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Re: Show HN: Mockups fixed by making collaboration effortless, built with React

#11

Post by foxpc »

This is pretty amazing!

I am looking for a quick way to sketch some apps and this might be the simplest way to do so even though it misses a couple of things.

Some of the things to improve:

* Snapping. Sometimes when the area is small, the snapping is annoying as I won't be able to vertically center text in the box even though it should be possible physically. Maybe, turning off snapping?

* More text settings (font size at least)

* Predefined elements. Surely, it must be kept simple but things like arrows would help a lot and my crooked hands won't have to draw crooked arrows :)

Re: Show HN: Mockups fixed by making collaboration effortless, built with React

#12

Post by thebouv »

I'm trying to figure out the audience.

I've never had to collaborate on a mockup. I make mockups. I review mockups. I mark mockups up. But I've never wanted to do one live with someone else. That's just me though so an example of when this is used would be great.

Some feedback: I use Balsamiq and have for years. The whole reason I use a mockup tool in the first place is so I don't have to draw everything by hand or make boxes in Photoshop. The ability to use pre-drawn UI items is golden.

While the collaboration features are cool and hi-tech, this seems like the beginnings of a mockup tool, but not a full one yet. So saying "we fixed mockups" seems a bit of a stretch. It's a nice start though and I look forward to seeing where it goes.

Re: Show HN: Mockups fixed by making collaboration effortless, built with React

#14

Post by dwwoelfel »

foxpc wrote: post #11

This is pretty amazing! I am looking for a quick way to sketch some apps and this might be the simplest way to do so even though it misses a couple of things. Some of the things to improve: * Snapping. Sometimes when the area is small, the snapping is annoying as I won't be able to vertically center text in the box even though it should be possible physically. Maybe, turning off snapping? * More text settings (font s…

Thanks!

> Snapping

You might be able to do what you want by zooming in (alt + scroll). When you're zoomed in, the snap interval is smaller.

You can also move text without any snapping with click+hold, then drag using the text tool.

Grouping is also coming, which will allow you to auto-center text in a box.

> font size

You can change font size by hitting "+" or "-". It will affect all selected text.

> Predefined elements

We're still working on this, but we remember everything you copy and paste. You can manage them from the "Clipboard history" in the upper left menu. You can use that to define your own components.

The next version of that feature will make it much easier to get the clips that you starred into the document, without having to go through the menu.

For arrows, hold "A" and click the edges of 2 shapes. We'll create an arrow between them.

Re: Show HN: Mockups fixed by making collaboration effortless, built with React

#16

Post by Mahn »

thebouv wrote: post #12

I'm trying to figure out the audience. I've never had to collaborate on a mockup. I make mockups. I review mockups. I mark mockups up. But I've never wanted to do one live with someone else. That's just me though so an example of when this is used would be great. Some feedback: I use Balsamiq and have for years. The whole reason I use a mockup tool in the first place is so I don't have to draw everything by hand or m…

> I've never had to collaborate on a mockup. I make mockups. I review mockups. I mark mockups up. But I've never wanted to do one live with someone else. That's just me though so an example of when this is used would be great.

Remote teams perhaps? I've never had the need, but I would imagine if you work with designers and engineers remotely live mockups could come handy in a brainstorming session.

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