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Sounds like a great story and a great guy. But damn, I hate to see anything popularize AIR apps. Also consider OmniGraffle if you are looking for prototyping :

by alanh 15y ago

Sounds like a great story and a great guy. But damn, I hate to see anything popularize AIR apps. Also consider OmniGraffle if you are looking for prototyping :) Really don’t want to rain on parades. Just want to make sure people know there are (IMO better) alternatives.

myoder 15y ago
If you're anti-AIR, check out their MyBalsamiq :) http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/mybalsamiq http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/mybalsamiq
- alanh 15y ago
  Thanks. The page is not forthcoming in terms of tech. It's "hosted." What do I interact with? Flash? Native?
  - jdale27 15y ago
    It's Flash.
  - myoder 15y ago
    Good question. Thanks for the help, jdale27.
  - melvinram 15y ago
    It's Flash for the mockup part and plain html for the rest of the app.
th0ma5 15y ago
If one is on Android, i made an app called Edgy which is a bare-bones directed graph creation tool with DOT and PNG export.
tptacek 15y ago
OmniGraffle isn't remotely as good at what Balsamiq does as Balsamiq itself. You might just as productively compare Adobe InDesign to Emacs.
- alanh 15y ago
  I disagree. You can make and download and share stencils. There are great sets for different UI systems... What am I missing?
  - tptacek 15y ago
    This is the kind of comment you write when you've never actually used Balsamiq. I use and adore OmniGraffle (though I'm back to doing more technical illustration in Illustrator), and it is nothing like Balsamiq. It's not a difference of stencils or downloading or anything like that; they are simply very different applications altogether.
    - alanh 15y ago
      You don't know that. I have used both. Though I only used the Flash version of Balsamiq, since my AIR installation refused to work.
      - tptacek 15y ago
        I'm inclined not to believe you, if you need someone to argue with you that OmniGraffle has a similar approach to UI mockups. Perhaps you downloaded it, dragged some things onto a canvas, and then never picked it up again. You missed a lot of great stuff. It's a thoughtfully designed (and very nerdy) app.

by alanh 15y ago

myoder 15y ago

If you're anti-AIR, check out their MyBalsamiq :) http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/mybalsamiq http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/mybalsamiq

alanh 15y ago
Thanks. The page is not forthcoming in terms of tech. It's "hosted." What do I interact with? Flash? Native?
- jdale27 15y ago
  It's Flash.
- myoder 15y ago
  Good question. Thanks for the help, jdale27.
- melvinram 15y ago
  It's Flash for the mockup part and plain html for the rest of the app.

th0ma5 15y ago

If one is on Android, i made an app called Edgy which is a bare-bones directed graph creation tool with DOT and PNG export.

tptacek 15y ago

OmniGraffle isn't remotely as good at what Balsamiq does as Balsamiq itself. You might just as productively compare Adobe InDesign to Emacs.

alanh 15y ago
I disagree. You can make and download and share stencils. There are great sets for different UI systems... What am I missing?
- tptacek 15y ago
  This is the kind of comment you write when you've never actually used Balsamiq. I use and adore OmniGraffle (though I'm back to doing more technical illustration in Illustrator), and it is nothing like Balsamiq. It's not a difference of stencils or downloading or anything like that; they are simply very different applications altogether.
  - alanh 15y ago
    You don't know that. I have used both. Though I only used the Flash version of Balsamiq, since my AIR installation refused to work.
    - tptacek 15y ago
      I'm inclined not to believe you, if you need someone to argue with you that OmniGraffle has a similar approach to UI mockups. Perhaps you downloaded it, dragged some things onto a canvas, and then never picked it up again. You missed a lot of great stuff. It's a thoughtfully designed (and very nerdy) app.