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Tip: Adding Color to Components with No Text Color Property
Mockups can seem like an iceberg. There's so much beneath the surface in terms of advanced features. The features that seem to be hidden are learnable, but we don't...
New Release: Rename, Icons on the Right, Break Apart...
Hello old friends. If you've been wondering what we've been up to, I won't blame you. We say we release almost weekly and then if you look at this...
Tip: Using Dingbats in Text Components
Text components are interesting in Mockups. We have a lot of wiki-style syntax for formatting, and a lot of people have been asking to extend this to do things...
Tip: Creating Linkable Whole Symbols Using Nested Groups
This is a tip for Mockups for heavy users of symbols, that shows you how to make an entire set of objects in a symbol linkable. While doing support...
Sketching in Mockups
Interface sketching is a path focussed on generating ideas and finding solutions. I feel good when I have a drawing pen or pencil in my hand. Doodling, sketching, and...
Top-down Symbol Library Creation in a Nutshell
I've been creating and converting a lot of symbols libraries of the top-down variety, where you create a symbol library and save to assets, rather than using the inline/bottom-up...
Want to Help Test the New Mockups To Go?
Our latest release of myBalsamiq allows anonymous uploading and mockup creation on Wiki projects, so we're opening up the submissions queue on the new Mockups To Go that we've...
A Quick Release, and a New Yummy Project!
Hi friends, we're doing a quick release of Mockups today to fix a few bugs you've reported and to introduce a new fun and yummy project we're starting up....
Using Excel Data to Create a Pivot Table
Occasionally I write a support response in our Get Satisfaction forum that seems like it could serve as a mini-tutorial, so I thought it might be helpful to surface...
Mockups To Go Levels Up
Mockups users know that Mockups to Go (MTG) has been our go-to resource for showing off what you can make with Mockups. Because it's user-contributed, it lets the entire...
Release: Shift+Drag Selection, and a Lot More!
Hi friends. I know, it's been almost a month since our last release, but I think you'll agree this one was worth the wait. Take a look! Shift+Drag to...
A New Mockups Extension: SoftwareServant
The following is a guest post by Rob Crewdson of Software Servant, introducing this Mockups for Desktop extension. Hi everyone, my name is Rob Crewdson. Peldi has given me...
Release: Select on Layers, Linux 32bit Installer and Bug Fixes
Hello friends! Another week, another sweet little release! π Here's what's new today: A way to select elements hidden behind other controls As we say on our manifesto, if...
What a Release! Autosave, Toggle Markup, PDF Export Options, New Icons, Native Installers, and More!
Hello friends! We have so much cool stuff for you today, it's hard to believe it's only been two weeks since our last release. Let's get right to it....
First Release of 2011 - Starting the Year with a Bang!
Hello friends and a belated happy new year to all of you! We hope your 2011 will be filled with health, joy and lots and lots of focused, uninterrupted...
The Last Mockups Release of 2010
Hello friends! Here's a tiny little release before we break for the holidays. What's new: All versions: fixed a bad bug when using Checkbox Group and Radio Button Group...
Weekly Release: Bug Fixes and Skinnier Arrows
Hello again friends! First of all, you should know that we've just announced our latest addition to our staff: an awesome software tester / tech support guru named Louanne!...
Weekly Release: It's the Little Things
Hello friends. We're back to our weekly release schedule, and it feels great. Here's what's new in this week's release: Text alignment in numeric stepper moved to the right....
A Quick Bug Fix Release
Hello again friends! As it was to be expected after such a big release, some little bugs here and there popped up. Thanks to our awesome user community, we...
Mockups 2.0: The Symbols Release
After months and months of work, we are ecstatic to finally be able to release Mockups 2.0 into the world. The main feature of Mockups 2.0 is what we...
Pre-Release: Symbols!
I know, we've all been waiting for this feature for so long, it's hard to believe it's actually here, ready for testing. Here's a nine-minute video that gives you...
