I took another look at it and it does seem better than I recall from the last time I tried to use it. But there are a ton of things that are clunky about the interface and the way certain things work.
Issues I noted in my tests…
– scrolling a page while editing does not work properly unless my mouse was hovering over a control panel
– The layer menu would go back to the default panel if I clicked from one object to another. It should stay on the layer panel until I go back to the default one by choice.
– The duplication feature should appear with the other icons when you click on an object – not buried in the layers control panel. It should also appear in the quick menu.
– That graphic of a pile of blocks should be a nice logo instead to reinforce your product and brand similar to the way most companies work in that regard.
– If I duplicated a photo and used the duplicate in the same layout as the original, the duplicate would disappear when viewed on Mobile.
– You only have two modes…Desktop and Mobile…what about Tablets? The layout I tested did not fit vertically on an iPad in my test (although it was an older iPad).
– If the bottom edge of a text box was too close to the text in layout mode, it would cut off when viewed on iPad and/or Mobile.
– The UI was not sensitive to changes in the width of the browser window, so some of the controls would be cut off on the right such as the transform tools (for centering, right align, left align, etc.), the vertical scroll bar, and some of the blue buttons at the top right of the interface.
With regards to the UI…
Although your product is a little different, there are many comparisons you could draw from that are freely available to start with such as Live Composer, Beaver Builder and Elementor (all with free versions that you can check out in the WP repository) when it comes to UI design and implementation.
You will see a fair number of similarities with regards to icons and such – not because they are all copying each other, but rather they are conforming to a standard approach, and this is because it is easy for the user to navigate through and use their products.
It is very easy to see that you are pulling icon images from stock sources – not a bad thing potentially, but the sources you are using are out of “fashion”. You will see very little use of the 3D shiny icon these days for the most part – largely due to mobile and the toll that more complex images take on bandwidth, as compared to flat colors.
Plus a flat white icon on a solid colored background is very readable – compare that to the icons that pop up when one clicks on an image or text element in your builder, which I found almost disappeared against a blue background I just happened to test over.
If you need help…
I think I could actually really help you with the design of the UI – I am a professional graphic designer and have studied quite a bit about the standardization of UI as it pertains to PC and MacOS applications. I have also used a pile of page builders over the last few years. So I can further test for you as well.
Let me know what you think of all this and if you think I could help.
Regardless, keep working on it – you have some great features from what I saw and there is a ton of potential. At least check out the products I mentioned to see what they are doing. It will be an eye opener.
