first prototype!
Looks really easy to use with a simple layout and tools with clear purpose that any person that's wanting to improve their UX implementation and skills can use!
@maxine_buchert We totally agree, every designer should give it a try. Thanks for your feedback 😊
Antetype: Advanced Prototyping