Comments on: Startup #73 – Mockupr http://astartupaday.com/2007/07/12/startup-73-mockupr/ Each day I'll post an idea for a new Web 2.0 startup Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: astartupaday http://astartupaday.com/2007/07/12/startup-73-mockupr/#comment-350 astartupaday Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:07:28 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/startup-73-mockupr/#comment-350 I'm with you on that one - simple. I'd be willing to give up the ability to output as code if it meant enabling a better UX. There are definitely some good WYSIWYG web editors that are out there, the focus here would be less on the "web" more on the "design". I dig the idea of having templates based on popular sites. I actually "borrowed" the top nav bar UI from Digg and the color scheme of Twitter for my last little project http://www.tweetweet.com/ Now that might be an interesting feature - the ability to create a starting template based on core elements of other sites (i.e. fonts from Digg, basic site layout from Facebook, colors from Tipit.to, etc..) I’m with you on that one – simple. I’d be willing to give up the ability to output as code if it meant enabling a better UX. There are definitely some good WYSIWYG web editors that are out there, the focus here would be less on the “web” more on the “design”.

I dig the idea of having templates based on popular sites. I actually “borrowed” the top nav bar UI from Digg and the color scheme of Twitter for my last little project http://www.tweetweet.com/

Now that might be an interesting feature – the ability to create a starting template based on core elements of other sites (i.e. fonts from Digg, basic site layout from Facebook, colors from Tipit.to, etc..)

]]> By: Colin Dowling http://astartupaday.com/2007/07/12/startup-73-mockupr/#comment-349 Colin Dowling Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:07:56 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/startup-73-mockupr/#comment-349 Interesting idea. Most of the online WYSIWYG builders are bound to templates, so I usually use Yahoo! Sitebuilder to mock things. That said, you have to download the software, which is a pain. I like your idea in the sense that it could be super useful for non-designers to be able to show visually what they want a UI to "feel like". I would think the key would be making it REALLY simple. I also think a useful/attractive feature to have early on would be to have modifiable templates based on some popular sites (eBay, MySpace, Yahoo!, digg, whatever) so that non-techie/non-designer types can use what's familiar to them as a jump off point. Interesting idea. Most of the online WYSIWYG builders are bound to templates, so I usually use Yahoo! Sitebuilder to mock things. That said, you have to download the software, which is a pain.

I like your idea in the sense that it could be super useful for non-designers to be able to show visually what they want a UI to “feel like”. I would think the key would be making it REALLY simple. I also think a useful/attractive feature to have early on would be to have modifiable templates based on some popular sites (eBay, MySpace, Yahoo!, digg, whatever) so that non-techie/non-designer types can use what’s familiar to them as a jump off point.

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