[Barcamphk'09 Note] Designer Tools: Balsamiq Mockups

(This is one of the topic presented in barcamp hong kong 09)
UI mockup is an important ad troublesome step betten designer and non-techy client - static photoshop wireframe is hard to understand and not easy to change. We really need a better mockup tool for communication.
Balsamiq, this may be the best UI mockup tool (wireframe) so far with tons of amazing features:

• hand-writing/drawing style UI component
• tons of UI pre-install, customizable and extensible components
• interactive
• wiki-style table editing
• inline editing
• can convert to flash, html/css by plugins
• cross-platforms (Win/Mac/Web)

See the demo to understand its design flows and power!

(中文翻譯見more)

[中文]

(一般使用見上列影片)
對於設計師和普通人客戶來說，UI起草 (UI Mockup) 是UI設計中非常重要也非常麻煩的一個步驟: 靜態的photoshop線稿 (wireframe)對於一般人來說難以理解也不易改。是以，我們需要一個方便的Mockup工具
而Balsamiq也許是眾多Mockup工具中最好的:

• 手繪風格UI元件
• 大量預裝及可擴充/自訂的元件 (嫌手繪風格不夠Grand的可以自己改一set出來)
• 具互動性
• wiki式表格修改
• inline修改
• 可匯出成flash, html/css (plugins)
• 跨平台 (Win/Mac/Web)

註: 這套軟件有分免費版和付費版，部分功能要付費版才有，而不同人士也有不同優惠，詳情自己細閱各版本的內文