Moqups
Productivity
wireframing and mockup tool
SHOW HN2012
310points
103comments
#33of 1,677 in 2012
Top 2%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
23 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 13 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Design: 4 for, 8 againstExecution: 6 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, intuitive, looks great on Retina displays.
From 3 comments
Looks real nice on Retina Mac.
Raticide on HNBeautiful, clean, and smooth on Chrome (Win7). Can you give any sort of idea of the development effort that went into this? (ie. # of programmers, time period from starting, etc.)
jasonhanley on HNI like it a lot and wish I had your html/js chops. Quite intuitive too. I could quite easily sit at some cafe with a client and throw round ideas with this.
locusm on HN
Strong competitor to Balsamiq.
From 2 comments
This is fantastic. Blows Balsamiq out of the water.
Scottopherson on HNAnd I thought Balsamiq would never have a tough competitor! Great work, love it.
nischalshetty on HN
Useful for quick mockups.
From 2 comments
I just used this to make mockups for a small project and it was awesome. There's still lots of little polish things you can do, but the functionality is almost completely there.…
aboodman on HNI teach a Skillshare class about UI/UX/Mockups/Wireframes for mobile apps and I recommend Moqups to my students as a quick and fast way to start working. Thanks for a great…
iamdann on HN
Objections
Performance lags with many objects or when dragging.
From 3 comments
I love it! ...but performance really suffers after just 50-100+ objects :( So of course I'm compelled to ask the devs: Why not Canvas?
simonsarris on HNFeels a bit laggy on my computer (linux+chrome) when dragging items around. But this looks really good! I might even start making mockups now.
Swizec on HNSo much comic sans!! Ahhhgg!! In all seriousness, though, neat tool. It's kinda sluggish on the new iPad, though.
imjoel on HN
Comic Sans style default font.
From 3 comments
please give option to change Comic Sans to soemthing else
kmil on HNYou know, there are tons of other handwriting style fonts other than Comic Sans ...
drivingmenuts on HNAbsolutely wonderful. But I hate these merry fonts (the evil Comic Sans, and this one which I think is Chalkboard). Apart from that, perfect.
pooriaazimi on HN
Not optimized for touch/iPad.
From 2 comments
Maybe it's just me, but I think apps like this need (NEED) to focus on tablets / touch screens if they really want to stand a chance. Don't get me wrong. It's an impressive tool…
Smudge on HNI was simply using it on the iPad, but generally I can't imagine the iPad is great for mock up design (unless you do some really cool multi-touch things). Generally, the use case…
alttab on HN
Interaction model confusing (click, drag, double-click).
From 2 comments
Interesting tool! I'll definitely give this one a shot next time I'm mocking up. Having said that, if you need to explain something by saying "This is a bit tricky to master…
micheljansen on HNImpressive! Two comments: - Using f1 on chrome brings up the Chrome help page. You might want to make that another button. - It took me a while to realize that you're supposed to…
temuze on HN
Requests
Clickable shareable online demos and permalinks.
From 2 comments
As a huge Balsamiq user, I'm definitely pulling for you guys because I'm not completely happy with them. The basic functionality is great, but having the ability to make…
jeremyt on HNAfter looking at Balsamiq I've been thinking something web based, free and built on HTML5 would be much better. Congratulations on what you've built! 2 features I would like to…
lewispb on HN
Templates.
From 2 comments
As a huge Balsamiq user, I'm definitely pulling for you guys because I'm not completely happy with them. The basic functionality is great, but having the ability to make…
jeremyt on HNIs there a way to create templates?
dabeeeenster on HN
Reusable symbols across pages.
From 1 comment
As soon as you create reusable symbols across pages I will switch from balsamiq.
lukeholder on HN
Balsamiq XML import.
From 1 comment
After looking at Balsamiq I've been thinking something web based, free and built on HTML5 would be much better. Congratulations on what you've built! 2 features I would like to…
lewispb on HN
Google Drive and Dropbox integration.
From 1 comment
Looks great - any plans on Google Drive integration?
amitvaria on HN
Questions
Will it stay free or be paid?
From 2 comments
1. Will this be free forever or will it be bumped to a paid service? 2. Any plans of supporting the iPad as a HTML5 app? Really liking the interface while building mockups…
faz on HNSeemed to actually function on an iPad. Nice work. The competitive positioning to Balsamiq is clear and well placed. How will you generate revenue if its free?
alttab on HN
Is it secure to store ideas on the back end?
From 1 comment
Beautiful! 1. After registration, the next UI-view doesn't show up immediately. 2. Adding more fonts and Social-media buttons. Even custom buttons too would be a great addition!…
pajju on HN
Alternatives named
Balsamiq
From 2 comments
As a huge Balsamiq user, I'm definitely pulling for you guys because I'm not completely happy with them. The basic functionality is great, but having the ability to make…
jeremyt on HNSeemed to actually function on an iPad. Nice work. The competitive positioning to Balsamiq is clear and well placed. How will you generate revenue if its free?
alttab on HN
Gliffy
From 1 comment
This looks awesome! Are there any plans to expand to other mockups? I currently use Gliffy for my ER diagrams and Process Flows. This just seems much cleaner and would love a…
tsumnia on HN
gomockingbird
From 1 comment
Looks very similar to https://gomockingbird.com/ which has been around for a while.
robtotheb on HN
SVG Edit
From 1 comment
Wow I can't fathom the amount of work that has gone into this project. Was the multi-line editor a challenge? I know SVG Edit has been struggling with this feature for some time.
duopixel on HN