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MockFlow's blog is no longer maintained at Posterous.  It has been moved to: http://blog.mockflow.com 

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Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:51:55 -0700 New Feature: Anonymous comments for Public projects http://mockflow.posterous.com/new-feature-anonymous-comments-for-public-pro http://mockflow.posterous.com/new-feature-anonymous-comments-for-public-pro
Comments

MockFlow is continuously updated with new features and improvements although this blog does not cover all of it. Today's MockFlow update enhances the feedback system for mockup projects by allowing 'Anonymous' comments for wireframes with public urls.

Feedback is a vital piece of any wireframing process, from now on anyone can review and write comments on public projects, no MockFlow account or any authentication is required for that matter.  Try it now for projects listed at:http://www.mockflow.com/samples

Another improvement in this update is that now image names in the asset manager are editable.

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Mon, 23 May 2011 23:23:37 -0700 Export your mockups as 'Blueprint' http://mockflow.posterous.com/export-your-mockups-as-blueprint http://mockflow.posterous.com/export-your-mockups-as-blueprint
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A new export filter has been introduced in today's build for both web and desktop clients.  As the name suggests, it turns your wireframes with a 'Blueprint' look and feel. All the filters are available in the export menu of the editor in presentation mode.

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Wed, 11 May 2011 07:19:00 -0700 MockFlow's public wireframes can now be viewed in iPad [Pre-Release] http://mockflow.posterous.com/now-mockflows-public-wireframes-can-be-viewed http://mockflow.posterous.com/now-mockflows-public-wireframes-can-be-viewed

Mockflow_ipad

We have been doing a lot of HTML5 / Javascript stuff for MockFlow lately for a number of reasons.  As already available for premium users, Wireframe projects created with MockFlow can be previewed or downloaded in offline HTML format. 

Today's update is our first step for MockFlow's mobile compatibility including Tablets and SmartPhones.    Wireframe projects with a public URL like those available at http://www.mockflow.com/samples now automatically convert to HTML5 for viewing in non-flash devices like the iPad.   So imagine now reviewers can open mockup urls sent by designers without requiring any special plugin.       

Any public mockup can also be forced to be viewed in html5 by appending '&html=yes' to their url. Try this one.

Note: This is a pre-release version, a full release is rolling out soon including a native iPad application for MockFlow. Keep Watching!!!

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Tue, 03 May 2011 05:05:25 -0700 Introducing 'Labels', your Wireframe organizer http://mockflow.posterous.com/introducing-labels-your-wireframe-organizer http://mockflow.posterous.com/introducing-labels-your-wireframe-organizer
Labels

For the past few weeks, MockFlow was regularly updated with a number of new features such as 'HTML5 rendering of Wireframes' and 'Project Templates' although this blog did not cover those releases in writing. However we decided to blog today's update as it provides one of the most asked functionality.  Earlier MockFlow displayed mockups in two standard lists which are projects owned by you and shared with you.  As this list grows, it becomes painful for organizing and navigating projects .  This problem is now solved with the just introduced 'Labels' feature.

As seen in the screenshot, 'Labels' helps to organize your projects into multiple groups.  In addition to the built-in labels provided in the application, users can create custom labels to arrange mockup projects based on context, progress, your clients, department or anything for that matter.  A mockup project whether owned by you or shared with you can be simply dragged and assigned to multiple labels.  Now organizing your user interface projects got simple, easier and social. 

Note: The 'What's new' section in the dashboard has been removed, From now on for any MockFlow news and updates, follow our twitter account http://twitter.com/mockflowapp

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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:14:23 -0800 MockFlow update: Advanced action-based Sharing Permissions http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-advanced-action-based-sharing http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-advanced-action-based-sharing
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A recent update to the MockFlow web and desktop clients has introduced a new feature called "Action-based sharing permissions". As shown in the picture above, this brings granular settings for sharing.  The permissions for each collaborator of a mockup whether reviewer/co-editor can be configured based on a set of actions.  The following action based sharing permissions are now available:

  • Can Comment
  • Can Chat
  • Can Export
  • Can View log
  • Can View other Members
  • Can Upload Image
  • Can Delete Image
  • Can Preview Revision
  • Can Delete Revision
  • Can Add Page
  • Can Delete Page
  • Can Change SiteMap
  • Can Export Data
This feature will be helpful to mockup owners and administrators to allow/restrict collaboration permissions based on user.  

