http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Hi, I am the developer of WireframeSketcher. It's a wireframing tool for Eclipse and Eclipse-based IDEs. One advantage of the Eclipse platform is that it provides RTL support for free. If you are an Eclipse user then this might be the solution to your problem. Find more about WireframeSketcher here: [http://wireframesketcher.com](http://wireframesketcher.com) http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment16http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment16Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:23:51 GMTHere's Balsamiq's position on RTL support: [getsatisfaction.com/.../supporting_right_to_lef...](http://getsatisfaction.com/balsamiq/topics/supporting_right_to_left_content) BTW, they rock. I've put a feature request in their getsatisfaction and it got implemented very timely. http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment15http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment15Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:31:51 GMTSymon, Of course I did. http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment14http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment14Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:08:56 GMTIt is not but I believe that Axure supports Rtl correctly. It's also one of the easiest tools I have used. http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment13http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment13Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:28:43 GMTJust curious - did you put in a feature request to the developer to support RTL? http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment12http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment12Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:06:24 GMTFrank, It isn't just the font issue, it is also RTL issue. As a good example, I want to write: foo * bar If I was writing that in Hebrew in Balsamiq, it would probably show up something like bar foo * Or something like that. http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment11http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment11Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:23:20 GMTI used to use Form Designer which is just wrapper over normal Win32 controls. Good thing about it is that the mockup itself is stored as XML file so it can be versioned in source control. It also allows to save/preview the mockup as HTML. Easy enough, but some controls are tricky to use :) [www.argocomputing.com.au/.../FormDesigner.aspx](http://www.argocomputing.com.au/ProductsServices/WindowsScreenDesign/FormDesigner.aspx) http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment10http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment10Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:35:20 GMTAyende, if I understand correctly, the problem with Hebrew and Balsamic is related to the sketch-like font not having Hebrew characters? http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment9http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment9Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:01:49 GMTBalsamiq is a top shelf example of a small and useful MicroISV product that excels in usability. I am in awe at how simple it is they made it so easy to use. To make something that simple to use must be really difficult :-). http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment8http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment8Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:22:20 GMTI love balsamiq...only thing I miss is the notion of showing a hierarchical grid which we tend to have in place quite often... http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment7http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment7Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:50:05 GMTIn a previous workplace, all mockups were done using mspaint.exe... They'd take an existing screenshot, copy+paste textboxes & whatever, change texts... The product managers got quite good at doing that, too! http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment6http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment6Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:27:23 GMTGlad I could help :) http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment5http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment5Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:20:42 GMTMatt!!!!!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!! You solved my problem :-) http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment4http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment4Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:09:06 GMTvery cool product, just checked it out for the first time. This avoids the anti-pattern of using your native code and ending up with prototype code in production (which I see too often). Also much more slick than Visio http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment3http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment3Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:58:17 GMTWhat if you turn on "Use System Fonts" In Balsamiq? I turned it on and was able to paste in a few Hebrew characters and they appeared fine. The option is under the View menu. http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment2http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment2Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:41:55 GMTI was going to say, a drawing board and a pencil in _your_ hand fully supports Hebrew. You have inspired me to use UI prototypes earlier / more often. http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment1http://ayende.com/4247/ui-mockups#comment1Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:31:24 GMT