Mockingbird on UserVoice

Must have text, copy & paste capability?

2012-02-20T17:50:47-08:00

Don't change widget size to fit new text once it's been set [updated]

2012-02-20T17:49:28-08:00

Anonymous said:

Evening Saikat, HELP!
I have created a number of pages and after running into issues need some level of support. Site is in draft stage and moving on to create the ten pages.
1) Copying text and pasting into ext fields. Tried them all...it's a beast.
2) Moving content, working with image, text and other content boxes/fields. Image box is not
consistent sizing?
3) Any tech support via Skype? Can you log in and direct accordingly. Need to move on as web designer referred your tool for the job - wireframing to build out site. Please help.
From my perspective and I know nothing of coding, wireframing etc this is an easy tool to use.
Thank you Saikat

Image upload [updated]

2012-02-20T04:18:05-08:00

Allow users to upload their own images for use in their wireframes.

Anonymous said:

When will it be added?

Crop whitespace when exporting to png

2012-02-17T04:10:49-08:00

sjorsmiltenburg suggested:
When exporting to png the total canvas surface is exported. However when a large part of the canvas is just white space, it does not need to get exported

Rotation [updated]

2012-02-16T18:45:15-08:00

Ivan Rodriguez said:

Yeah please add this. I know it adds complexity to UI. But a special button to activate this would be great.

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2012-02-16T01:27:25-08:00

Additional keyboard shortcuts [updated]

2012-02-14T10:39:16-08:00

onetom said:

so? is it not happening?
i also miss balsamiq-like keyboard shortcuts, like forward-backward in the z order.
as i havent seen a heading widget, it would be useful to have a shortcut for changing the font size for example (which would just focus the font size input field and select the number in it, so it could be retyped easily or the up/dn keys could increment and decrement it)

add a share link which results in an image [updated]

2012-02-13T17:15:36-08:00

this will enable online documents to display screen mockups which be updated automatically when the mockup changes

Ted Dziuba said:

This, absolutely. If I can hotlink to an image of the mockup, it will let me show the mockup inline in a GitHub issue or pull request, which greatly improves the workflow.

Image upload [updated]

2012-02-12T11:39:39-08:00

Allow users to upload their own images for use in their wireframes.

Chris Harpin said:

Why on earth has this not been included?

I am working on layouts for mobile sites including iDevices and they always look better with some standard images included.

As a paying member it seems unnecessarily long winded that I create wireframes on here and then amend in Photoshop when the feature would be so simple to implement.

Contact me if you need assistance in developing this area. My agency should be able to assist in delivering it if you are struggling.

Error on password change ?!

2012-02-11T07:23:02-08:00

Prevent inadvertent page deletion [updated]

2012-02-10T15:19:30-08:00

Please, please add a dialogue box for "Are you sure?" when someone clicks to delete a page.

Anonymous said:

yes please add a dialogue box

Text alignment and justification [updated]

2012-02-10T08:24:25-08:00

Let text be centered, left justified, and right justified.

Joel Spiro said:

One work around is to just add text item on top of the text box item. That way you can move the text to any alignment you would like by dragging it.

Allow for curved lines that could be bent and stretched.

2012-02-09T15:55:30-08:00

Greg Hausheer suggested:
I'm trying to create curved lines to show a circular flow map, but don't want to use the full circle feature. Would be nice to just have arrows that I could bend.

Text alignment and justification [updated]

2012-02-07T08:14:42-08:00

Let text be centered, left justified, and right justified.

Martin said:

Agree

Icon library [updated]

2012-02-06T13:11:52-08:00

It would be nice to have a larger icon library.

Christian Gräfe said:

please more icons, especially the standard icons, like "settings".
Maybe in the form "button with Icon" and then select the icon on insert.

Text alignment and justification [updated]

2012-02-05T09:05:43-08:00

Let text be centered, left justified, and right justified.

Anonymous said:

I agree, this is a much needed feature and should be pretty simple

Render HTML in Component

2012-02-05T08:13:14-08:00

Michael Schroeder suggested:
Drop on an HTML / code component that will parse the simple HTML and render it. Or even allow existing components html to be edited directly. This would allow the community to create and share components.. now that's powerful.

Ability to reallocate your Feature Votes (this feedback tool)

2012-02-05T08:03:27-08:00

Michael Schroeder suggested:
Some of the best feature requests may not get the most votes, if you don't allow members to change (reallocate) their vote. Love to see the best ideas move up, instead of the oldest. A simple implementation: when you run out of votes, it will ask you to remove a vote from one of your previous ten.

Match Properties

2012-02-04T14:10:43-08:00

Michael Schroeder suggested:
Simple click to match the color / font / etc of two or more selected elements. Rethink traditional match properties (paint roller), I'm sure you guys can come up with something that rocks this out!

