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Axure $

• full-featured, mature desktop application
• create wireframes, prototypes, and specifications for applications and web sites
• http://www.axure.com/Default.aspx

Balsamiq Mockups $

• specialized tool, commercial
• creates high level mockups in a “hand drawn” style
• Cross platform and integrative (for Confluence, JIRA, XWiki)
• http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/desktop

Blueprint $

• specialized tool, commercial
• works on iPad
• iPhone(or iPad) UI design application
• simple drag&drop interface
• http://www.groosoft.com/2010/12/blueprint-video-tutorial.html

Creately $

• creates diagrams, wireframes, web and desktop UI mockups
• has collaboration features and contextual toolbars
• Online Adobe Flash-based application
• http://creately.com/

DesignerVista $

• Desktop- Windows, .NET Forms, Java Swing, Java SWT, Office Ribbon Style GUI Mockups
• Web – Websites, Silverlight, Sharepoint and YUI web applications GUI Mockups
• Mobile – iPhone, Windows Phone 7, Android GUI Mockups
• Sketch – Desktop and Web (Low-Fidelity Sketch )
• Wireframing, UI Spec, Annotations, Favorites, Library Support
• http://www.designervista.com

Denim

• free, sketching with a light pen
• http://dub.washington.edu/denim/

EasyPrototype $

• specialized tool, commercial
• works with scanned images of sketches
• http://www.easyprototype.com

FlairBuilder $

• creates interactive wireframes for websites and desktop software
• cross-platform, runs on Adobe AIR
• http://www.flairbuilder.com/

FluidIA

• open source & openly designed
• agile UI prototyping
• web based
• alpha stage
• http://www.fluidIA.org

ForeUI

• specialized tool, commercial
• create multipage screen mockups, sitemap structure supported.
• support various UI styles: hand drawing, wireframe, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Windows 7
• DHTML based interactive simulation in web browser
• customized element and library supported, download new resources from the community site (http://www.ForeUI.net)
• provide rumple effect that similar with Napkin L&F
• export prototype to images, PDF or DHTML file
• cross platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris)
• http://www.ForeUI.com

GUI Design Studio, by Carreta Software $

• visual styles for Windows Vista, XP, NT or low-fidelity outlines + office ribbon bar style interfaces
• connect screens or pages to create interactive prototypes
• generate HTML, PDF or RTF specification documentation
• export designs as images to file or clipboard or share projects with a free viewer
• http://www.carettasoftware.com

Hot Gloo – The Online Wireframe Application

• Web-based Operation
• Intuitive Usability
• Improved Communication
• Smooth Collaboration
• http://www.hotgloo.com

Himalia Guilder:

• modeling and prototyping
• platform independent
• not priced yet
• http://www.himalia.net

JavaFx

• Based on JavaSwing, but with allegedly simpler syntax.
• Meant to partially compete with Flash and related Adobe tools
• http://javafx.com

Justinmind Prototyper $

• Create high-fidelity application prototypes
• Generate fully functional HTML prototypes and customized MSWord specifications
• http://www.justinmind.com

JustProto

• web-based JavaScript
• create fully interactive HTML prototypes
• real-time collaboration
• http://www.justproto.com

LucidChart

• rapid prototyping with true interactive experiences
• creates diagrams, wireframes, web and desktop UI mockups
• real time collaboration features
• Web-standards based
• http://lucidchart.com/

Lucid Spec $

• http://www.elegancetech.com

Mockflow

• create mockups
• cross-platform, runs on Adobe AIR
• http://www.mockflow.com

Mockingbird

• web-based
• Beta
• http://gomockingbird.com/

MockupScreens $

• create mockups and organize them in scenarios (usecases/stories/whatever)
• present scenario in a slideshow and document the feedback
• http://mockupscreens.com

Napkin Look & Feel

• opensource skin for Java Swing
• http://napkinlaf.sourceforge.net/
• Unusual in intent: produces GUIs (pure mock-up, functional, or mixed) that look like a note scrawled on a napkin, to try to force management to intuit that a GUI mock-up does not mean that the product is finished!

Petra

• http://www.cleverlance.cz/en/Products/Petra

Pencil

• Free plugin to Firefox and standalone aplication
• Create mockups and export to PNG images
• http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/Home.html

Pidoco

• Clickable Wireframes
• Fast and easy Prototyping
• Easy Remote Usability Testing
• No Software Installation
• Interface Prototyping
• Realtime Collaboration
• Prototype Reviewer
• Remote Usability Tests
• https://pidoco.com/en

ProtoShare $

• Create dynamic website wireframes & prototypes with drag-and-drop interface
• Web-based collaboration
• Add custom components with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Export to a Word specification or web-page for user testing
• http://www.ProtoShare.com

Quplo

• Create interactive HTML prototypes.
• Web-based service with free trial; plans start at $5/month
• Write HTML, CSS, javascript in the browser with code completion
• No drag/drop wireframe support.
• Offers a simple custom markup language built specifically for prototyping, including layouts, pages, parts, conditionals, loops, variables and functions
• Includes popular javascript libraries & icon sets out of the box
• Includes sharing, backups, export
• http://quplo.com

Screen Architect

• specialized tool, commercial
• plugin for EnterpriseArchitect
• exports clickable HTML screens
• http://screenarchitect.com/

Serena Prototype Composer

• free
• very similar to Axure
• prototype more than screen mockups
• http://www.serena.com/products/prototype-composer/home.html

Simulify – convey your idea $

• browser based tool, commercial
• visualize Applications easily
• create interactive websites & application wireframes
• share with clients online & gather feedbacks
• http://www.Simulify.com

Storyboard Suite

• GUI design tool (Storyboard Designer) and runtime engine (Storyboard Engine)
• WYSIWYG UI Design environment based on Eclipse with complete simulation
• Import Photoshop PSD files directly to jumpstart UI development
• Optimized for embedded, resource constrained, environments
• Plugin based for feature extension, Lua (www.lua.org) scripting
• Support for QNX/Linux/WinCE/… using fbdev/directfb/SDL/OpenVG/OpenGL/agtdk/…
• http://www.cranksoftware.com/storyboard

Smart Draw

• Generic drawing tool with template for GUI, something like Visio
• http://www.smartdraw.com/examples/gui/

WireframeSketcher

• Create wireframes, screen mockups, storyboards
• Plugin for Eclipse and Eclipse-based IDEs like Aptana Studio, Flash Builder, Zend Studio and others.
• http://wireframesketcher.com

InPreso

• Create mockups for web and standalone applications, many skins (mac os, windows xp, windows vista, sketch, sample) change in single click, use standart gui elements (button,checkbox …) and many other shapes (arrow, rect …).
• Standalone cross platform and web interface
• http://www.inpreso.com/inpresoscreens/

PowerMockup $

• Design Website and Software Mockups in PowerPoint
• Vector-based design
• http://www.powermockup.com/

Posted by acuervo. Filed under Web-Ecosystem.

Tags: mockup, Website Prototyping, wireframe.