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Review my app: MockupTiger

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12 pointsinfocaptor16 comments

Seems like a useful app and it works pretty well. Others have mentioned the font, but in general I think if you worked with a designer on improving the overally appearance and the design of the different elements, the app would benefit greatly.

thank you. not being a designer I tried to keep it basic. Can you point out any specific design/appearance issue. Is it the interface or the widgets?

I was thinking primarily the widgets. I'd check out a program like Omnigraffle or Visio to get a sense of the kind of objects they have there and see the visual style that they are using. I am assuming this is kinda meant to be a lightweight replacement for one of those.

Is there a grid at all? It make it hard to line things up. I was trying to select more than one object, to try aligning, but I couldn't figure out how. No shift click or option click or command click.

Thank you for trying it out The grid is there under the container section http://www.mockuptiger.com/how-to-build-table-grids You can use the rubberband to select multiple and then use the align buttons in the top toolbar. You can use ctrl+click. Shift click is not supported.

Ah, sorry, I didn't mean a grid in a table. I meant a "snap to" grid so you line up elements like you were using 960.gs, for example.

Also, control+click isn't working for me (Firefox 5/Mac).

ok, yes snap to grid will be added soon. It is there but not enabled for this demo

Seems like it could be useful with some polishing, but I can't get past the Comic Sans.

@skylervm

You will be able to change the font. I just set the initial font but never got to change it. sorry about that

Hi All, just released the beta

I made it easy for everyone to check it out. If you wish you can also download the application on your desktop using this link http://tinyurl.com/3f4rcco

You can also register for the full access http://www.mockuptiger.com/wireframe/mockups/register.php

Let me know what you think. :)

Thanks

Please use Firefox or chrome. IE is not supported as it uses HTML5 canvas element. Sorry for the inconvenience

@cschmidt - Thank you for trying it out The grid is there under the container section http://www.mockuptiger.com/how-to-build-table-grids

You can use the rubberband to select multiple and then use the align buttons in the top toolbar.

You can use ctrl+click. Shift click is not supported.

What is a better handwritten font that I could use from this list?

http://www.google.com/webfonts?subset=latin&category=han...

Remove comic sans and it will be awesome. Make use of Google WebFonts.

thanks very much. I will replace comic sans tonight :)

removed the comic sans

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