Layout Mockup Tool

[Josiah Kiehl]

I'm looking for a tool (maybe like Visio, but more web focused) that does a good job laying out a site.

What do people use generally?

Josiah

[Kevin Fitzpatrick]

I've heard good things about balsamiq (http://www.balsamiq.com/)

[Tony Cosentini]

Might be a little too crude, but MockFlow(http://www.mockflow.com/) has been getting some buzz lately.

Tony

[Mat Schaffer]

I tend to use Omnigraffle just cause my office can get licenses
easily. The YUI Stencil kit is also a handy companion to whatever tool
you end up using http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/about/stencils/

-Mat

[Mort Goldman]

I would second the recommendation for Balsamiq.  In addition to being a pretty cool product, the vendor is very cool to deal with (my recommendation is only partially influenced by their having provided me a free license).

-- Mort 

[Randy Schmidt]

pen + paper + scanner

http://s3.amazonaws.com/r38y.baconfile.com/lioli-wireframes-v3.pdf

[Brian O'Neill]

+1 for balsamiq

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Kevin Fitzpatrick <kevin.m.a....@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Jason Yates]

I never used it, but I've heard www.protoshare.com is quite popular.

I prefer paper prototyping but I guess it depends on your
requirements. This is a good book.

http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Prototyping-Interfaces-Interactive-Technologies/dp/1558608702

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[Josiah Kiehl]

Wonderful suggestion on Balsamiq.  I bought myself a license and blew the weekend building mockups.  It's such a fun tool, and I can tweet questions to @balsamiq, and they get answered within a few hours. :)

Josiah

[Colin A. Bartlett]

I like features of the tool but does anyone know if you can make it
less Comic-Sans-esque? That look always turns me off.

[Josiah Kiehl]

I think that's the point.  It's supposed to be "function over form".  You give the mockups to your designer to make them look cool.

You can, however, change the font to the "system font" (which is kinda Ariel or Helvetica, I suppose) via the View -> Use System Fonts.

Josiah

[Mort Goldman]

Per the Balsamiq FAQ at: http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/support#comicsans it's easy to change fonts, though they recommend staying with a hand drawn style.

-- Mort