Morfik 2.0: Web design innovation
November 13, 2008Yes! Morfik 2.0 is out at last! After a very long hiatus (the last true “beta” was released sometime early summer) the new Morfik 2.0 Web Application Builder is out.
I’m (quite:-) closely following the Morfik saga since late 2005 and did have many long discussions with Aram, Fuad, Mauricio and Shah about direction in the past three years, sometimes pretty heated chats about the vision and execution, so I’m not an unanimous supporter of everything Morfik, but version 2 is a very significant step in the good direction.
The new visual design concept with themes, states, popup customization, etc. is a major step forward for web application design. I see real innovation here. Go and check out the tutorial videos, it is worthwhile! I wouldn’t say that I’m fond of the sixties look of the new demo apps (and of the new Morfik site itself), but the design flexibility is impressive and the functionality seems to be very well thought out.
I’ll be looking into the new version in the coming days and weeks (we do have some projects that now will have to be ported anyway, especially our PMAP controls and libraries), so stay tuned for new comments to come.
Morfik 2.0 is truly innovative. With version 2, Morfik moves
Mauricio Longo | November 14, 2008Morfik 2.0 is truly innovative. With version 2, Morfik moves beyond having great compiler technology to also having a great design environment.
The Morfik AppsBuilder 2.0 design environment goes a long way towards retiring Photoshop as the tool of choice for everyday website design.
Being out there for some time now, in different guises
Den | November 21, 2008Being out there for some time now, in different guises and prices, how come there’s so little talk about Morfik on the internet? No user groups, no independant sites, hardly anything.
It looks like a great product. Am I missing something?
On the spot. Morfik is taking up slowly. Fundamentally this
piprog | November 21, 2008On the spot. Morfik is taking up slowly. Fundamentally this is a marketing issue. As far as I see the team wants to mature the product to a point where it has clear advantage over competitors. I do believe that 2.0 is a major milestone in this respect.
There are a few key elements that inhibit wider acceptance:
Just a couple of reasons. I still believe that with 2.0 it is time for Morfik to establish a more serious marketing campaign and then success will come.
Some, like Peter, my self and a few others, are
Mauricio | November 25, 2008Some, like Peter, my self and a few others, are working to spread the word about Morfik.
I have just started inviting some people to join a user group (morfikdev.ning.com) and there is now a blog dedicated exclusively to Morfik at http://www.morfikwatch.com.