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Michael reported a problem in Balsamiq on December 24, 2008 17:31:

Weird behaivor trying to quit...
Steps:

1. Open multiple mockups
2. Make minor edits to the mockups
3. Try to quit the application
4. On the unsaved changes dialog, click cancel
5. When mockup screen returns, click Save

Note that mockup closes immediately and seems to saves all the mockups. This was not what I was expecting.
Michael replied on December 24, 2008 16:57 to the idea "Help me design the Linking Mockups Feature" in Balsamiq:

Great to see this new thread.

I'm starting to wonder if you shouldn't just create a new UI control called "Click Region". It would really simplify everything (IMO).

While I like the idea of making the button and rectangle have a link property, I worry about consistency and usability.

Many parts of a UI mockup would benefit from a link to another mockup. The button bar for example would need the capability to have multiple links to other mockups. A button would only need one. Therefore the user would use the rectangle control to create a click region for the button bar, however use the button property to link a button. This is confusing.

And most importantly.
Many people copy and paste UI from one to another. This could cause a myriad of issues as the link would get copied too. Resulting in a mess of linked mockups that should not be linked.

Therefore I propose a new UI component called "Click Region". It could be transparent with no layering. Perhaps it could only be seen with a toggle to story board mode.

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Michael replied on December 24, 2008 13:41 to the question "Review mode" in Balsamiq:

Wow - this is even better than I imagined. It will also be a vehicle for demonstrating the power of Balsamq Mockups and will lead to more sales.

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Michael replied on December 24, 2008 13:39 to the idea "Safemode for mockups..." in Balsamiq:

Gee - I guess your right :)

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Michael asked a question in Balsamiq on December 24, 2008 12:44:
Review mode
As a Mockup designer, I need to get feedback on my design. I would like to send my mockups out for review and only allow others to add comments and markup.

Toggle an option called review mode, which when active only allows markup options

All UI is locked

Add an option to email the mockups for review

Add more markup UI controls
Michael replied on December 24, 2008 12:35 to the idea "Safemode for mockups..." in Balsamiq:

OK - That is fair.

It's true that the app is quite stable. Since this has happened to me a few times, I was just worried about newbies and you having to give more software licenses away for free :)

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Michael marked one of Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni's replies in Balsamiq as useful. Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni replied to the idea "More arrows styles...".
A comment on the idea "More arrows styles..." in Balsamiq:

Awesome - works great and I am sure many will love this too. Thanks – Michael, on December 24, 2008 12:31
Michael shared an idea in Balsamiq on December 24, 2008 01:42:
Safemode for mockups...
On a few occasions, I have had a corrupt mockup cause balsamiq mockups to fail to start. I was able to get it started again by renaming the folder where the corrupt mockup was located on disk.I have seen a few times on the board of others claiming mockups wont launch due to the same reason.

Perhaps you could add a safe mode to to mockups.

Hold down a key combination to skip loading previous mockups and configuration

If a mockup cannot load, show an error and launch in safe mode
Michael replied on December 23, 2008 16:38 to the idea "arrows in opposite direction from currently available." in Balsamiq:

I asked for this same feature as well. Please see this post:

http://getsatisfaction.com/balsamiq/t...

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Michael started following the idea "Shortcut to send mockup xml by email for Desktop" in Balsamiq.
Michael gave praise in Balsamiq on December 19, 2008 13:27:

Happy Holidays...
All,
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Holiday season. I thought we could have a little fun with PeldiI - I just couldn't resist...

Click Peldi below to see him dance for you...

Enjoy :)
Michael replied on December 15, 2008 02:40 to the idea "How about an option for setting Selection = None for Button Bars?" in Balsamiq:

I just tested this and it does not work properly. If you first place the UI control, it will have the first item pre-selected. Check the property panel and notice that selection is 'None'. You can get it to work eventually, but it seems out of sync.

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Michael replied on December 15, 2008 02:35 to the problem "Keyboard resize goes haywire..." in Balsamiq:

Oh yeah - it hoses the whole session and you need to quit.

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Michael reported a problem in Balsamiq on December 15, 2008 02:34:

Keyboard resize goes haywire...
If you use the new keyboard resizing CTRL+ALT+ARROW you will notice its possible to resize the control negatively in the opposite direction. I tried this and a lot of strange stuff is happening - bizarre!!!

- Screen changes and background goes black
- In the reverse state, you cant re size with the mouse
Michael replied on December 13, 2008 00:36 to the idea "How about an option for setting Selection = None for Button Bars?" in Balsamiq:

Also some toolbars can have a rollover effect.

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Michael shared an idea in Balsamiq on December 11, 2008 03:00:

Browser control to allow toggle of toolbars
Today I needed to show a mockup of a browser control without the URL, Nav, and Search bar. I realized it would be a great feature to have an option on the Browser control property to toggle on/off the browser toolbars, sidebars, status.

