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Making Website Mock-Ups in Linux?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the web-site-storyboards dept.

The Ubiquitous Web Designer asks: "I am trying to design a rather complex web page and am wondering if there are any tools which will allow me to make non-functioning mock-ups of each page so that a programmer can work from them. Obviously, it's hard to use the GIMP to make radio buttons, check-boxes, data entry fields, and so on. Can something help me design a page without much knowledge of HTML, or am I better off just doing it with paper and pencil by hand?"

3 of 88 comments (clear)

  1. Nvu by Sodki · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try Nvu, it's good enough.

  2. just the thing by greenguy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Inkscape is perfect for this sort of thing. I've used it many times.

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    What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
  3. Paper Prototype instead by kognate · · Score: 4, Informative

    Please do not do what you've asked about doing. Instead, pick up a copy of Paper Prototyping at http://www.paperprototyping.com/ then read it, and then you will save yourself a huge amount of time (much more than the time you take to understand the concept).

    Your users will thank you.