It just so happens that the day I decided to start this blog, I ran into a really awesome UI mockup tool called Balsamiq. It looks extremely promising.
See the demo video below:
http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups
On the website, the author shows several mockups of current interfaces, including iTunes and YouTube. All of these interfaces where mockedup using the standard widgets provided by Balsamiq. I think one of my favorite aspects of it is the fact that everything appears hand drawn. It gives the mockups that rough edge look of a hand drawing with the convenience of a computer designed one.
I did a little testing of my own and found the tool to be pretty robust. I was able to put together a few semi-complicated mockups in only a few minutes. One thing I didn't like was the price tag. It's about $80, which I know is cheap relative to some software but I'm used to open source (free as in free beer). I'm not sure if there is a comparable mockup tool available in the open source world, but Balsamiq seems like it's worth the price.
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