I also realize I could use the dialog control, but it seems that is meant for real dialogs.
Michael shared an idea in Balsamiq on December 10, 2008 14:55:

Share your BMML mockup files on GetSatisfaction with ease...
If you have tried to share a BMML files here on GetSatisfaction before you will see that it's not exactly possible unless you scrub the XML and replace the open and close (< and >) with the html equivalents.

For the future, you can use this nice tool to do this for you...

http://www.elliotswan.com/postable

<mockup version="1.0" skin="sketch">
<controls>
<control controlID="1" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::TitleWindow" x="183" y="64" w="800" h="711" zOrder="0" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<close>true</close>
<text>Balsamiq%20Mockups%20For%20Desktop%20-%20*New%20Mockup</text>
<minimize>true</minimize>
<bottomheight>23</bottomheight>
<maximizeRestore>true</maximizeRestore>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="3" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::MenuBar" x="184" y="87" w="799" h="29" zOrder="1" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<text>Mockup%2CEdit%2CView%2CHelp</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="4" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::TextInput" x="219" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="3" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<text>Quick%20Add</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="5" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Icon" x="495" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="4" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<icon>UndoIcon%7Csmall</icon>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="6" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Icon" x="519" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="5" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<icon>RedoIcon%7Csmall</icon>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="7" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Icon" x="549" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="6" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<icon>CopyIcon%7Csmall</icon>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="8" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Canvas" x="186" y="109" w="793" h="51" zOrder="2" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<backgroundAlpha>1</backgroundAlpha>
<color>13158600</color>
<borderStyle>none</borderStyle>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="9" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Canvas" x="183" y="160" w="800" h="94" zOrder="7" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<verticalScrollbar>false</verticalScrollbar>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="12" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Button" x="192" y="726" w="97" h="-1" zOrder="9" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<text>Mockup.bmml</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="13" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Button" x="290" y="726" w="97" h="-1" zOrder="10" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<text>Dialog.bmml</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="14" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Canvas" x="185" y="720" w="793" h="34" zOrder="8" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<backgroundAlpha>1</backgroundAlpha>
<color>3355443</color>
<borderStyle>none</borderStyle>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="15" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::HorizontalScrollBar" x="183" y="237" w="800" h="-1" zOrder="11" locked="false" isInGroup="-1"/>
<control controlID="20" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::HRule" x="183" y="139" w="800" h="-1" zOrder="12" locked="false" isInGroup="-1"/>
<control controlID="24" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Label" x="183" y="139" w="794" h="25" zOrder="13" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<align>center</align>
<text>All%20%20%20Big%20%20%20Buttons%20%20%20Common%20%20%20Containers%20%20%20Layout%20%20%20Markup%20%20%20Media%20%20%20Text</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="26" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Icon" x="579" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="14" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<icon>PaperClipIcon%7Csmall</icon>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="27" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Accordion" x="192" y="166" w="98" h="64" zOrder="15" locked="false" isInGroup="-1"/>
<control controlID="28" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::ButtonBar" x="290" y="185" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="16" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<text>One%2C%20Two</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="29" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::HRule" x="425" y="195" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="17" locked="false" isInGroup="-1"/>
<control controlID="30" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::HorizontalScrollBar" x="540" y="195" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="18" locked="false" isInGroup="-1"/>
<control controlID="31" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::VSplitter" x="655" y="195" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="19" locked="false" isInGroup="-1"/>
<control controlID="32" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::LinkBar" x="755" y="195" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="20" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<text>Home%2CProduc</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="33" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::TabBar" x="864" y="180" w="104" h="59" zOrder="21" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<text>One%2C%20Two</text>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="34" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Icon" x="603" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="22" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<icon>ScreenIcon%7Csmall</icon>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="35" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Icon" x="631" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="23" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<icon>CutIcon%7Csmall</icon>
</controlProperties>
</control>
<control controlID="36" controlTypeID="com.balsamiq.mockups::Icon" x="655" y="110" w="-1" h="-1" zOrder="24" locked="false" isInGroup="-1">
<controlProperties>
<icon>PasteIcon%7Csmall</icon>
</controlProperties>
</control>
</controls>
</mockup>
Michael replied on December 10, 2008 13:06 to the question "Is Balsamiq a 'portable' app, i.e., does it run well from a USB drive?" in Balsamiq:

what about license key? Is that stored in the registry?

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Michael replied on December 09, 2008 16:44 to the idea "Balsamiq Feature Wishlist!" in Balsamiq:

I think what you want is predefined mockups that can be easily shared and resused...

http://getsatisfaction.com/balsamiq/t...

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