Mocksup buzz from around the interwebs

It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at Mocksup headquarters.

We turned on paid accounts last week (more on that in another post), we just gave the blog a fresh coat of HTML and CSS and we’ve been getting linked to from all over the place:

  • Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain somehow found out about us back in February and mused aloud “[i]magine being able to easily browse every version of every mockup you’ve ever created, as well as everything that was ever said about them.” I know, right? I might be biased, but that sounds pretty awesome.

  • CSSMania thought our design was noteworthy enough to earn a mention.

  • Killer Startups titled us a “smooth approach to mockups.”

  • For better or worse we were part of FeedMyApp’s “daily dose of Web 2.0.” Might be time to update the tagline, guys.

  • We wound up in the Productivity category over at Cloudomatic.

  • And last, but certainly not least, we’ve been mentioned all over the Twitters. Oftentimes in languages we don’t understand.

So, many thanks to everyone who’s visited over the last several weeks. Please do come back early and often. We’re just getting started.

Announcing our Public Beta

About six months ago, Mocksup got its start during the Rails Rumble. We were ambitious about what we could accomplish in a weekend, but at the end of contest, we both wanted to proceed and finish the job we had started. Right now, we are calling Mocksup a public beta.

In addition to adding features and fixing bugs, we’ve been refining and polishing the product in those six months.  We think there’s a lot to be proud of, but some rough edges definitely remain.  Never hesitate to reach out to us through the Feedback mechanism on the website or via Twitter.  We’ll have a more official support medium soon.

Your feedback is important to us.  Some of it has validated ideas that we had already planned to add.  Other parts we’ve already been able to act on.  I hope that you’ll continue to discover, explore, and use our features while we offer free use of our product.

We won’t be free forever.  We have completed some of the necessary paperwork to begin charging for our service, and we expect that process to conclude relatively soon.  After we’re satisfied with our payment infrastructure, we’ll begin charging for Mocksup.

Our promise to you is that you will not see a degradation in service in any way when we begin charging.  If you are exceeding any limits for the free plan, we will begin a free trial period for you, and provide messaging through e-mail and the website about what you can do to remain uncharged without potentially losing access to a project you’ve started.

We think the future looks bright for Mocksup; our users so far seem to enjoy using the service as much as we’ve enjoyed producing it. Thanks so much for your supportive tweets and blog posts about us. We want to be the exciting new site that you recommend to your friends, so please keep us in mind.