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desktop -> jira/confluence integration having the jira license and the desktop version it would be good if i can link a mockup to a jira install / bug then when i save online it attaches to the issue and when offline i can save to desktop for uploading at later date

The image box should be a vector and not an image. Resizing the image box results in an extremely ugly pixelated area, which is particularly bad for "feature" images.

Dear Peldi,

some time ago I contacted you concerning bullet lists and numbered lists with correct indentation for multi-line list items. I believe that this feature would also be interesting for other users and you are probably already thinking on a solution.

I would like to provide you with a suggestion how to realize both kind of lists. My suggestion is to enhance the paragraph widget by adding two new buttons for bullet lists and numbered lists (see attachment). The user can now select from 5 different formating options (1. left text alignment, 2. centered text alignment, 3. right text alignment, 4. bullet list, 5. numbered list). Line breaks in the paragraph will result in a new list item. The advantage would be that there is no need to change the paragraph's text (by adding characters like 'o', '-' or '#' at the beginning of a line in order to indicate a new bullet item).

Best regards
Ruben

Unfortunately, image upload does not work for me. Peldi, could you please add the image I sent to you via e-mail?

Today I had given a mockup to someone on my team to start coding. I gave them a BMML file and told them to start on the html and css coding. - Great.

Later I met with him and he was puzzled why I was talking so much about fieldsets (a new feature in 1.5) as part of my design. He exclaimed there we no fieldsets specified in my design, and it took us a while to figure out how he could be so confused.

Then we realized it was because he had a older version of Mockups that did not support this new feature.

It would be a good enhancement to notify the user when they load a BMML, that the mockup contains unknown UI elements, and that it might be a good idea to upgrade.

Hi there friends of Mockups! Since the collaborative process we followed for designing the image upload feature worked so well (link: http://getsatisfaction.com/balsamiq/t... ), I thought we should do it again for the #1 most requested feature remaining: "Linking Mockups Together".

I took a stab at what the feature could look like, here it is:



I put the BMML file for the image above here: http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/417...

What's missing from the mockup is the inevitable slew of other features that come from having this, such as "export all flow as PDF" or "export all flow as HTML+CSS" or what not...we should still compile a list of those and prioritize it! :)

As always, I'd rather do the feature right than doing it rushed, so let's get this right! :)

Hi there. So the linking feature is in Mockups for Desktop and it seems that most of the kinks have been worked out on it. It's time to bring it to the plugin versions!

I need your help with the design of the feature, and have a few questions:

What should show up in the link pulldown list?

Here's some ideas:
- in Mockups for JIRA, it could show all the mockups attached to the issue this mockup is on
- in Mockups for XWiki, it could show all the mockups attached to the page this mockup is on
- in Mockups for Confluence, it could show all the mockups attached to the page this mockup is on AND (perhaps optionally?) all the mockups attached to all the children of the current page (and their children too? This could get messy)

Other question:

What should happen when you click on a link?

I think the best option here would be to go "fetch" the linked mockup and show it to you, but when you get out of full-screen mode (with ESC), it should take you back to where you started (editing the mockup you were editing when you went full-screen).

All the other options seem messy to me (should it save and close? reload the editor each time? Yuck).

OK, I think that's enough questions for now. What do you think?

Add icons on tabs via the inspector panel similar to the way you can select links. Also setting whether the icon is positioned before or after the text on the tab. See attached image for details of the property inspector could look for this type of feature.

It would be nice to have a diagnal like object to use.

The most common way I'll use the image component in mockups is to take a screenshot of our current design, import it, and then make changes using mockups.

The missing feature that I'm missing right now (either requires me to do lots of different screenshots or (heaven forbid) just using PowerPoint) is the cropping feature. It is so handy to be able to isolate specific parts of a current design and reuse them for new designs.

Per favore!

Camp this into the big idea column...

It would be great to one day have a website devoted to sharing designs created by people (like you) using Balsamiq Mockups. It would be similar to UI Patterns, except you could download each user submitted mockup bmml file. Each design would have a threaded discussion for people to openly share ideas and collaborate on design. Perhaps it could be powered by the Confluence wiki.

This would be a community powered site, and would exploit the power of Balsamiq Mockups, but most importantly would promote reuse and awareness of good design.

Even better would be to build a UI Pattern Mockup explorer right inside Balsamiq. This might be similar to inserting clipart from MS word. It goes out to the Design Patterns Website and provides a nice built-in window that lets you search and select mockups to import directly into your mockup.

Have Fun!