Mockups for Desktop 1.1 alpha - Not for the faint of heart

A full 16 days after the release of Mockups 1.0, an alpha version of 1.1 is ready for testing for the braves amongst you. 🙂

Version 1.1 is scheduled to be released on July 21st, and it will be a free upgrade to customers of Mockups 1.0.

What's new

• ability to open multiple mockups at the same time - this one is a biggie, see below for more details.
• A new 'create a new mockup as a clone of this one' feature
• The application window remembers its position and size since you last closed it (this feels quite nice actually)
• PNGs are exported to the same folder as the mockup's XML file (not always on the desktop like before)
• The application window has a minimum size of 500x500 pixels
• UPDATE: just added international fonts support - details here

What's still in the works

• making the new tabs scroll if it they don't fit, making them draggable to re-order them, and prettifying the whole mockups bar a bit
• two or three new control types (stay tuned, these should be fun)
• recording a new video for the desktop version and updating the help and tour pages to include them
• whatever other bug fix/small improvement I can fit in the next two weeks

What will NOT be in 1.1

• image upload - I know this is a highly requested feature, but it's a tricky one and I want to get it right both on the Desktop and the Confluence versions of Mockups. Be assured it's next on my list.

From one to multiple: anatomy of a new feature

Here's a non-exhaustive list of what goes into adding the ability to open multiple mockups at the same time:

• a new tab-bar which shows the open mockup files: and allows you to create new ones quickly:
• new menus for 'Save All', 'Close' and 'Create Clone':
• the ability to copy and paste from one mockup to another
• a new 'save multiple mockups on exit' dialog:
• saving and restoring session information for multiple mockups
• reworking the 'dirty' mechanism to decide if the current mockup needs saving or not
• ability to deal with multiple, never-saved before, new mockups

I have tested the new feature quite a bit, but since this is a deep and tricky one I expect there might be a few bugs left in there. Are you willing to help me find them? If so, download and install the new mockups1.1 beta.

Looking forward to your feedback!