Comments on: BIG Release! Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop

By: Kendra Kirk

Kendra Kirk — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:22:50 +0000

Hi Shivanand, you can use Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop when working on projects hosted on Balsamiq Cloud. It doesn’t require any additional license on top of your organization’s Cloud subscription or trial. We have more information on this here: https://balsamiq.com/wireframes/desktop/docs/intro/#editing-balsamiq-cloud-projects

If you have any other questions about this, please send us an email at sales@balsamiq.com 🙂

By: Shivanand Reddy Yerva

Shivanand Reddy Yerva — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:15:43 +0000

If I take Balsamiq Cloud subscription, will I get Desktop Balsamiq free?

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:18:52 +0000

In reply to Ricardo. It's on the roadmap, Ricardo. Not sure when it will be implemented, but it's something we want to do. Our PDF exports are high-res for now, so you can grab 2x images off of them. Not a great workaround, but helpful in a pinch. :)

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:58:30 +0000

No option to export to PNG 2x yet?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 08:39:39 +0000

Hi Virgin,
thanks for your answer. I will convert the old .bmml with my still running Mockups 3 🙂

By: Virgin

Virgin — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:56:27 +0000

In reply to Barbara. Hi Barbara and thanks for your kind words! You won't be able to import BMML files (our old file format) into Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop but we'll be happy to help you migrate those, as detailed here. However, if you have a copy of Mockups 3 for Desktop (our legacy Desktop tool) on your machine, you can also do this conversion yourself. More details on this page. Hope this helps! :)

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:14:23 +0000

This sounds great! Beeing a native UX conceptioner I really love working with Mockups on Mac for many years now, did great projects with it and was able to convince many customers of how useful and neccessay wireframes really are. Thanks for your work. I’m going to pay happily for the upgrade right away.

One question: will it still be possible to import old .bmml files made with former versions of Mockup?

By: Virgin

Virgin — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:34:16 +0000

In reply to Andreas Ib. Awesome, Andreas! Thanks for your kind words. I've added your votes to the related feature requests, don't hesitate to email use via support@balsamiq.com if you want to share more. Thanks again!

By: Andreas Ib

Andreas Ib — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:24:05 +0000

This is so good news – i’ve been waiting a long time for this upgrade of my preferred wireframing-tool – great work!
The performance of the presentation mode for bigger files seems to have improved dramatically 😀

Looking forward to useful new power features, let me suggest
– Global search/replace across all wireframes in product
– Syntax highlight for markdown controls – in particular table grid

By: Virgin

Virgin — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:25:28 +0000

In reply to Fred. Hi Fred! A dedicated Linux version is on our roadmap but it is not a high priority since we don't have many people asking for it. We usually suggest using Balsamiq Cloud (our web version) since it works great on Linux. It uses our latest native editor, the same that powers our Desktop version. Would this be a suitable solution for you? Unfortunately, our new Windows version doesn't work on WINE right now but it might in the future, we'll investigate! Any questions, we're here!