Does anyone have any

Megan — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:22:43 +0000

Does anyone have any finished mock-ups that you wouldn't mind including in an A Padded Cell article? I have a few of my own but it would be nice to include more so readers can see how these are actually built.

Send them to my by email at mjjack(at)rogers.com

Megan — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:51:54 +0000

We are talking about how we deisgn graphic prototypes for web deisgns. I think most professionals work this way - you start with some preliminary planning, maybe do some wireframing or site architecutre, then design a graphic mock-up using your graphics program of choice.

Sorry if that didn't answer your question, I'm not qute sure what you're asking.

Hello

xlwebworks123 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:40:18 +0000

Hello

what types of mockup you all are looking at ?

Please let me know

Thanks

Megan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:29:23 +0000

Yeah, but even if it was higher I'd still want to do my mock-ups for the most popular resolution (1024). It should look best for the majority and then scale from there depending on usage IMO.

Roo — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:25:53 +0000

Wow yeah 4%...that's not enough to worry about really. I don't think we should abandon it yet, but I can see the day coming where 800X600 will go the way of 640X480.

Megan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:03:42 +0000

I'm not talking about abandoning 800 x 600, just to be clear (see note at the bottom of my originalpost). What I'm talking about is designing a site that looks *best* at the most popular resolution, which for my sites is 1024 x 768. Actually, we aren't able to track this site and my personal site so I'm sort of going by what I see happening on my work site, where 800 x 600 usage hovers around 4%. It definnitely wouldn't make sense to design a site that looks best at 800 x 600 when most visitors are running something bigger (and often much bigger!).

Roo — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:16:54 +0000

When 800X600 use goes down to around 3% I will then abandon it.

If it ever gets to the point where the majority uses above 1024 X 768 then I will have to quit, I just can't see well enough for anything higher than 1024X.

I keep my own monitor at 800X600.

andy206uk — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:26:19 +0000

I mock up at 760 not because it's the width of the client or visitors but simply because it's the width that I find has the best readability. That's the main reason I still design fixed width layouts - I can't stand long lines!

JeevesBond — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:11:04 +0000

I'm also an 800x600 person. I make the actual proof 1024x768 but then fit the design into 800x600. By my estimations that'll give the customer an idea of how it will look on most monitors, even if they're still using 800x600 the design image will still work for them, only the background pattern will get chopped off.

I use GIMP or Inkscape. Inkscape is a brilliant application... GIMP is, well you know, it's the GIMP.

teammatt3 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:34:00 +0000

My mock-ups are almost always 750-770px wide and 1000px down. I used imageready to whip them up.