Other notable updates include performance improvements in editor, Project duplication works now as intended and the increased stage size (4000x4000) pixels.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:31:00 -0800 Releasing DivCraft Pro 1.0 - Rapidly create flash-like content in HTML http://mockflow.posterous.com/releasing-divcraft-pro-10-rapidly-create-flas http://mockflow.posterous.com/releasing-divcraft-pro-10-rapidly-create-flas

Divcraft

Press Release

We are very proud to announce the release of our new software for rapidly creating dynamic content in HTML like SlideShows, Banners, Tours, Widgets etc.. DivCraft Pro version 1.0 is now available for free download for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://www.divcraft.com .

It comes with a full featured drag-n-drop editor with comprehensive editing tools, SlideWizard, nearly a dozen effects and transitions, support for timing and interactions, instant web preview and extensible architecture. All sufficient to easily craft dynamic and interactive content without writing a single line of code.  Creative professionals, Interactive artists and Web designers should find this tool Instantly Useful.

Content exported with DivCraft runs seamlessly across almost all browsers and also mobile devices. It requires no plugins and the content can be exported to HTML5 or SVG based on preference between performance or compatibility

About A Produle Systems (P) Ltd

This software is licensed by A Produle Systems (P) Limited, the developers behind the popular and super-easy wireframe software - MockFlow

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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:30:00 -0800 Status Update for 11' http://mockflow.posterous.com/status-update-for-11 http://mockflow.posterous.com/status-update-for-11

We are excited about 2011 at A Produle Systems, as we anticipate another big year for MockFlow and other new related products in our RoadMap 11'.  The past month was busy tweaking MockFlow with number of minor changes and fixes and working hard to release our new product DivCraft. As seen DivCraft is already available for download pending documentation and official release. Following the release of DivCraft will see the testing and subsequent launch of MockFlow for iPad edition.  Apart from which there is a large list of improvements and features to be included in MockFlow many of which were suggested by our users.

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Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:45:00 -0800 Coming Soon... A new creative tool from the MockFlow Team - DivCraft http://mockflow.posterous.com/coming-soon-a-new-creative-tool-from-the-mock http://mockflow.posterous.com/coming-soon-a-new-creative-tool-from-the-mock

I am so excited about this upcoming project from our team, that we want to 'reveal' it even before it is officially released which will happen in a couple of weeks from now.   

Here are some bullet points:

Name: DivCraft
Status: Coming Soon...
Type: Creative Tool for Web designers and Web developers
Purpose: Create dynamic HTML5 content for your webpages
Skill set: No coding knowledge required but if you know, the software provides an easy way to extend it 

I believe it makes a perfect tool to all our MockFlow users given its creative and designer-friendly interface for making 'real' content.  

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Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:08:46 -0700 Introducing Filter Effects for Export: Grayscale, Sketch, Negative, Old Paper Just like in Camera... http://mockflow.posterous.com/introducing-filter-effects-for-export-graysca http://mockflow.posterous.com/introducing-filter-effects-for-export-graysca
Filtereffects

  Today's update provides enhancements to the export functionality of MockFlow, as we understand that export options form a vital part of any Wireframing process.  

 1) Re-designed export dialog:  The dialog UI now looks slick with rest of the app.  An 'Instant Preview' function has been provided to preview the output even before exporting the mockup.
 2) Filter Effects:   A new feature that works just like in camera. You can apply different filters to your mockup to produce different results that serves a certain purpose. 

 The following filters are now available and we hope to deliver more soon :
  • Sketch:   Turns your mockup design into Sketch style. Great for informal presentations that reproduces sketching on a whiteboard.
  • GrayScale:  Converts your mockup into Black&White mode. This is quite useful for printing purposes.
  • Old Paper:  Add some style to your mockup by providing a vintage old paper look to impress your clients. Handy for differentiating old drafts.
  • Negative: Inverts the mockup colors with High contrast. Useful for accessibility. 
See a short demo below on how to apply filters:

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Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:35:00 -0700 MockFlow Update: Generate Specification in MS Word format http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-generate-specification-in-ms http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-generate-specification-in-ms

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We are very excited to announce a new export option introduced in last week's update to MockFlow. First of all both the 'Export' and 'Tools' menu have undergone a UI overhaul to provide a better look and feel. MockFlow which already exports to a variety of formats including PDF, PPT, Image, Excel  has now an additional export for Generating specification in MS word format (*.docx). This feature will be very useful to create a quick specification for your mockup project to start with.
The 'Generate Specification' exports a mockup project to a *.docx file providing the following details

  • Project title with date generated
  • Table of Contents
  • Image and title of each page in mockup
  • Specification for each page*

Note: *The specification is actually generated from the text of CallOut Components used in the mockup.
 

