What is Wiremaster?
WireMaster is a tool to generate user interface diagrams (wire frames.)
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Project Motivation
There are several methods for creating wire frames:
- Pencil and paper - great for sketching out user interfaces, but any changes to the diagram requires re-drawing. difficult to distribute non-electonic media.
- hard code user interfaces - time consuming, and conveys too much information (should only convey navigation and content, not look and feel.)
- purchase existing - several commercial products provide this functionality
I haven't been able to find a free tool of reasonable quality for wireframing, I've decided to write one.
Design Goals
- efficiency - must be easier to use this tool than hard coding user interfaces or drawing by hand
- clarity of purpose - very clear from looking at generated diagrams they are mockups and not screen shots of existing code
- ease of use - simple process to create UI diagrams
Features
- Supports many common component types: dropdown, button, label, image, textfield, link, container, checkbox, table
- It's free and open source
- .png image export for diagrams
- wireframes are saved in a text-based, XML format
Screen Shots
Here is a typical application window showing a wireframe with several embedded components:
Here is what generated wireframes look like:
Please contact me (the project maintainer) with any questions, comments,
or feedback. covert_access@yahoo.com