We are very excited to start off this month with a bunch of new features in addition to a number of unannounced refinements. The features are explained below in the order as seen in the picture:
1. New HotSpot Component
MockFlow gets a new component called HotSpot. The HotSpot (listed under 'Navigation' components) is used for linking a particular area of an image or mockup. Also the component will automatically
disappear in Presentation/Review mode. This helps to enhance the interactivity feature of MockFlow.
2. Change MockFlow ID
Recently we had a string of requests especially from our Premium users the ability to change the email associated with their MockFlow ID. Now this function is available in the account settings, using which you can change your email address i.e the MockFlow ID and it would not affect anything including shared projects.
3. Project Types
Some of the popularly used templates from our
MockStore has been now integrated into the
CreateNew Menu of the dashboard. As seen in the picture above, within one-click you can choose
the nature of your Mockup project from a facebook app to a Google Chrome extension, then MockFlow would automatically pull the associated template saving time and effort.
4. Super-Fast Data Transfer
(We reserved the best for the last). For those of you unaware, MockFlow always uses Java and BlazeDS to exchange data between server and client in a reliable and efficient manner. However it did not work fast enough for huge mockup projects, so we filled a missing piece by transfering the Mockup data (which is XML) between server and client in a securely compressed binary format (in addition to AMF3). The performance increase will be very apparent when loading and saving medium-to-large mockup projects achieved by transferring minimal data.