Alternative to Balsamiq for wireframing?

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Balsamiq is great but it has to be more alternatives out there that possibly could be equal for making mockups/wireframes that I haven't found.

So, great tools for wireframing/mockups. Ideas?

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We keep a list of all the wireframing tools we know about here: http://www.twitter.com/balsamiq/wireframing-tools

Hope you find the perfect tool for your needs! :)

Peldi

Thanks! Will continue using balsamiq of course but is always nice with more tools for specific purposes =)

Listing competitors is a sure sign of belief in your product. Kudos, keep showing 'em how it's done ;)

I'm more and more addict to mockingbird (http://gomockingbird.com). It is still "beta" and lacks some features, but it is a really promising HTML5 application.

Thanks. Looks promising!

Not quite a "tool" but if you know basic HTML/CSS, you might consider using PolyPage with some CSS framework (like Blueprint)

http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2009/01/state-based-html-wiref...

For iPhone wireframes, I've found http://iphonemockup.lkmc.ch/ to be a good alternative.

great tip, thanks!

There is Pencil, which is either a stand-alone or Firefox addon. It's potentially good enough for a lot of things. Opensource too.

Product naming FAIL. The word 'pencil' appears to be quite commonly used in conjunction with things other than this particular product.

http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/

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