Templates/masters [updated]

2012-01-31T11:06:12-08:00

Allow elements to be easily reused across pages.

jp said:

Any ETA on this?

Hold down shift while resizing to constrain proportions. [updated]

2012-01-30T09:38:41-08:00

Jens said:

Any progress on this request?

Support IE. [updated]

2012-01-30T07:55:29-08:00

Support for Internet Explorer.

Anonymous said:

for clients that only use IE.. send them a PDF. make your lives easier.

Support IE. [updated]

2012-01-30T07:54:37-08:00

Support for Internet Explorer.

Anonymous said:

You simply should not use IE. Why? is the worst browser. do yourself a favor and start using reliable browsers like Firefox and Chrome

Keep up the amazing work

2012-01-28T16:23:22-08:00

Anonymous suggested:
I am so inspired by this! Its just amazing...I hate googling wireframe software for mac and seeing cumbersome apps. This is just unreal. Works a dream in Safari (which tbh I only use because I am Mac through and through - otherwise its hopeless). Thank you for such a great great great product. I hope it makes you rich because you deserve it!

Please add an Excel export icon

2012-01-24T17:28:44-08:00

allow user to change tabs from left to right side, etc [updated]

2012-01-22T16:27:24-08:00

Would be great to change tabs sides, etc as this has a big impact on page layout

Gary Benton said:

I would like this as well. Here's an example of tabs on the right side instead of the left: http://screencast.com/t/IZYhyAnWe

If a wireframe is deleted there should be a way to retrieve them

2012-01-22T14:12:22-08:00

Annotations [updated]

2012-01-22T08:42:43-08:00

Let users add notes and other annotations to their wireframes.

Mike Hourahine said:

Why not just have a few sticky note, arrows, etc.-type controls you can add to a page like Balsamiq? A more robust annotation system would be ideal but a sticky note would be pretty easy to implement and at least be a decent stop-gap. I'm currently a paying user but not sure if I want to continue without having SOME way of annotating.

Add a recycle bin to store deleted pages

2012-01-16T22:24:55-08:00

mapaul suggested:
In a user interface bug, a page of mine was deleted. Since I have so many pages in my iPhone app that look similar, (I have 78 different screens so far... it's a thorough app) I ended up not noticing that one got deleted. Would be nice to have a recycle bin to go dumpster diving in and recover it.

Make left bar resizeable [updated]

2012-01-15T19:39:41-08:00

I want to be able to resize left bar to see page names or more space for canvas.

mapaul said:

Totally agree. Part of our problem is our naming convention. We'll have prefixes for pages like 'M 100.1.3.4' and when that's in front of every page, the rest of it is typically impossible to see.

Collapse the view/tree [updated]

2012-01-15T19:37:23-08:00

Sorry if this has been requested elsewhere, but I can't think of the right keywords. I'd like to be able to collapse the site view. I hate scrolling down down down to the portion of the site I'm working on. Howzabout we can choose to collapse certain parts of the tree?

mapaul said:

Agree, I've got a project that's getting unwieldy and it would sure help to de-clutter the view. Related: being able to change the width of the left pane would be nice as well, as when pages get indented several layers deep, it's hard to read the title.

button in a grid

2012-01-12T07:49:23-08:00

Ravi Raturi suggested:
How can i add buttons to a grid.

Lost updates [updated]

2012-01-12T01:48:05-08:00

I recently lost important updates to our wireframes. Generally mockingbird has worked well (although it hangs once in a while -- but data is generally not lost), but it looks like you lost our recent updates and installed an old version. Would prefer to find out about this with an email or something rather than have to discover it. Now I need to go through about 50+ wireframes to see what is missing.

Victor M said:

Lost my data too, 3 wireframe pages, very upset with that.

Support IE. [updated]

2012-01-10T14:15:22-08:00

Support for Internet Explorer.

perdrisat said:

When I develop intranet, I stop trying to be compatible with IE8 and lower I just use http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/chrome-frame-getting-started .

Version control for pages and projects [updated]

2012-01-10T14:01:31-08:00

perdrisat said:

A full history is a must! Having branch, version, tag, ... would be very great. And what about directly using git as a backend to save and giving access to the repository for power user? If one day you make a stand alone reader it would be paradise to have the mockup following the code.

Text formatting (bold, italics, underline) [updated]

2012-01-10T13:47:45-08:00

Allow text to be bolded, etc.

perdrisat said:

one more vote for markdown. It's simple and need no interface.

Page name not updated

2012-01-04T22:46:28-08:00

Anonymous suggested:
Updating page names does not show up in page title bar or in preview mode until I close my browser windows and open it again.

