Hey Folks! It's Efraim here, inventor of GuiMags. Thanks for your post and reply. Allow me to explain some of the ins and outs of using GuiMags.
Quoting "Jan Srutek": "We had a play with them for a bit and then they were just left on the whiteboard for months." -Yeah, I've seen this happen before. Just like buying your first Mac, it takes some time and effort to get into the habit of using them. Once you're used to them, there's no going back. Especially team-meetings are a blast, since they get a lot shorter... Quoting "Hakan Reis": "Actually I was asking as I'm also a bit against the polished look. For my self, I prefer using balsamiq" - Totally understand! In fact, I'm a big Balsamiq / Napkee fan too! Here's the deal: There's an early phase when an idea isn't crystal enough for a detailed mockup (Balsamiq). That's when you use GuiMags. Don't use them for looks (they're not THAT good looking), use them for speed. Quickly move around, talk with your team. When the idea is more solid and stops changing, that's when I use Balsamiq. Quoting "Jeremy Kriegel": "Bought some at my last company, but found most of the whiteboards were plastic and not magnetic!" - Surely you didn't buy them from us, we don't sell plastic mockup tools. You must be confused with something else? @Grady Kelly: True, you can make them yourself. On our blog we display how. The good part is: you can make whatever you control you want. The bad: lamination comes off when you use them a couple times, bend them or clean them. But indeed, it's a good idea, in fact, that's what we did before we manufactured them professionally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44678 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
