Balsamiq is a software company that provides wireframing tools for designing user interfaces. It focuses on creating low-fidelity wireframes that are intended to facilitate a more productive discussion around design decisions.

Balsamiq

Balsamiq is a solid, independent little software company. We believe that life’s too short for bad software!

We started in 2008 as a one-man-shop, and have been growing organically ever since. 

Balsamiq Wireframes is our small graphical tool to sketch out user interfaces, for websites and web / desktop / mobile applications. We focus on the ideation phase, providing you with a clean tool that lets you get in the flow and stay focussed on structure rather than colors and icons. Balsamiq provides enough interactivity to replace prototypes most of the time, and makes it easy to collaborate and get feedback on your wireframes.

Get 'em while they're hot! 😎  A fresh batch of our favorite UX and UI links published in the last month:

1. Embracing the Absurd in Your Design Practices (https://lnkd.in/gWnyxqRZ) by Karina Chow

2. Enabling Magicians, Not Magic ✨ (https://lnkd.in/ghc8jttW) by Ellen Chisa

3. The Blurring Lines Between UX and Digital Marketing (https://lnkd.in/grPRTCwg) by Bethany J.

4. Indicators, Validations, and Notifications: Pick the Correct Communication Option (https://lnkd.in/ePeRCNgS) by Kim Salazar

5. When (And Why) Noise Creates Churn (https://lnkd.in/gVM5rN42) by Peter Ramsey

Leave a comment with your favorite article so far this month and we'll add it to our reading list!

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Forget about aimless meetings and circular discussions.

A solid design brief brings focus, alignment, and clarity—right from the start of your project.

And after seeing hundreds (maybe thousands) of these, we’ve found that the best briefs are clear and easy to read. Here’s the checklist:

- A clear project description
- Project background and business context
- Your main objective – the 'why'
- Essential features your project must have
- Design considerations
- Success metrics

We put together a quick video with UX educator and author, Billy Carlson, to walk you through it: https://lnkd.in/dRyASzJi

Looking back at Balsamiq’s 2023 👉 https://lnkd.in/d_KRdurm

Introducing our brand new, FREE course: "Rapid Wireframing with Balsamiq"!

With this course, you’ll learn how to:
- Clearly define your app’s scope and audience
- Design interfaces quickly and efficiently
- Enhance your wireframes with a professional polish
- Link them together to create an interactive, clickable prototype
- Adapt your designs seamlessly for mobile use

Let’s get started!
https://lnkd.in/dH4TsMDP

Did you know that every month we hand-pick 5 great UX and UI articles and share them on our blog?
Here are our picks from last month:

1. Deceptive Patterns in UX: How to Recognize and Avoid Them (https://lnkd.in/gHrTBHH6) by Maria Rosala

2. Designing Outside the Lines: Radical Creativity in Product Design (https://lnkd.in/guCtSxK6) by Suchithra Sathiyamurthy

3. The Creative Playground (https://lnkd.in/gUkryUX9) by Ralph Ammer

4. Improve Validation Errors with Adaptive Messages (98% Don’t) (https://lnkd.in/dADDmTNU) by Baymard Institute

5. Navigation Patterns in Mobile Applications. How to Make the Right Choice? (https://lnkd.in/eaBRRmGB) by Ksenia Toloknova

If you like these, check out our our Wireframing Academy (https://lnkd.in/gurQGDuE) where you can find 6 years worth of quality reads to stay current and level-up your knowledge.

#uxinspiration #uxtips #ux #uidesign 

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