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Balsamiq mockups

With all the new web product out on internet, its easy to fall in and out of love very fast. It seems that I sign up for a new product everyday that all offer lots of interesting and cool features. Almost all of these services and apps don’t provide enough value or convenience that persuades users to continue to use it or create a product stickiness.

Basically, there isn’t many products that I cant live without or that I use on a regular basis. I have come across a product called Balsamiq Mockups and it is fast becoming an essential tool in my day to day. Balsamiq is a web and desktop application that helps people quickly create mockups for web products in seconds. The interface is very simple to understand and navigate as the program uses a main toolbar selector for user actions. Balsamiq has compiled a complete list of web elements/controls that let users drag and drop components onto their page to create web layouts. These elements and controls includes dropdowns, sliders, boxes, maps, transition markups, and buttons. Once on the page, the elements can be manipulated with color, size, text and ordering of objects (z-index for the html junkies). The restrictions of certain options allow for concise mockups that convey your vision versus overworking or over-beautifying your mockups.

I really do suggest people give it a try and let us know what you think. At incubaker, we often use Balsamiq to communicate our ideas, share concepts and also give our development team mockups. Below is a sample of what you can do in Balsamiq.