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If designing an application from scratch or brainstorming some new feature or application requirement, pencil and paper.. I've done more "napkin mockups" than I care to admit. I found food really gets the creative juices flowing.  When its time to sell it to the stakeholders, I will either mock up in PowerPoint with graphical tweaks with Paint.NET, or just use VS form designer.
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cheap and cheerful, always does the jobs for the teams I've worked for
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I just use you guys.
Oooooh! Sorry. You said "mocking up", not "mocking". Right.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I've been thinking about building such a tool for quite a while...
What features would you'all be interested in?
- Grant
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Balsamiq is excellent. Very fluid and it's UI does not get in the way of creativity
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I'm a UI/UX designer. I work on wireframes (low fidelity UI mockups) every day. I specialize in mobile apps, but also work on web and desktop apps.
Cheap/free tool (since work pays for my software): MS PowerPoint or any presentation app. You can easily sketch up a low fidelity design concept that gets the point across. Plus, you can embed hyperlinks so that clicking on an object goes to a different slide.
Windows Apps: Traditionally, I've used MS Visio. Lately, I prefer Balsamiq. Both tools allow you to embed hyperlinks. With Visio, you can export your multi-canvas doc to HTML. With Balsamiq, you can export to PDF. By embedding hyperlinks, you also get a cheap "clickable mockup/prototype" of your concept.
- Balsamiq: http://balsamiq.com[^]
Mac Apps: On Mac, I prefer using Omni Graffle Pro or Balsamiq. Both have pluses and minuses. Graffle Pro has a great "shared layer" feature so I don't have to keep copying and pasting the screen backgrounds between canvases. Again, I always embed hyperlinks to export into a "clickable model" format to convey a user experience concept with colleagues.
- Omni Graffle Pro: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle[^]
Pro Tip: For any of these apps, I've found that it's best to create a separate panel object with no fill and no line (100% transparent). Then embed the hyperlink in the transparent panel object. It's much easier to move it around and always move it to the top Z layer, plus edit or delete it without affecting the main GUI components.
Lately, I've been experimenting with Indigo Studio, as well. Indigo Studio isn't quite mature enough yet to replace one of the above wireframing tool, but it's promising.
- Indigo Studio: http://www.infragistics.com/products/indigo-studio[^]
I've also been experimenting with prototyping apps on mobile phones. First, exporting individual wireframes as PNG files, then wiring them up in a prototyping tool. Two good ones we've been trying are Marvel and Prototyping On Paper (POP). You can import each image, then easily put in hyperlinks to link between the images. Then, you can view this simulated app on your phone. It feels reasonably realistic and can be useful for getting feedback from colleagues and end users. You just have to pay very CLOSE ATTENTION to screen flows and screen states.
- Marvel: https://marvelapp.com[^]
- POP: https://popapp.in[^]
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We started using Axure RP last year, and like it a lot. http://axure-rp.en.softonic.com/[^]
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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The Germans should just walk off the pitch and leave the Brazilians to it!
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Nah, the other way 'round.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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A very disappointing Brazilian semi.
Has Pele run out of Viagra?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Well, you've seen one Brazilian you've seen them all.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Woke up and saw the score-line.
Everything ok back in Brazil? Probably not.
How did this happen?
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Abhinav S wrote: How did this happen?
Two words: Blitz. Krieg.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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All the excitement went off in just 26 mins... 
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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When I get on today, I was trying to decide if I was going to stick around and work late to watch the entire game from my desk or head home early to catch it there. Now I am trying to decide if this is one big hallucination or if when I get home they will have revealed this to be one big joke and actually start the game.
This is like watching the exhibition match at the beginning of the MLS season where a team from Europe heads over and shows us how to play. 
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... why are the Germans still wearing the colours of the Reich?
Ger
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Why mess with what works?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I've had such big hopes for AngularJS. So I've decided to use it for a mini project. A simple multi part web form in an accordion, with some validation.
The type of stuff you can do with jQuery in a snap.
So I ran a google search on something like this and was astounded at the amount of half baked non working stuff that was there.
I guess it's back to jQuery[^]
Has anybody seen a good AngularJS accordion web form somewhere?
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Take a look here[^] for an Angular Bootstrap version.
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Children sleeping, check.
Peanuts, check.
Nils Oscar God Lager, check.
Germany vs. Brazil. This will indeed be very interesting whatever the outcome.
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Boys from Brazil on both sides, then?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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The fourth item seems to be needless...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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For the 'Muricans that doesn't know what Football is.
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