Holy moly. Maybe I'm a latecomer, but never tried this before. Now after a quick 5 minutes I'm searching for the credit card. I hate you guys.
I believe I hold the cynicism record on HN and even I'm impressed.
I believe I hold the cynicism record on HN and even I'm impressed.
Moreover, Peldi's blog is frequently featured here on HN, and he writes cogently and about interesting things. These posts, in particular, struck a chord with me: http://blogs.balsamiq.com/peldi/2011/09/07/policies/
The template allows us to add an extra layer of notation and InDesigns file linking capabilities makes updates/changes a snap.
I had hoped that myBalsamiq would fix these issues but alas it did not. It works for collaborative, iterative team work but falls down flat for big 'Sprint 0' planning. Maybe one day it will get there but it needs to add some features to hit scratch that itch.
Now, whether or not that is in their big picture plan is up in the air. It did take them this long to get rid of the 'sketchiness'.
Now it's the unconscious first place I start for any new idea, be it a new app, website, page, feature - whatever. Start a new mockup, put a text area on the screen and start typing my ideas into it like I used to do with pen and paper.
If the idea gets beyond this stage I just start dragging and dropping. What used to take hours with an awkward combination of Asana/Photoshop/pen&paper now takes a fraction of that with far more iterations and better results.
Can't sing the praises of this product enough.
However: there are many free alternatives if you just want the ability to make wireframes and don't need something great/wont use it often: http://moqups.com is the latest I've come across. There are lots more.