Adding groups to libraries; Multiple pages per mockup
I'm an interaction designer who has been using Visio for years. While I'm comfortable with it, I'm looking at wireframing tools for others in my 500+ person organization to use. Of everything I've looked at, Mockups is the simplest and most straightforward UI for doing mockups. Plus we use JIRA, so that's attractive too.
There are two features I've read up on here on these boards that I'd like to ask about.
1. My group is trying to get standards and design patterns implemented here. In Visio I've created a couple of stencil sets that implement our interaction approach to things like the accordian, portlets on a dashboard, etc. I want to do that here. I can build everything I need out of the base widget set you've got, but it takes a while. I want to do that and then drag the groups into the UI Library. People could them drag them out where they become a group just like any other group. You wouldn't have to design new properties and options for them because each one is a group of pre-existing widgets. Is this feasible?
1a. As a stopgap, could I build a mockup with my set of standard groupsthat I share with people that they can then copy and paste into their own mockups?
2. The projects feature in which you can have many pages in one mockup. That would be great. Master pages would be great too, but not as important as the multiple pages in one mockup. How do things stand on these features?
Thanks,
Scott McDaniel
Contractor to the National Center for Biotechnology Information
U.S. National Institutes of Health
There are two features I've read up on here on these boards that I'd like to ask about.
1. My group is trying to get standards and design patterns implemented here. In Visio I've created a couple of stencil sets that implement our interaction approach to things like the accordian, portlets on a dashboard, etc. I want to do that here. I can build everything I need out of the base widget set you've got, but it takes a while. I want to do that and then drag the groups into the UI Library. People could them drag them out where they become a group just like any other group. You wouldn't have to design new properties and options for them because each one is a group of pre-existing widgets. Is this feasible?
1a. As a stopgap, could I build a mockup with my set of standard groupsthat I share with people that they can then copy and paste into their own mockups?
2. The projects feature in which you can have many pages in one mockup. That would be great. Master pages would be great too, but not as important as the multiple pages in one mockup. How do things stand on these features?
Thanks,
Scott McDaniel
Contractor to the National Center for Biotechnology Information
U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Inappropriate?Hi Scott, Thanks for your thoughtful note. Appreciate the time and interest. There is a thread about libraries here you might follow:
http://getsatisfaction.com/balsamiq/t...
Regarding "Projects"
Well, this is a tough one. We have a thread going here: http://getsatisfaction.com/balsamiq/t...
but as you can see, it's still in the oven. We have lots of interconnected issues with this, but are making behind the scenes progress. Lots of announcements coming, and this is on the list.
Thanks again for your comments and questions. Stick with us, we are getting there...
I’m wishing I had a deliverable, but know one is coming.
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Inappropriate?Scott,
We do have an answer to your question about how we're going to address the view of mockups within projects, complete with screenshots of design direction in this thread: http://community.balsamiq.com/balsami...
Please check out that thread and see if we've addressed your concerns there.
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