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Basic Steps Towards Effective Prototyping

November 12, 2009

Hi there,
Something that I wanted to write about since a while now is a sort of introduction into the process of prototyping. A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about the reasons for which you should be prototyping. And since that article proved to be a popular one, it’s only natural for me [...]

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Small Release: Snap to Grid and Bug Fixes

November 4, 2009

Hi there,
This week I will be heading for Berlin for this annual European Conference of Software. I am very excited about it. There are very interesting peoples and talks in the agenda and I will surely have a lot to learn.
That’s why I didn’t want to put too much into this week release, just to [...]

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8 Reasons Why You Should Be Prototyping

October 30, 2009

Hi there! Here’s a Friday blog post that I put together, you know, to clear up some thoughts about prototyping and what it means to software development. I came up with 8 reasons why prototyping helps. Seven reasons are mine and one it’s your to add. So, here they are!
1. We speak different [...]

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Release: Mouse enter/out, Import from Clipboard

October 29, 2009

Hello again, everyone!
This week release brings a few very exciting and handy updates to your beloved prototyping tool.
More mouse events
You are now able to attach Mouse over and Mouse out events to components like Image, Icon, Button, Rectangle and Pointy Rectangle. This opens the door for prototyping even more features, such as drop-down [...]

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Feature Highlight: Interactive Prototyping

October 21, 2009

Hello everyone,
I said to myself that it will not harm anyone if I just step back a bit and take a look to some of the features that make FlairBuilder different. And the first thing that came into my mind was interactivity, something that I feel it makes FlairBuilder a capable prototyping tool.
There are many [...]

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FlairBuilder Contest and Promotion on Twitter

October 20, 2009

Hello everyone!
Here’s our first Twitter contest. I am giving away as much as 3 free licenses this week only with a 3 simple rules contest. The winners of the contest will be announced at the end of this week. They will be chosen randomly from the list of FlairBuilder Twitter followers that have also spread the word [...]

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Weekly release: FlairBuilder 1.7.2

October 19, 2009

Hi there,
For the past 3 weeks I have been constantly adding small enhancements and features to the exciting 1.7.0 release. If everything goes well, we will establish a pattern here and will make small releases each week with smaller or bigger additions and features. Stay tuned!
Now, what’s new and in this release? Not much, but [...]

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On Software Development – Why is it so hard?

October 7, 2009

Making software is hard. The better you want to do it, the harder it gets. And given the question “Why is good software that hard to do?”, the answer is neither simple, nor straightforward, and there are plenty of reasons for this to be so.
I was recently interviewed (note: interview language is Romanian) by a [...]

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FlairBuilder 1.7 – It’s Finally Here!

October 5, 2009

Update: You may also want checkout the exciting follow up 1.7.2 release containing some interesting updates. Read this announcement first, though. Lots of cool stuff in here!

Ladies and Gentlemen, after a way too short summer and a sunny fall start, I give you FlairBuilder 1.7.0 – the latest and, most certainly, the biggest release in the yet [...]

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FlairBuilder 1.7.0 Beta – I need your feedback!

September 21, 2009

Update: FlairBuilder 1.7.0 was actually released since this blog post. Here’s the official announcement.

That day has come. After many, many, so many hours and days of hard and punctilious work, here you have it: FlairBuilder 1.7.0 Beta. Be the first one to get it while is fresh and hot!

Please upgrade your Flash Player [...]

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