A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
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Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#2I used to use Etherpad and Dabbleboard for rough collaborative specs and mocks because they're realtime. Now Google Docs will do nicely.
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#3Nice. Just the other day I was contemplating the use of a specialized webapp that allows me to easily create mockups of new user-interface designs. However, Google Drawings now seems extensive enough to be able to fulfill most of my needs with regard to UI prototyping.
I believe I read about Balsamiq on HN a while ago; it must be tough for a small company to operate in an area that intersects with areas google might be(come) active in.
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#4I use Mockingbird for wireframing. http://gomockingbird.com
It doesn't allow collaboration but it is entirely focused on wire framing (unlike GDrawings, OmniGraffle and Visio). It provides a great experience.
For everything else, I use OmniGraffle.
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#5I've been looking for something like this. Lately it seems that we're doing more and more wireframing at my work, and having to pull out illustrator, and then deal with large files and passing them all around into SVN and whatnot has gotten to be a huge pain.
I'm going to check this out.
I'm also curious how their flowchart handing is. I've still never found a decent flowcharting program made for coders. It was getting to the point where I was actually considering making one to fill my need...
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#6OmniGraffle has been circling the drain in my work-flow for a while now; pen and paper easily beating it out most of the time. Wire-framing should be fast, quick, and recyclable. I've been impressed with Google drawings: it's not bloated (unlike onmingraffle) and it's visually clean (unlike balsamiq).
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#7I've been looking for something like this. Lately it seems that we're doing more and more wireframing at my work, and having to pull out illustrator, and then deal with large files and passing them all around into SVN and whatnot has gotten to be a huge pain. I'm going to check this out. I'm also curious how their flowchart handing is. I've still never found a decent flowcharting program made for coders. It was getti…
I'm finding omnigraffle's dot import and auto-layout useful for flowcharting. I write dot layouts by hand then pretty them up in omnigraffle.
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#8I've been looking for something like this. Lately it seems that we're doing more and more wireframing at my work, and having to pull out illustrator, and then deal with large files and passing them all around into SVN and whatnot has gotten to be a huge pain. I'm going to check this out. I'm also curious how their flowchart handing is. I've still never found a decent flowcharting program made for coders. It was getti…
You could use latex; either directly or using dot2tex.
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#9I use paper and pencil for my mockups. They've got the unique property of not making you think about details, but allowing you to put them in at any level. You don't need any skill either. It works even if your drawings consist of lopsided rectangles.
Re: A wireframe kit for Google Drawings and 4 reasons it beats Omnigraffle and Visio
#10I use Mockingbird for wireframing. http://gomockingbird.com It doesn't allow collaboration but it is entirely focused on wire framing (unlike GDrawings, OmniGraffle and Visio). It provides a great experience. For everything else, I use OmniGraffle.
And we should be getting collaboration soon - I'm going to start working on it tomorrow.