YouTube_project.docx Download this file

 

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Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:27:07 -0700 MockFlow update: New pause/resume user sharing http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-new-pauseresume-user-sharing http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-new-pauseresume-user-sharing
Sharing

Today's MockFlow update has been released with a brand new logo design as seen in the picture above. We hope you like it as much as we do. The highlight of this update is better collaboration with pause/resume user sharing. This feature lets the owner of a mockup to temporarily disable sharing (without removing) for certain collaborators of a mockup inorder to prevent those collaborators making changes or reviewing the mockup while the work is in progress.

This new control is found in the sharing panel next to each collaborator's email. When the sharing for a collaborator is disabled, that user will see a large 'Pause' sign over that mockup's thumbnail to indicate that collaborator's access rights are temporarily disabled. The owner can again resume sharing by clicking the 'Play' button.

Where it is used?
It will be typically used in scenarios like where a web-designer will be sharing the mockups to his clients. The web-designer can intermittently disable sharing with the clients when mockup needs work.

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Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:01:00 -0700 MockFlow update: Private library for MockStore http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-private-library-for-mockstore http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-private-library-for-mockstore

Private

Ever since the release of MockStore, the community addon for MockFlow, a huge library of components and templates have been shared. While this is great, we also realize that many users and business want to keep certain reusable portions of their mockup confidential and only share them internally between their mockup projects.  So today's update provides a private option which will satisfy that use case.

This is how it works: When you are submitting the component to MockStore, you can now enable a checkbox called "Make me private" that will make the component available only to your mockup projects. To access and import these components, open the library and toggle the public/private button to switch between the community library (public) or the components that only you can access (private). 

Note: The 'Private Library' feature is available only for MockFlow users with Premium / Team licenses.

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Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:47:05 -0700 MockFlow now adds more value for the same affordable price http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-now-adds-more-value-for-the-same-aff http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-now-adds-more-value-for-the-same-aff
Archive

With thousands of paid subscribers for MockFlow and careful analysis, we have decided to expand the value provided to our customers without additional charge. All present and future MockFlow premium users will now get the following benefits:
  • Image storage has been increased from the current 500 MB to 5 GB. Reminder: we host all your images using world-class Amazon S3 web service.
  • Revision History per mockup is now up at 50 revisions per mockup from the previous 30. 
  • Free archival of mockups.  As shown in the diagram above, even if you downgrade to basic edition later, all your mockup data will remain archived for Free and will be restored when you upgrade again. 
Update on iPad app:  Development is on going and making good progress, our top priority is to ship the native iPad app for MockFlow as early as possible.  Hope to reveal more information about it this month.

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Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:23:00 -0700 MockFlow update Roundup: Better Revision History, Real-Time Editor Lock, iPad... http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockup-update-roundup-better-revision-history http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockup-update-roundup-better-revision-history

Ipad
For the past few weeks, we delivered some serious updates to MockFlow with lots of improvements to features and performance. Here are some highlights of them. Before listing them, we like to officially announce that our new project "MockFlow for iPad" is under development. It will have some interesting features including ofcourse a touch controlled interface. We hope to provide more details with screenshots and video demos of it within the next 2 weeks and submit to AppStore by the end of July or early next month. 

Better Revision History - Now MockFlow make auto-revisions of your mockup as you work more frequently in a smart way.
 
Real-Time Editor Lock - When 2 or more collaborators are working on a mockup real-time, one of them can lock the editor control to prevent overlapping changes from other editors. This control is available in the "Team Chat" window.
 
Save Page to File/MockStore -  Under page settings, there is a new option to save an entire page to a MockStore or to a file that can be imported for another mockup. Good for moving pages between mockups.
 
Improved PDF export - The PDF export in MockFlow now comes with options to choose page orientation and page size (A4,A3,A2...)
 
