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I signed up and was surprised to learn that all the mockups would need to be created in an outside program. I guess that serves a purpose too, to be able to cre

by bemmu 16y ago

I signed up and was surprised to learn that all the mockups would need to be created in an outside program. I guess that serves a purpose too, to be able to create a clickable thing to show your colleagues, but it wasn't immediately clear to me that an actual mockupping tool isn't included.

adamhowell 16y ago
Yeah, I made sure to put "With Mocksup you can upload website mockups" in the subhead on the homepage, and was hoping the Examples page would help alleviate that a little bit. But I know no one reads marketing copy. Good feedback, I'll keep tweaking that.
- raheemm 16y ago
  Do you plan to add a mockupping tool? If not, perhaps you can call your site "make your mockups live" or protomockup.com (available) or "quickly prototype your mockups", etc. I really like the design - it was easy to navigate and find stuff. But I had a hard time finding the signup button. Mockups and Mocksup is a confusing read.
  - k33n 16y ago
    I think Mocksup is a great name. Mocks up. As in, upload your mockups. That's what I got from it anyway.
  - humblepatience 16y ago
    For some reason I think "mock soup"
brandon 16y ago
I made the same mistake; I suppose I shouldn't have expected wireframing when it's not explicitly called out anywhere. An additional note, though: your upgrade page doesn't render correctly when I click through to it via the account page (was looking for a Delete Account button).
- adamhowell 16y ago
  That page definitely slipped through the cracks, I'll fix that, thanks. We don't have an automatic way to delete accounts yet, could you send us a note here and I'll make sure it gets taken care of: http://help.mocksup.com/support/ http://help.mocksup.com/support/
keefe 16y ago
lol wait, what? I thought there was a wireframing tool included and I still didn't get that far... I think the home is a bit cluttered, I spent I'd say 5 minutes on the site without a clear idea of what it was doing exactly. A video would have helped... It's really hard for me to see the benefit of spending $9/mo to upload HTML I already created vs just dumping it on a server and discussing via email.
- adamhowell 16y ago
  We used to have a video (http://vimeo.com/9638301 http://vimeo.com/9638301) but the production quality was so bad that I opted to take it down until we could do better. I'll definitely keep your feedback in mind, thanks.
  - keefe 16y ago
    I dunno why you got a downmod, this site is downmod happy sometimes. Your video is private though, stupid default vimeo setting. I've been using ffmpeg on ubuntu with x264 encoding and I feel pretty good about the quality of the output : http://www.vimeo.com/12740202 http://www.vimeo.com/12740202 that video is some crude thing showing how I did my portfolio in couchdb... maybe a crappy video like that does not deserve center placement, but if it's on there somewhere then screencast whores like me will be more likely to get involved :)
    - adamhowell 16y ago
      Ah, thanks, fixed the privacy settings. And yep, it makes perfect sense for me to keep the text + screenshot approach of the current tour (for those who hate watching videos, can't watch at work, etc.) but to also couple it with a video for those who aren't in the mood to read/click. Thanks again.
      - keefe 16y ago
        OK, after watching the video I think I grok the basic idea. As an engineer, I didn't even think of designers providing images... I'm more on the other end of write the server, hack out a UI, work with decently competent front end folk to make it nice. So, I would reduce some of the emphasis on the linking part. People understand linking and it's not an area that differentiates you - basic html/imagemap can be mastered by kids. If it were my stuff... I'd make the mock video more about a few characters rather than the tech. Here's developer,designer,ceo,investor and here's how they use my tool to get something done, so you could focus on how it tightens the feedback loop which seems to be your goal. I think production quality was fine, but I've got a pronounced substance over style attitude.

by bemmu 16y ago

adamhowell 16y ago

Yeah, I made sure to put "With Mocksup you can upload website mockups" in the subhead on the homepage, and was hoping the Examples page would help alleviate that a little bit. But I know no one reads marketing copy. Good feedback, I'll keep tweaking that.

raheemm 16y ago
Do you plan to add a mockupping tool? If not, perhaps you can call your site "make your mockups live" or protomockup.com (available) or "quickly prototype your mockups", etc. I really like the design - it was easy to navigate and find stuff. But I had a hard time finding the signup button. Mockups and Mocksup is a confusing read.
- k33n 16y ago
  I think Mocksup is a great name. Mocks up. As in, upload your mockups. That's what I got from it anyway.
- humblepatience 16y ago
  For some reason I think "mock soup"

brandon 16y ago

I made the same mistake; I suppose I shouldn't have expected wireframing when it's not explicitly called out anywhere. An additional note, though: your upgrade page doesn't render correctly when I click through to it via the account page (was looking for a Delete Account button).

adamhowell 16y ago
That page definitely slipped through the cracks, I'll fix that, thanks. We don't have an automatic way to delete accounts yet, could you send us a note here and I'll make sure it gets taken care of: http://help.mocksup.com/support/ http://help.mocksup.com/support/

keefe 16y ago

lol wait, what? I thought there was a wireframing tool included and I still didn't get that far... I think the home is a bit cluttered, I spent I'd say 5 minutes on the site without a clear idea of what it was doing exactly. A video would have helped... It's really hard for me to see the benefit of spending $9/mo to upload HTML I already created vs just dumping it on a server and discussing via email.

adamhowell 16y ago
We used to have a video (http://vimeo.com/9638301 http://vimeo.com/9638301) but the production quality was so bad that I opted to take it down until we could do better. I'll definitely keep your feedback in mind, thanks.
- keefe 16y ago
  I dunno why you got a downmod, this site is downmod happy sometimes. Your video is private though, stupid default vimeo setting. I've been using ffmpeg on ubuntu with x264 encoding and I feel pretty good about the quality of the output : http://www.vimeo.com/12740202 http://www.vimeo.com/12740202 that video is some crude thing showing how I did my portfolio in couchdb... maybe a crappy video like that does not deserve center placement, but if it's on there somewhere then screencast whores like me will be more likely to get involved :)
  - adamhowell 16y ago
    Ah, thanks, fixed the privacy settings. And yep, it makes perfect sense for me to keep the text + screenshot approach of the current tour (for those who hate watching videos, can't watch at work, etc.) but to also couple it with a video for those who aren't in the mood to read/click. Thanks again.
    - keefe 16y ago
      OK, after watching the video I think I grok the basic idea. As an engineer, I didn't even think of designers providing images... I'm more on the other end of write the server, hack out a UI, work with decently competent front end folk to make it nice. So, I would reduce some of the emphasis on the linking part. People understand linking and it's not an area that differentiates you - basic html/imagemap can be mastered by kids. If it were my stuff... I'd make the mock video more about a few characters rather than the tech. Here's developer,designer,ceo,investor and here's how they use my tool to get something done, so you could focus on how it tightens the feedback loop which seems to be your goal. I think production quality was fine, but I've got a pronounced substance over style attitude.