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Framebox: HTML5 wireframing tool (framebox.org)
65 points by mcantelon on Jan 24, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 17 comments


Good starting point. Not perfect, nor would I use it in place of other wireframing tools yet, but getting there.


And copy & paste and undo/redo.


You have copy&paste via Ctl-C & Ctl-V

Undo-redo is on the list

-- dev team :)


Nitpick: I thought it didn't work because I was trying Cmd-c/v on my MacBook. I know Macs are the outlier here but it would be nice to use the native shortcuts for this.


Hmm... Will test on mac.

Yes, Mac is not native in our team..


Agree with randall that it's a good starting point. Matt1 has a pretty cool html5 mockup tool too - http://jmockups.com. Glad to see multiple people in this space.


Agreed, great start. I recommend adding a tab or tab-menu object. When I'm wireframing, out of all the basic items I have to deal with, vertical and horizontal menus (tabs, often) are the most time-consuming thing to deal with. It would be great to have this object automated in a wireframing tool.


How about a 960 or similar grid system?


Nice. Feedback (Chrome 10 dev, Win7):

- text area and input don't take my text - are they meant too?

- is the textlink URL thing editable to make a link?

- Imagebox would be nice

- An editable example page showing off most features would be good, i.e. show a completed wireframe that people can learn from.

Good luck!


I'm using Chrome 10 Dev, Windows XP and the textarea/input work fine.


This may be a dumb question, but what do I do with this? I imagine this is to give your web designer some ideas of what you want, but is there a way to export this into an HTML/CSS format?


This is good stuff. But isnt there already way too many wire-framing prototyping apps already?


Nice tool! One thing I would like though is Image from a URL.


how do you bring objects to the front?


wow! Very nicely done. Intuitive, simple, and it works flawlessly.


Brilliant tool!


Good start. But a long way from a finished product




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