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Message        cherub          Post subject: Design Mockups?Posted: Fri Dec 21, 
2012 10:25 am                         
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Posts: 9                any recommendations for software that can be used to 
mockup the UI design of RB Wed Edition apps and/or RB apps?  (before we start 
programming). Thanks for any help   
                             Top                timhare          Post subject: 
Re: Design Mockups?Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:20 pm                         
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Location: Portland, OR  USA                The RS IDE istelf?  If laying out 
the window with no code behind it isn't what you're asking for, can you clarify 
please?   
                             Top                Bob Keeney          Post 
subject: Re: Design Mockups?Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:54 pm                   
              
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Location: Lenexa, KS                Actually, I would recommend against using 
the IDE.  It's too perfect in many cases.  When we've used it with clients to 
do mockups they expect it to already work and the final output to be just like 
it but in reality it's just a mockup to get ideas.

We've had really good luck with Balsamiq from 
http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups.  Lots of options but looks hand drawn 
so everyone knows it's a mockup.

The other option would be OmniGraffle at 
http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle/.  Mac only but very useful for a 
lot of different types of drawings.  Huge library of stencils.      
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                             Top                Bob Coleman          Post 
subject: Re: Design Mockups?Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:06 pm                    
     
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Location: Portland, OR                Bob Keeney wrote:Actually, I would 
recommend against using the IDE.  It's too perfect in many cases.  When we've 
used it with clients to do mockups they expect it to already work and the final 
output to be just like it but in reality it's just a mockup to get ideas.

I have to agree with this statement.  To a user the look is 99% of the project 
and they think you are already done and padding your bills.  I use Pencil:  
http://pencil.evolus.vn/      
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