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I was originally a graphic designer. I did a huge number of print projects: posters, flyers, business cards, etc.I was an artist. I expressed myself through my work.In print design, I had absolute freedom. I could print whatever I wanted.In 2014, I decided to get into web design. What I found was shocking.I had imagined that, since websites had existed for amost twenty years, anything would be possible. What I found was incredibly limited technology that was laborious to use.The idea of spending my life creating sites with HTML and CSS, was inadmissible. I refused to abandon years of graphic experience just to produce rows of rectangles.The SVG format turned out to be a good alternative. And, after lots of experimentation, we are proud to provide a tool to build websites in a truly acceptable way — Pwika.— Andy Swift, founderToday we have computers capable of producing works like “Guardians of the Galaxy” — it’s astonishing what they can do.Yet the modern internet is neither rich nor immersive. It’s a reading platform, or television. And it’s low-quality.Why? Because the internet relies on old, fragile technology.Almost all of the eight billion web pages are built in a language called HTML.HTML is based on GML, a language designed in 1969 (the year of Woodstock). It inherits GML’s philosophy: a language built to transmit textual documents between computers.More than fifty years later, HTML can still only represent:1. rectangles (but no circles or triangles)2. horizontal lines (but no vertical ones)3. text4. images (as long as they are rectangular)Anything else must be simulated. For example:• to create a circle, you must use a rectangular image of a circle• to draw a vertical line, you must create a rectangle with three hidden sidesBuilding a rich, immersive experience is therefore complicated… and it doesn’t stop there.1969Woodstock2134On top of its graphic limits, HTML forces every element into overlapping invisible boxes, like a puzzle.Because there is no empty space:• if you move the title upward, it collides with the elements above,• if you move it downward, it pushes the elements below,• if you try to move it left, you can’t; it’s already flush against the element to the leftAs a result, websites end up looking the same: rows of rectangles.CartierLouis VuittonAir FranceEstée LauderQuiksilverGivenchyBulovaBalmainVersaceFossilChanelDieselWe are in a paradoxical situation.We have incredibly powerful computers, yet they are paralyzed by a technology that imposes draconian limits.That’s why we created Pwika.The SVG format was created in 1996 from proposals by Adobe and Microsoft. It was built specifically to present complex images online.• any imaginable shape can be represented.• elements are independent and not nested.HTML’s limitations vanish instantly.We can finally do what we should already be able to do: anything you can imagine.Quickly and smoothly.It’s a revolution.Of course, some people will still make bad websites.Some companies, focused on profit and conversion, will build boring commercial sites.But many creative people will seize this opportunity and say: “Yes! I wanted to participate on the internet, but it was so restrictive that I didn’t see the point!”And they will emerge from the shadows, blinking, looking around, and saying: “Wh… what’s happening? I can really do exactly what I want?! Incredible!”our dream…We hope Pwika will feel like opening the doors of an underground prison to free the mole-people from their cells.Cells where they have been scratching horizontal lines and drawing rectangles on the walls.And we will say: “Look! You can draw circles, triangles, and anything you can imagine!”“Look! You can spend your time creating, instead of fighting against invisible boxes!”It will take time for them to grasp what has become possible.People will love Pwika, because they have a deep desire to express themselves.We see it everywhere: whenever a new creative opportunity appears, we seize it.When the electric guitar was invented, musicians reacted with enthusiasm: “Yes! Yes! We want it, let me try!”And Pwika is like the electric guitar — suddenly, you can achieve every effect:• you can try the wah-wah pedal• you can add distortion• you can play loudly!With Pwika, anything is possible.When the electric guitar was invented, musicians reacted with enthusiasm: “Yes! Yes! We want it, let me try!”Let me try!We are three people from quite different backgrounds.There’s Andy, Pwika’s creator. He has thirty years of experience in design and development.He is American, but has lived in Toulouse, France since 2000.JP Juan is the expert in logistics, support, and financing. He lives in Clermont. He has sixteen years of logistics and support experience at Airbus, Origin Energy, and Hewlett Packard. He is an excellent communicator, comfortable in any context.The founders
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