I've spent a lot of money (mine and clients') on different tools, and I've settled on Keynote. It covers 95% of my needs and I don't have to manage yet another tool.
Being able to sit in a meeting wireframing on Keynote is wonderful. Factor in another $15 for the iPad app and I'm cooking with gas.
Meetings get super-focused quickly when the participants can immediately see output.
I usually upload it to Google Docs post-meeting for the remote participants.
Protip: Save your mockup files as themes so that you can get to them quickly and easily.
side note: good looking mockups are dangerous because many managers and stakeholders don't know the difference between mockup and real application. They think you're done.
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Keynote for Mac. I love the fact it's so easy to use. And sometimes the mockups look so good you'll want to "lick them", to quote Steve Jobs. :))
I've spent a lot of money (mine and clients') on different tools, and I've settled on Keynote. It covers 95% of my needs and I don't have to manage yet another tool.
Being able to sit in a meeting wireframing on Keynote is wonderful. Factor in another $15 for the iPad app and I'm cooking with gas.
Meetings get super-focused quickly when the participants can immediately see output.
I usually upload it to Google Docs post-meeting for the remote participants.
Protip: Save your mockup files as themes so that you can get to them quickly and easily.
side note: good looking mockups are dangerous because many managers and stakeholders don't know the difference between mockup and real application. They think you're done.
cool -- you actually create your entire wireframe in keynote?
Yes. I do everything in Keynote. Then I'll pick up the colors I need and start coding the CSS part. And when I need some photo editing, I use GIMP.
Usually the mockups are better than the final product, because in Keynote 1. you can align everything so damn good 2. the font rendering looks awesome
And I suppose being able to add animation kinda helps as well.
Re:alignment, a CSS grid system can help!
I do. It's pretty easy with this: http://keynotekungfu.com/