Archives / Month: July 2008
A Little Update and a Record Day
I just published a build with a few bug-fixes: the Tree no longer goes crazy if you use system fonts (thanks Travis Jensen for reporting it) the DataGrid selection...
Balsamiq, a Mockup Creator in Air, Is on Fire
βItβs a great story of a creative entrepreneur using new technology to address a key market need and finding a healthy number of customers willing to pay for software....
$10,000 in Revenue in the First 6 Weeks
The huge amount of attention that my "Profitable, in 3 weeks!" post has received so far tells me that there's a thirst for financial results of small bootstrapped startups...
Licensing Changes for Mockups for Confluence
The news Your Mockups and Confluence licenses no longer have to match. In other words: you can now install a small license of Mockups (i.e. a Team license) on...
A Tiny New Feature, and the Ribbon Is In
Ok so I merged the Ribbon UI Library changes described yesterday into the official build, thanks for the feedback everyone. I also added a solid background to a bunch...
New Feature Preview: "Ribbon"
Hi there. So no-one likes to scroll horizontally, myself included. So why does Mockups force you to scroll that way through 60+ UI controls in the UI Library? Well,...
Tiny New Feature with a Big Impact: Size Overlay
This is my favorite kind of feature: there when you need it, invisible when you don't. It took about 15 minutes to code, and solves a real need. In...
A Few Bug Fixes
Perfection is unattainable, but it doesn't hurt to aim for it right? π I try to get closer, one micro-release at the time. Here's what I just fixed today:...
Mockups for Desktop Volume Licensing
Hi everyone. Spurred by a prospective customer who asked for it, I have now added volume licensing options to the Mockups For Desktop online store. Here are the discounts:...
New Release: Balsamiq Mockups 1.1
The news: Mockups version 1.1 is available as of today as a free upgrade to all customers. What to do: go get it! For your desktop and for Atlassian...
Curly Braces, Scratch-outs, Big Red X-S, Oh My!
Today I finally enlisted my lovely wife (and hand behind all of the UI controls in Balsamiq Mockups) to draw a few more shapes for me. A few hours...
New Feature: Lock Controls
A few of you have asked for it, and I finally got around to implementing it: you can now lock controls in place in Balsamiq Mockups. This is especially...
Small Feature, Big Improvement
Inspired by my first and best Mockups for Confluence customer yet (hi Neville!), I just added a small feature to Mockups for Confluence. This 40-second, no-audio screencast should speak...
Profitable, in 3 Weeks!
Sorry for tooting my own horn here but I think my current and potential customers will be happy to hear that business is going well, so here it goes....
International Languages Support Added
Hi there. I just added a new item to the View menu that lets you use system fonts for your mockups instead of the default Comic Sans MS: This...
Mockups for Desktop 1.1 Alpha - Not for the Faint of Heart
A full 16 days after the release of Mockups 1.0, an alpha version of 1.1 is ready for testing for the braves amongst you. π Version 1.1 is scheduled...
Mockups for Confluence Now 2.8+ Compatible
Hi there, just a quick note to tell you that I just posted a new build of Balsamiq Mockups For Confluence which works with Confluence 2.8 and above, i.e....
Polish-time, and Callouts!
Hi everyone. I used Mockups for a couple of hours the other day and realized that it was still too rough around the edges for my taste. So here's...