HotGloo
I’m in the middle of a project using mockflow. I’m pretty impressed with it. However, I’m also trying HotGloo, as well as Mockingbird which is great for quick sketching.
And, my friend and colleague Graham turned me on to FlairBuilder last week. While many of these apps are very similar, they all have certain strengths and weaknesses that make them more or less desirable. I’m beginning to conclude there may not be a perfect tool, but many depending on the job. Makes sense.
In any event, I’m free from Visio (doesn’t run on a Mac anyway) and Omnigraffle (not really a dedicated wireframe app).
I intend to post a comprehensive review of these tools and a recommendation sometime in the first quarter of 2010. I’m sure you’re all waiting with bated breath.
Thanks for the helpful links. We’re playing around with Mockflow these days, having found it more robust than Mockingbird.
Also, it’s “bated” breath. The other one would mean we have fish breath. Are you implying your readers all have fish breath?
Mockflow is definitely more robust. I like Mockingbird’s quick sketch ability. I think HotGloo has promise, as it’s very similar to Mockflow, but I can’t say yet that it’s any better. And I haven’t tried Graham’s recommendation of FlairBuilder.
And, thanks for the correction. Here I am criticizing people who think “alot” is an actual word, and I go and make a bumble like that!
I think I will do some investigation too. As web interfaces become more desktop-like, it’s becoming harder to show complex interactions with just HTML/CSS.