Andi's dashboard

Andi replied on November 21, 2009 16:04 to the question "Assets Folder Empty" in Balsamiq:

Hmm, if you copy the file manually to the asset folder, does it appear in the property's file list?

Andi replied on November 21, 2009 07:54 to the question "Assets Folder Empty" in Balsamiq:

Copy an image to the clipboard and press [cmd]+v to paste it in the mockup. The following dialog shows you where it will be saved to:



It should be in the asset sub-folder of the mockup you are editing.

Andi replied to "Assets Folder Empty", but it was removed. see the change log

Andi replied on November 20, 2009 05:32 to the question "How to put a asterik by a label to denote required" in Balsamiq:

Do you mean asterisk?

How about pressing the "*"-key? Or copy this "*" and paste it into your mockup... Copy only one, as with two asterisks you write *bold* text.

Andi replied on November 17, 2009 09:41 to the question "How can a client comment on the mockup?" in Balsamiq:

The PDFs created by Balsamiq have the flag "Commenting not allowed"



Perhaps it would be possible to comment the PDFs with Acrobat Reader, if commenting was allowed? If it's only a flag in the export function, it would be nice to set it. I still have to find a PDF on my computer, that allows commenting...

A comment on the problem "OS X: Minimize into application icon hides windows for good" in Balsamiq:

Ok, I suspected this to be an Air thing. It's not a high priority bug, perhaps you can report in the Adobe support forum – Andi, on November 15, 2009 12:07

Andi reported a problem in Balsamiq on November 15, 2009 11:35:

OS X: Minimize into application icon hides windows for good

I just found the dock option to minimize windows into the application icon. That's a very nice feature. But... if I minimize a Balsamiq mockup, I can't re-open it.

- clicking the application icon in the dock does nothing
- there is no menu in the dock icon with my open windows
- cmd+tab the open applications show the Balsamiq menu, but selecting it does not show the open windows

If you have influence on this behavior, try to support the feature.

A comment on the question "Could we go back to the old program icon?" in Balsamiq:

I'm a visual guy. The new icon is not as easy to spot in my taskbar as the old one. Check my screenshot in the original post. Make the new icon a orange blob. That's fine for me.

At the moment, it's distracting to switch between the different programs and each time I want to go to Balsamiq, I have to read the text of the tasks in the taskbar to find the correct icon/application. – Andi, on November 15, 2009 07:29

A comment on the question "Could we go back to the old program icon?" in Balsamiq:

No no, that's wrong. I have no emotional binding to the smiley. But check my screenshot of the Windows task bar and find out at one glance, where Balsamiq is.

Keep the icon for the mockup files. Keep the large icon for OS X and for placing the app on the desktop. But it would be nice to have a different (small) icon for the taskbar. – Andi, on November 13, 2009 23:51

Andi asked a question in Balsamiq on November 13, 2009 14:00:

Could we go back to the old program icon?

The new icon looks great... but not so an the small windows task bar.

Quick check: where is the Balsamiq icon in my task bar??

A comment on the problem "Window control doesn't remember scroller selection on duplication" in Balsamiq:

Thanks, copying objects with scrollbars works now (in "next") – Andi, on November 12, 2009 18:27

A comment on the problem "Window control doesn't remember scroller selection on duplication" in Balsamiq:

Thanks, works now :-)
BTW. the version number in the help menu of the web-embedded "next mockup" does not correspond the one of the downloaded version. – Andi, on November 12, 2009 14:40

Andi replied on November 12, 2009 12:54 to the question "Text not wrapping" in Balsamiq:

That's ok for me. One could discuss, if it should automatically add a horizontal scrollbar.
The purpose of a lists is to show lots of lines of text. Use a paragraph for text wrapping.

A comment on the problem "Window control doesn't remember scroller selection on duplication" in Balsamiq:

Sorry, something is still wrong with the "Browser Window". If you add the Scrollbar, the window removes the window title.

And if you enable the scrollbar, disable the scrollbar and copy the Browser Window, the scrollbar is visible again. – Andi, on November 12, 2009 12:51

Andi replied on November 10, 2009 14:12 to the idea "Encode mockup XML in PNG metadata" in Balsamiq:

I very much like this idea!

One has to test, if the mockup source stays embedded in the .png if I embed it in word and copy it back into Balsamiq.

A comment on the idea "Border for image component" in Balsamiq:

Hmm, what's better: to have to external dimension of the image expanded with the border or to expand the dimension with the border?

I prefer it the way it is. In my mockup, I don't care about the size of the picture, but it's relevant, if the picture has the correct size compared to the other elements. – Andi, on November 09, 2009 15:21

Andi replied on November 07, 2009 08:52 to the question "Data grid cell formatting strangeness" in Balsamiq:

Stop... I think &underline& was introduced with 1.6.43

Andi replied on November 07, 2009 08:52 to the question "Data grid cell formatting strangeness" in Balsamiq:

That's correct behavior. If you want to underline text, you have to use &underline&. If you write [link], the word "link" is underlined and blue. _italic_ is defined as italic

Andi replied on November 07, 2009 08:47 to the idea "text formating - notation to make text portion grey or 'disabled'" in Balsamiq:

Hm, this is a problem. In menus, one uses "-disabled-" to disable entries. Perhaps this should be harmonized within all text controls and "-" is not an option I guess.

A comment on the idea "Zoom Zoom" in Balsamiq:

Try to reduce the font size. And leave away unimportant stuff.
That's how I got smaller mockups. – Andi, on November 06, 2009 11:02