AFAICT Origami is still a collection of plugins for Quartz Composer, a graphics tool by Apple that's included with Xcode.<p>Quartz Composer is effectively deprecated: no updates since 2011, not available in iOS, no Retina support. Building new products on it is not a viable long-term solution, so I wonder if Facebook plans to build a replacement.<p>(Incidentally, if someone wants to make a new Quartz Composer work-a-like, I have a bunch of potentially suitable code that I could share with an open source license... I made a node-based graphics app called PixelConduit whose code I was planning to release but never got around to: <a href="http://pixelconduit.com" rel="nofollow">http://pixelconduit.com</a> -- it could make a solid base for a QC-style tool.)
The link to Quartz Composer on the Origami page is old. Here is the current one for XCode 6.1 and Yosemite: <a href="https://developer.apple.com/downloads/download.action?path=Developer_Tools/graphics_tools_for_xcode__xcode_6.1/graphicstools_for_xcode_6.1.dmg" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/downloads/download.action?path=D...</a>
The latest announcement is probably more important: <a href="https://medium.com/@bwalkin/introducing-origami-live-and-origami-2-0-a68116294e65" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@bwalkin/introducing-origami-live-and-ori...</a><p>- Origami Live<p>- Code Export<p>- Sketch Integration<p>Those are some seriously compelling features....!
I know of three people (including myself) who will find an interface very difficult to use if there's so much movement in it.<p>Indicating state and actions by visual movement is so incredibly specific to its audience (people who don't mind seeing things zipping round their screen vs people who do) it's a shame to see it destined to become universal.<p>I wonder if they've (Facebook, Google) done any actual scientific research about how various peoples' brains react to movement when they're trying to concentrate on something.
Overall, cool.<p>One thing, though: That download button is irritating. At least on Chrome, it doesn't react whatsoever to mouseover/hover. The cursor doesn't even recognize it as a button.
What about the license? Is there any cause for concern here?<p><a href="https://github.com/facebook/origami/blob/master/LICENSE.md" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/facebook/origami/blob/master/LICENSE.md</a><p>"
Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) owns all right, title and interest, including all intellectual property and other proprietary rights, in and to the Origami framework. Subject to your compliance with these terms, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to (1) use and copy the Origami framework; and (2) reproduce and distribute the Origami framework as part of your own framework (“Your Software”). Facebook reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this license agreement.<p>...<p>You will include in Your Software (e.g., in the file(s), documentation or other materials accompanying your framework): (1) the disclaimer set forth above; (2) this sentence; and (3) the following copyright notice: Copyright (c) 2013-2014, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Origami is already the name of some folding editor from Microsoft. (Folding, get it? It's actually a topical name.)<p>The Japanese language has lots of words; there is enough for every gaijin to have a unique one for their programming project.