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		<title>Will browser window resizing ever stop?</title>
		<link>http://www.yojibee.com/2008/09/22/will-browser-window-resizing-ever-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just happened to me while surfing:
Now, how on earth will I be able to see your website if you resize my window to that size??
My list of websites I am not visiting because of this behavior is forever growing.
My screen estate is carefully planned and I like my window sizes. Thank.you.very.much.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just happened to me while surfing:</p>
<a href="http://www.yojibee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/resizing.png"><img src="http://www.yojibee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/resizing.png" alt="Browser resizing" title="resizing" width="293" height="412" class="size-full wp-image-414" /></a>
<p>Now, how on earth will I be able to see your website if you resize my window to that size??</p>
<p>My list of websites I am not visiting because of this behavior is forever growing.<br />
My screen estate is carefully planned and I like my window sizes. Thank.you.very.much.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Great tool for creating UI mockups</title>
		<link>http://www.yojibee.com/2008/09/18/great-tool-for-creating-ui-mockups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yojibee</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andre Salazar mentioned this tool in his post a couple of weeks ago, and those few lines was enough for me to go and get the tool right away. I have worked with it on several occations already, and all I can say is that this tool is a must for everyone working with UIs.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251887744">Andre Salazar</a> mentioned this tool in <a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/10813">his</a> post a couple of weeks ago, and those few lines was enough for me to go and get the tool right away. I have worked with it on several occations already, and all I can say is that this tool is a must for everyone working with UIs.</p>
<p>I have even used it a couple of times at customer&#8217;s sites, when discussing their form design. Because the tool is so easy to use, and everything is drag and drop, I can create an UI mockup within a couple of minutes, which lets me explore different designs with the customer directly.</p>
<p>I am a person, who still likes to hand-draw my mockups on paper first, so the fact that the controllers in this app all have a hand-drawn look to them, give these mockups the same feeling to them as if they were drawn on paper.</p>
<p>The user interface is intuitive and easy to use.</p>
<p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o45/yojibee/balsamiq425.jpg" alt="balsamiq interface" vspace="10" width="425" height="355" /></p>
<p>There is a library of more than 50 controls and 70 icons to choose from, in eight different categories. (Big, Buttons, Common, Containers, Layout, Markup, Media and Text)</p>
<p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o45/yojibee/controls425.jpg" alt="balsamiq controls" vspace="10" width="425" height="225" /></p>
<p>When you resize the controls, it will always tell you it&#8217;s current size. Great when you have to design for a specific format. Furthermore every element has a property inspector (toolbox), with which you can edit it&#8217;s properties. Size, layer, group, colour, state, icon, font-size, borders, alignment, just to mention a few properties, can be changed.</p>
<p>The mockups can be saved as .bmml files, exported as .png or even as an .xml file.</p>
<p>I use the desktop AIR app, but there is also a version, which is integrated into Confluence, JIRA or Twiki.</p>
<p>Take a look at this video, if you would like to see an example of what this app can do for you:</p>
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<p>You can find more sample mockups <a href="http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/examples">here</a>.</p>
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