Admin design updates
Designing a user interface involves lots of trial and error. You make changes, see how they work and feel, and make further changes as necessary. This has definitely been the case with the Mocksup admin.
Old and cluttered
In the early days of Mocksup, the sidebar had mockups and comments stacked on top of each other, which was both cluttered and hard to use because neither area had enough vertical space.
In an attempt to fix this clutter, we moved comments into a tab behind mockups. But we eventually realized this change made Mocksup’s most important feature — feedback — easy to miss.
We then tried an interim solution where we moved the comments tab in front of mockups. But we soon realized clicking the “Mockups” tab every time you wanted to go to a different mockup was just too much clicking.
New and improved
Now, finally, comments are the only thing in the sidebar, making them hard to miss and easy to use. And mockups are quickly accessible via a dropdown at the end of the mockup breadcrumbs that’s activated when you rollover it.
After using this new interface for a couple of weeks we think this is a great solution and we hope you will, too.
And, lastly, while we’re on the subject of admin interface improvements, you might have also noticed some of the buttons that used to be in several different places have been combined into one convenient toolbar and, also, that the admin interface in general takes up a lot less screen real estate than it used to.
Good design is often about little changes that add up to make big differences. We hope we’ve achieved that so far with Mocksup and will continue to strive for it in the future. And, as always, your feedback and suggestions are welcome.