Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

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Post by pibefision » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 12:30 AM UTC

Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design
twiddla.blogspot.com

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

#2

Post by anthropocentric » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 2:19 AM UTC

Balsamiq Mockups copycat!

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

#3

Post by anuraggoel » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 2:37 AM UTC

anthropocentric wrote: post #2

Balsamiq Mockups copycat!

Not quite. Balsamiq has significantly more UI controls and buttons. Mockups aren't Twiddla's focus, so they will never fill the same need that Balsamiq fills (and vice-versa).

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

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Post by sam_in_nyc » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 3:48 AM UTC

Twiddla is amazing... will definitely be using it in the future.

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

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Post by tmilewski » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 3:50 AM UTC

Yes, I will be using this in the future as well.

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

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Post by patio11 » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 4:06 AM UTC

anthropocentric wrote: post #2

Balsamiq Mockups copycat!

There were many, many mockups products prior to Balsamiq. Peldi's main contribution is not sucking so much.

Not sucking so much means he richly deserves every dollar he makes, but isn't quite enough to say that every person before and after him in the field is ipso facto copying him. After all, there is the possibility that a few years from now we'll be using the new hotness and wonder how anyone could ever have tolerated Mockups.

(If the new hotness supports Japanese IMEs without closing the control to editing every time I confirm a kanji for a word I am so there. If the new hotness is the next version of Mockups so much the better!)

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

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Post by zhyder » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 5:36 AM UTC

Can use Dabbleboard (http://www.dabbleboard.com) too :).

I'm impressed that Jason mentions us himself in a comment.

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

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Post by tectonic » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 4:38 PM UTC

anthropocentric wrote: post #2

Balsamiq Mockups copycat!

That's the thing, though, right? Someone else adds drag and drop UI elements and Balsamiq's advantage fades. I think Balsamiq is really cool. I'm inspired by a single developer making a living from a website, but the barriers to entry are scary low.

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

#9

Post by tectonic » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 4:39 PM UTC

I just discovered this inline LaTeX editor through them. Cool

http://www.sitmo.com/latex/

Re: Twiddla: Zillon Percent Better at UI Design

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Post by balsamiq » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 5:34 PM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #6

anthropocentric wrote: post #2

Balsamiq Mockups copycat!

There were many, many mockups products prior to Balsamiq. Peldi's main contribution is not sucking so much. Not sucking so much means he richly deserves every dollar he makes, but isn't quite enough to say that every person before and after him in the field is ipso facto copying him. After all, there is the possibility that a few years from now we'll be using the new hotness and wonder how anyone could ever have tole…

Hi patio11, please email me at peldi@balsamiq.com. I'd love to solve your IME issue but I'll need your help since I'm no IME expert. I'm sure we'll get the bug fixed in no time.