Wireframes, Prototypes, Specifications

Screen Designer - manage software projects effectively

is a tool for designing application wireframe and specification. It can be used to design any type of application, from standalone Windows programs, to big web sites and portals.
Project specifications are created by application designers, project owners or managers, and used by developers to build application according to given specification.

Why to use Screen Designer

Correct project specification saves the development time and costs, and - importantly - it tells developers exactly how client wants his application to look like.

Moreover, during the process of creating the specification or prototype, you have to clearly define the project result from the first idea.

It is a common problem in development that client has only general idea of what he wants, and he does not think about how the result should look like.

Screen Designer will help you in:

Develop your idea of application and GUI before the coding starts

You can create visible specification of the project interface prior to writing any code. This saves development costs - having a working prototype reduces endless corrections of the code according to the change requests. Every developer will know from the very beginning what he has to do.

Engage users into project design, let them define exactly what they want

Client usually does not have the clear idea of how his application should look like. With Project Designer you can show them your idea, let them cooperate in fine tuning it, and involve them into design of the final application.

Create a reference document that can be used to check the milestones and project completeness

Exact project specification is necessary to evaluate project completeness. With it there will be no discussion whether some part is missing or not, what is finished and to what extend.

Features

Creating Wireframes

Quickly create wireframes with simple drag and drop operations. Place your controls like buttons, fields, checkboxes, areas, pictures, rectangles on the screen and arrange them in a way you want. Edit their properties like font, border, color, text alignment.

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Build-in and Custom Widgets

Commonly used widgets like buttons, images, text panels, radio buttons, checkboxes, drop-down lists and more are built in to Screen Designer.
Group the basic widgets to create your own ones. Upload pictures and use them as widgets.
Custom synchronized widgets can save frustrating time making repetitive changes across multiple wireframes. Make one widget, use it in multiple screens. When you edit the widget, the change is reflected on all screens.

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Annotations and Notes

Specify functionality of screens or widgets on the wireframes by adding annotations. Customize the annotation fields to fit the needs of your project.
Add page notes to collect page level descriptions.

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Managing Wireframes in Categories

Wireframes (screens) are managed in hierarchical categories. This allows you to clearly organize your project into sections and subsections, each with it's own sets of screens.

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Printing and Exporting Wireframe Images

Whole project specification can be printed out, together with screen and widget comments. You can also export screens as a set of images.

Requirements

• Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server or Vista
• 512 MB RAM
• 1 GHz Processor
• 10 MB disk space