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Mael replied on August 26, 2009 06:00 to the question "Size of some elements don't match" in Napkee:

I didn't see precedent messages. Thanks for the fix !

Mael replied on August 23, 2009 14:28 to the idea "no site selecting at sign up." in typekit:

I understand that it is how it actually works.
But you can improve flow...

Mael replied on August 22, 2009 05:41 to the idea ""Serious Mode" Option" in Balsamiq:

I "solved" this by buying Napkee extension.
I understand your problem. Some folks can't uimagine an interface when looking at a sketched mockup. Some other may think you're not serious with your little "microsoft paint" mockup.
Clients, and even some skateholders, are not web professionals. It is important to educate them step by step.

Mael asked a question in typekit on August 22, 2009 05:34:

EOT only filter

I would like choose by criterias. Displaying a list of fonts without the non-EOT capacity will be usefull !

Mael shared an idea in typekit on August 22, 2009 05:27:

no site selecting at sign up.

I just wanted to sign up to look around about Typekit and see if I find it suitable before using it in production.
I have to choose the free plan , that looks fine, but I have to select a domain, so I wrote "test.com" or something like that...
When a designer work on a website, he often do it on a local server, sometimes the domain is not decided yet by marketing brillant skateholders...
Yes we can create a fake site, but you can improve usability by avoiding this step :) !

Mael started following the idea "Let me do a search query for fonts" in typekit.

A comment on the idea "Icon set choice in project preferences." in Napkee:

better said, my english is painfull ;) ! – Mael, on August 20, 2009 09:22

Mael marked one of Enrico Berti's replies in Napkee as useful. Enrico Berti replied to the idea "Icon set choice in project preferences.".

Mael replied on August 20, 2009 09:06 to the idea "Icon set choice in project preferences." in Napkee:

That's somewhat the same result :)
I think there should be a 'default' folder for napkee icons, and the ability to import custom icons to a sibling folder. The I will not have to import again and again each icon.
They will have to have same name and size, and missing icons in folder would be replaced by the 'default' ones.
What do you think of this solution ?

Mael shared an idea in Napkee on August 20, 2009 06:58:

Icon set choice in project preferences.

When icons features will come, it would be nice if we could choose some sets.
Some exist in Creative Commons or open source .
I sometimes use these for wireframes :
Picol
Or this famous one.
You can find many on the web, with very different quality.

Mael replied on August 20, 2009 06:32 to the question "flickr import don't work in html (and resize image in flex)" in Napkee:

I fixed it since...It was the same superposition problem that I reported early.
It seem you actually can't make a mockup with a rectangle-image-rectangle "pattern" that will produce a clean rendering.

Perhaps you can "help" Mockup with some constaining css rules !

A comment on the question "overlay element not displayed in html preview" in Napkee:

sent ! – Mael, on August 07, 2009 19:11

Mael asked a question in Napkee on August 07, 2009 10:09:

overlay element not displayed in html preview

I made an image with a descripting canvas at its center. It isn't diplayed in html rendering.
I prefer do not show an image (confidentiality of client). May I send you the file ?

Mael asked a question in Napkee on August 07, 2009 10:02:

Size of some elements don't match

Using the button bar, my labels are not correctly sized in HTML:

And in flex preview, this is my title (only the two first letters appears, then "...")

Mael replied on August 07, 2009 08:36 to the idea "CSS file for Flex export" in Napkee:

What about just import a pre-made skin : http://www.scalenine.com ?

Mael started following the idea "CSS file for Flex export" in Napkee.

A comment on the idea "Quick add : element may appears at the mouse position" in Balsamiq:

That 's one of those GUI improvement that are invisible. Users can't say it exist until you made them notice it. But how survive without once you adopted them ! – Mael, on August 07, 2009 07:36

Mael shared an idea in Balsamiq on August 06, 2009 10:51:

Quick add : element may appears at the mouse position

When I add lot of elements, I use the "+" shortcut to insert them by typing in the "Quick add" box search.
Now the new blank element appears in the left top corner of the Blasmiq window. It may be possible to make it appears exactly where you where working : at the mouse pointer position.
As an example, Windows an OSX use this feature (Fitt's law based) when you delete a file :

(in french, sorry !)
The mouse instantly move to the most useful position.

Rapid placing bunches of controls would be more improved.

Mael replied on August 06, 2009 07:48 to the problem "strange rendering, and no transparency" in Napkee:

I'm so sorry, I just corrected my file :) ! It is no completely clean ! And I did no backup...
If I reproduce this I will send it to you !

Mael replied on August 06, 2009 07:33 to the problem "strange rendering, and no transparency" in Napkee:

Found the origin of problem : my old mockup was made before balsamiq support linking mockups, so I did one single file with multiple "layers" of my UI.
Realy creepy to render I guess .