Balsamiq
Mockups是一款颇有意思的原型设计工具,记得挺早的时候就试用过,但当时只用了其网页版的,没有下载到桌面来运行。今天一不小心在乱逛的时候看到两篇介绍Balsamiq
Mockups的文章:
给大家推荐一款超酷的软件原型设计工具-Balsamiq Mockups
推荐一款界面原型设计工具 —-Balsamiq Mockups
因此,这个小工具又开始存活于我的电脑中了。在做产品设计的时候,经常会在纸上乱画,初期没有明确想法的时候用MindManager,有时候心血来潮也用Visio,大部分时候用Axure,不过我现在移情别恋到了Balsamiq Mockups上,因为有意思。
功能和亮点我就直接转载自安文豪的博客。
- 操作方面:拖拽,控件分组,甚至元素之间的对齐都做得很到位;
- 预制了六十多个界面元素,从简单的输入框,下拉框,到经常用得到的导航条,日历,表格,到复杂的Tag
Cloud,Cover Flow,
地图,WYSWYG的格式工具栏等,有了这些不用从头画起,其实比用白板都快; - 界面元素的修改很简单,比如导航条的几个标签页的label,就是用逗号分隔的文字,下拉框的选项就是分行的文字;
- 使用xml语言来记录和保存界面元素和布局,从而使其能够快速的导入到你所需的任何一个项目中,或其他工具中。
- 可以将设计导出成PNG格式的图片;
- 随着使用的熟练,快捷键便派上用场,超过一半的元素均有快捷方式,这更有助于原型的快速构造,几乎几分钟便可实现一个满意的而复杂的原型设计;
- 跨平台,Balsamiq
Mokups是用Flex和Air实现的,所以在Mac OS,
Linux和Windows下都能使用; - 不仅仅有桌面版本,还有能集成在Confluence,JIRA,和XWiki中的版本,使得异地在线协作更方便有效;
这样一款软件,颇有意思,因此各位可以去下载试看看(需要Air),或者是在线试用。
在线演示地址: http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups
试用网址: http://www.balsamiq.com/demos/mockups/Mockups.html
可以购买版权,也可以去申请免费的序列号,官方有说明:
You can download
Mockups for Desktop for free. Some of the features of the app, like
saving and loading multiple mockups or linking mockups together can
only get unlocked using a license key.
To get a free license key, you can do one of the following:
- If your company bought Mockups for Confluence, JIRA or XWiki, ask
your IT admin for your company’s license information and use it FREE of
charge. - If you are a do-gooder of any sort (non-profit, charity,
open-source contributor, you get the idea), email
us with a short blurb and we’ll send you a license, FREE of charge. - If you are a technical/software blogger or journalist willing
to write us up (honest reviews are the most useful to us) email
us a short blurb with the link to your blog and we’ll send you a
license, FREE of charge, so that you can evaluate Mockups properly. - If you are willing to demo Mockups to an audience of at least 15
professionals (at a team meeting, user group, a conference, a
BarCamp), email
us your info and we’ll give you two licenses, one for you to keep
and one to give away at the event, FREE of charge. - If you teach a high-school class, email
us the name of your school and your class, plus the number of
students in your class. We will send you a license for all of them. - If you are a usability professional, you might be interested
in our Free
Mockups for UX Training program. - A note to university students and professors: we currently do
not offer free licenses to universities, but we’ll be happy to offer
you an additional 50% off any orders of 10 or more licenses. Let us know
if you’re interested and we’ll set up a discount code for you.