Release: Bullets, SHIFT+Drag, l0rem and Bug Fixes
Hi again! This week's release is not a huge one but I'm very happy about it since it includes some features and bug fixes I've been meaning to do...
Mid-Summer Release: Colors, Notifiers and Bug Fixes
Hello friends! With most of the team traveling around the world for vacation and family visits, summers are a bit slow here at Balsamiq. We are part European after...
First Post-Retreat Release
Hi everyone! This update is a small one, we're still recovering from our first company retreat, which was AMAZING. You can read all about it in Natalie's trip report...
Mockup Tips: Datagrids and Specifying Interaction
We often get questions about how to do complex things in Mockups. I think the best bet is try to design with minimalism in mind. That goes equally for...
Weekly Release: Quality, Performance and Looks!
Hello friends of Mockups! π Small release this week but packing a powerful punch. Here's what's new: we changed the font for the chrome of the application. We now...
A Quality-Focused Release
Happy Tuesday friends! Thanks so much for the great feedback on the 1.8 release from last week. We love the group editing feature too! π For this week's release...
myBalsamiq Beta Gets an Overhaul
It's been quiet around the UX blog for the past month. We've been heads down working on a beta refresh, making big usability improvements to the way you work...
Mockups 1.8: Editable Groups and Much More
Hello friends! Wow, it's been 4 weeks since our last update, that's probably the longest we've EVER gone without releasing! I hope you'll agree it was worth the wait....
Double-Click to Edit Groups: We Need Your Help!
Hello friends! We just posted an AWESOME new feature on the pre-release page. You can now double-click to enter groups and edit their contents. Simple as that. HUGELY useful....
Quick Release: Text Orientation, Colors Back to Normal
Hi all. I just released a new version to address a couple of critical bugs and snuck in a new little feature while I was at it. π Text...
7-Day Demo, Larger Canvas, Transparent PNGs...
Whoa, it's only been 18 days since the last release but somehow it feels much longer. We've been really busy (see below), but once again we were able to...
Weekly Release: Better Color Management and More
Hi friends! This week's release is a colorful one! π One of the nice things of finally having someone with graphic design sensibility in-house (yay Mike!) is that we...
Biweekly Release: Version 1.7!
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great easter/spring break and are fully recharged for the months ahead. This is the first blog post from our new web...
Next Steps for myBalsamiq
Over the past month, I've been working in myBalsamiq daily, and have been reviewing and answering issues in our GetSatisfaction forum. Each day I went over every detail trying...
Biweekly Release: More Bug Fixes and a Company Update
Hello friends! This week's release actually took two weeks because we decided to squash some old and tricky bugs, so we wanted to take the time and do it...
Weekly Release: Lots and Lots of Bug Fixes
Hello friends! Marco here doing the release this week, as Peldi is in Austin for SXSWi, a.k.a. geek sleep-away-camp. π I can't wait to hear his report! And while...
Help Us Design the βComponentsβ Feature
This new feature, called "Symbols", has been released with Mockups 2.0 The ability to create components and re-use them across different mockups is one of our most highly requested...
Weekly Release: Updated Certificate, Bug Fixes
Hello friends. This week's release is pretty light-weight as we've been focusing on MyBalsamiq, our web app. Reactions to our first public screencast of the app were very kind,...
A Sneak Peek at myBalsamiq, Our Web App
Hi there! Just a quick post to let you know that I finally got around to recording a quick tour of myBalsamiq, the upcoming Balsamiq Mockups Web App. The...
Weekly Release: Flash Player 10 and More
Hi all! Once again, not a huge release since we're working full-time on myBalsamiq, which is getting another beta refresh today. Still, we were able to fix some bugs...
Weekly Release: Fixed the "Jump" Bug, Improved Performance, Fancy Duplicate, 2 New Control Types
Hello friends! Once again we've been mostly focused on myBalsamiq this past week but we were able to fix a few bugs here and there, as well as sneaking...