We urge our users to upgrade their Adobe AIR software to version 2.x and Flash Player to 10.1 to minimize resource usage especially for Mac.

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Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:14:44 -0700 MockFlow update: Export SiteMap data to Excel & 20 new Icons in library http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-export-sitemap-data-to-excel http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-export-sitemap-data-to-excel
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Based on customer feedback, a new feature has been added to provide exporting of SiteMap data and structure to MS Excel/CSV format. As seen in the picture above, a representation of a mockup's SiteMap is published to Excel. We believe this would be very useful for Information Architects #IA as they could fill in details and prepare a plan for a website in much less time. This export option can be found as part of the SiteMap visualization tool.

The other big update in today's build is the addition of 20 new Icons for the Icon component in the library.

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Fri, 28 May 2010 04:56:20 -0700 MockFlow update roundup: Label styles, Bullet List, Gradient Fills, Change Mockup Owner, FP 10.1 support... http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-roundup-label-styles-bullet-l http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-roundup-label-styles-bullet-l
Updates

This is a roundup of all the important updates applied to MockFlow this week, it consists of both Web and Desktop clients:
 
Label Styles
The settings of the label component now provides pre-defined styles with various heading levels and link
 
Bullet List
This is a new component that enables users to easily form bullet lists to represent the list tags in HTML. There are different bullet types: Circle, Disc, Square, Blank.
 
Change Mockup Owner
Now you can transfer your mockup project to another user in a click using the 'Change owner' button present in the mockup menu of the dashboard. This is helpful in many situations for instance when a team member wants to give full rights of his/her mockup to the administrator.
 
Flash Player 10.1 support
MockFlow Web client now officially supports the latest upcoming Flash Player 10.1 client. It has been thoroughly verified to work in all browsers and operating systems. The FP 10.1 is currently in Release Candidate can be downloaded here. If you are on a Mac, just get it now.
 
Gradient Fills
Based on customer feedback, we have now added a Gradient Fill option for all shapes including rectangle, rounded rectangle, circle and triangle.
 
Group Linking
This is a very nifty feature that let users to directly link grouped components to pages. Saves time!
 
SiteMap orientation
The SiteMap visualization is constantly evolving and last week's update brings orientations (left align and top align) to it. The orientations make it useful to navigate the SiteMap based on how it is laid out.
 
Resource optimization
Thanks to the new optimizations, Now large mockups use much less memory and CPU resources without affecting performance.
 
That's it for now. Have a great weekend!
 
 

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Thu, 20 May 2010 04:40:00 -0700 MockFlow update: Added "Rulers" for editor http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-added-rulers-for-editor http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-added-rulers-for-editor

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It has been a busy week for us, following the implementation of "Advanced Color Picker" for component settings today's update brings "Rulers" to set your measurements right. "Rulers" is must have for any design software as it helps in precise positioning of components. 

Some points in regard to this are:

  • Rulers automatically scale when the editor is zoomed in or zoomed out
  • An indicator needle is provided to track mouse position within the mockup

 

 

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Mon, 03 May 2010 05:34:31 -0700 MockFlow update: Design awesome layouts using the new 'LayoutBuilder' http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-design-awesome-layouts-using http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-update-design-awesome-layouts-using
Layoutdesign

We are excited to announce a new major feature in MockFlow for designing background design layouts called "LayoutBuilder".  The 'LayoutBuilder' is basically a component that you can drag-n-drop from the library to the editor and then edit the layout design by double-clicking on the component.   The 'LayoutBuilder' offers an intuitive interface for designing mockups of website design layouts in no time.

How this is useful?
A layout serves as a background stencil like seen in the pic above, so it is always useful to start your wireframe with a structure to get a basic idea of the parts and placements (i.e strategy) of your forthcoming website design. Then you can add detail to your wireframe by placing appropriate components on it.

Here is a short demonstration of the 'LayoutBuilder:

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Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:23:56 -0700 MockFlow 'Team-Pack' Brochure http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-team-pack-brochure http://mockflow.posterous.com/mockflow-team-pack-brochure
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We have added a brochure for the 'Team-Pack' edition in MockFlow. It provides an overview of all the collaborative features that businesses can benefit from MockFlow to help in designing user interfaces for their next website or software. It is in pdf format, Feel free to print and distribute it. Download.

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