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Registration to try a demo, no thanks.

I'm really interested in using something like balsamic that is not as "sluggish." I've noticed that this Power PC doesn't do very well with Flash, but I find it Balsamic especially slow and therefore frustrating to use.

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Hi pistoriusp, Peldi here from Balsamiq. I'd love it if you could send me an email (peldi@balsamiq.com) with more details about the sluggishness you have found with Mockups. Preformance tuning is a way of life and I constantly make little improvements, but having a set of files or steps that are still slow even in the latest version http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/desktop#download would greatly help me in finding and fixing the bottle-necks.

Thanks!

I don't think Balsamiq is sluggish. Maybe it's about how the UI is organized. Something about when giving a new interface layout makes somes users feel uncomfortable. Therefore you could experiment giving more UI layout choices.

e.g. I would prefer the toolbar to chooce elements to be on the left.

I agree with the elements on the left or right instead of the top. More real estate there than top

Is it a bug that when I click the big "try it now" button on your homepage it plays me a video of your app, rather than letting me try it?

I'm not sure what you're referring to. The different "try it now" links on balsamiq.com should all open http://www.balsamiq.com/demos/mockups/Mockups.html - if you found anything different then yes, it's certainly a bug.

oh yes, thats right then :)

I assumed try it now gave me a demo (as in, I use your webapp) rather than a tour.

It does give you a demo...that link _is_ my webapp...not sure why you think it's a tour?

strange - you're right. Maybe I was being daft. Works fine now I've whitelisted your domain in FlashBlock

I've dropped you a mail. I hope it's helpful.

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