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Alternative to Balsamiq for wireframing?

6 points by agaton 16y ago

Balsamiq is great but it has to be more alternatives out there that possibly could be equal for making mockups/wireframes that I haven't found. So, great tools for wireframing/mockups. Ideas?

pierrefar 16y ago
There is Pencil, which is either a stand-alone or Firefox addon. It's potentially good enough for a lot of things. Opensource too.
- getonit 16y ago
  Product naming FAIL. The word 'pencil' appears to be quite commonly used in conjunction with things other than this particular product. http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/ http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/
andrew_k 16y ago
Not quite a "tool" but if you know basic HTML/CSS, you might consider using PolyPage with some CSS framework (like Blueprint) http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2009/01/state-based-html-wireframes-with-polypage/ http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2009/01/state-based-html-wiref...
balsamiq 16y ago
We keep a list of all the wireframing tools we know about here: http://www.twitter.com/balsamiq/wireframing-tools http://www.twitter.com/balsamiq/wireframing-tools Hope you find the perfect tool for your needs! :) Peldi
- agaton 16y ago
  Thanks! Will continue using balsamiq of course but is always nice with more tools for specific purposes =)
- getonit 16y ago
  Listing competitors is a sure sign of belief in your product. Kudos, keep showing 'em how it's done ;)
aerdhyl 16y ago
I'm more and more addict to mockingbird (http://gomockingbird.com http://gomockingbird.com). It is still "beta" and lacks some features, but it is a really promising HTML5 application.
- agaton 16y ago
  Thanks. Looks promising!
mahipal 16y ago
For iPhone wireframes, I've found http://iphonemockup.lkmc.ch/ http://iphonemockup.lkmc.ch/ to be a good alternative.
- agaton 16y ago
  great tip, thanks!