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Ask HN: Any interest in a text based wireframing tool?

2 points by zubairlk 4 years ago · 2 comments · 1 min read


I've tried balsamiq/figma for low fidelity wireframing but the mouse UX feels slow (even with shortcuts)

Text powered tools like websequencediagrams.com/# and https://dbdiagram.io/d are really much quicker after the initial learning curve.

Thought there should be a text based tool to quickly flesh out some low fidelity wireframes

Little gif showing the concept: https://media.giphy.com/media/C4MVllEw4h6zm6Tnuv/giphy.gif

Thought I'd post and ask on HN to see if there is any appetite for such a little tool or is it just me avoiding a few mouse clicks?

Any/every feedback welcome.

Would you use a text based wireframing tool? What use case and what features would be essential?

For those curious on the tech, the approach is a mix of ANTLR and generating html from a simpler grammar.

Thanks

dalewebb 4 years ago

https://plantuml.com/salt

  • zubairlkOP 4 years ago

    I didn't know about salt! The internet is full of lovely tools! Although it does look generate really dated looking pictures but definitely interested in looking at its parser etc.

    Thanks!

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