MockupScreens Product Blog

While working on my “mockups book” (almost done!), I have created quite a bit of material on mockups and on software projects in general.

Many of these articles are now FREE on the new website that I’ve just launched:
http://www.OnSoftwareProjects.com

I invite you to discuss the topics, directly on the website, and to share the above link with those interested. Your comments helps others, and a genuine discussion helps everyone.

Here is a preview of topics I have put online so far:

MOCKUPS: Basic Mockup Routine, Choosing the Right Mockup Tool, Provoking the Right Feedback, Common Mockup Pitfalls, Mockups as a Spec

SOFTWARE PROJECTS: Creating Reliable Estimates and Making Them Management-Proof, How to Prepare a Smooth Project Acceptance, Don’t Let Your First Consulting Gig Fall Apart Horribly, Don’t Bury Important Information in Trivia

COMMUNICATION: Don’t Suck at Verbal Self-Defense, Negotiating is Not Haggling, Presentation Tips

Thanks,
Igor

When annotating your screens, you can communicate better by e.g. underlining a requirement or making an important phrase bold. MockupScreens 4.86 brings comment formatting, so you can do that now.

Notable improvements are also: Exporting to DOCX format, and printing images in 300 dpi.

You can download MockupScreens 4.86 from the main MockupScreens website.

New in MockupScreens 4.86:

• Export to DOCX format
• Text formatting in comments.

Improvements:

• Better image quality (300 dpi) when printing
• Faster program startup
• Scrolling in editor is more smooth than before
• Option to reopen last project on startup or not

Fixed:

• Irregular tab widget background color with MacOS and Safari skin
• Saving a snapshot to file didn’t give an overwrite confirmation
• Image in grouped widgets was sometimes lost when pasting, saving and otherwise serialising the group