Mockingbird API

2011-12-28T13:41:38-08:00

mark.kofman suggested:
we would like to integrate with Mockingbird but there is no API available (AFAIK)

Annotations [updated]

2011-12-20T11:20:31-08:00

Let users add notes and other annotations to their wireframes.

jessica said:

My partner and I were all set to move ahead with choosing Mockingbird until we realized it didn't have the option to post comments or feedback on the wireframes? Sad trombone, we have to go somewhere else.

Without collaborative features this is no different from a desktop app.

Deleting a previously edited page does not produce delete confirmation dialog [updated]

2011-12-19T20:59:23-08:00

The Mockingbird documentation says that if I delete a page that is brand new with nothing on it, that page goes "poof" and disappears instantly. If, however, the page has been edited previously and has stuff on it, Mockingbird is supposed to present a delete confirmation dialog. I'm here to say that this is not happening for me, and I just lost a critical page after pressing the delete key when I thought I had an object selected on that page (but clearly did not have an object selected). As I was doing a simple page to every single page of the mock-ups, I didn't notice the page deletion until it was too late (far too many edits done and the Undo buffer didn't have that page available to restore). Pretty bummed since there was a lot of documentation on that page in addition to wireframes. :-( Any way to get the page back?

mapaul said:

Since I can't seem to make small clarifying edits to this post, I will re-write it here:

I'm here to say that this is not happening for me, and I just lost a critical page after pressing the delete key when I thought I had an object selected on that page (but clearly did not have an object selected... only the page).

As I was doing a simple edit to every single page of the mock-ups, I didn't notice the page deletion until it was too late (far too many edits done and the Undo buffer didn't have that page available to restore).

Pretty bummed since there was a lot of documentation on that page in addition to wireframes. :-( Any way to get the page back?

Deleting a previously edited page does not produce delete confirmation dialog

2011-12-19T20:56:35-08:00

mapaul suggested:
The Mockingbird documentation says that if I delete a page that is brand new with nothing on it, that page goes "poof" and disappears instantly. If, however, the page has been edited previously and has stuff on it, Mockingbird is supposed to present a delete confirmation dialog. I'm here to say that this is not happening for me, and I just lost a critical page after pressing the delete key when I thought I had an object selected on that page (but clearly did not have an object selected). As I was doing a simple page to every single page of the mock-ups, I didn't notice the page deletion until it was too late (far too many edits done and the Undo buffer didn't have that page available to restore). Pretty bummed since there was a lot of documentation on that page in addition to wireframes. :-( Any way to get the page back?

Ability to change color of background in preview mode. [updated]

2011-12-16T08:31:33-08:00

Pieter said:

Good idea and probably fixable in 10m.

Allow cells to span by multiple colums in tables

2011-12-16T07:37:25-08:00

Igor Santos suggested:
Would be nice to be able to create cells that spans to more than one column.

Image upload [updated]

2011-12-16T00:38:35-08:00

Allow users to upload their own images for use in their wireframes.

Anonymous said:

Started on 12/2010? Is mockingbird abandoned?

It seems like it has made little progress in the last year

Zoom [updated]

2011-12-15T07:13:56-08:00

Simon said:

I second that. I often work on a small laptop and it's very hard to get a feel for the page is you're only seeing a fraction of it. You can zoom out using the browser's own zoom but that's not ideal.

Annotations [updated]

2011-12-15T07:12:17-08:00

Let users add notes and other annotations to their wireframes.

Simon said:

You've got to, got to add a comment (annotation, note, mark up) widget. I can hardly believe this feature isn't in the product. And to go with this, an arrow that can be made to point anywhere rather than just up, down, L and R. A certain other mock up tool beginning with B does this rather well and even allow you to toggle the comments on and off.

Text alignment and justification [updated]

2011-12-14T22:32:40-08:00

Let text be centered, left justified, and right justified.

Mark Waddle said:

text formatting can have a significant impact on the feel of a design. please add this! thanks!

Text formatting (bold, italics, underline) [updated]

2011-12-14T22:31:25-08:00

Allow text to be bolded, etc.

Mark Waddle said:

text formatting can have a significant impact on the feel of a design. please add this! thanks!

Make parent pages collapsible in pages panel [updated]

2011-12-09T03:46:00-08:00

Kiro said:

Hi, you mean show and hide slave pages under parent page? if YES- definetely nessesary! Now it hard to quick find nesessapy page. And bottom board of Pages Panel always returning to deafult position.

Highlighting Page Title Text with Mouse Causes [updated]

2011-12-07T01:14:41-08:00

If I try to highlight the title of a page from the sidebar, if I can not careful when highlight left-to-right, the highlight will finish, but the title will continue scrolling left so that the list of pages is off screen. Using Chrome V10 in OS X 10.6.

James said:

It's really easy to cause the page list to vanish when you select some text whilst editing a title, and drag to the right out of the list. As Nick said, the list scrolls off the screen and there is then no way to get it back - the page has to be refreshed. (Chrome 15 - Ubuntu)