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I was reading this Ubuntu Software Center design document and wondering, what software was used to design all those ui concept?

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Those specific designs are made by hand by Matthew Paul Thomas on graph paper.

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  • ah see, that's why it look more natural.
    – ariefbayu
    Nov 24, 2010 at 1:07
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I've found Pencil to be most valuable when I need to pump out quick little UI mocks. It's a Firefox extension by default but you can also get a version that runs on XUL (the framework beneathe Firefox).

While it might not be what was used for this example, it's worth a look.

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  • yeah, I did use pencil (the downloaded version).
    – ariefbayu
    Nov 24, 2010 at 1:04
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Mark Shuttleworth uses Balsamiq Mockups for his mockups (like the Window Indicators one). It's not free though.

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Balsamiq Mockups is an application that occasionally gets used by Mark and the design team.

It's not free but it is cross-platform (through Java) and provides a lot more features than Pencil.

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  • Balsamiq is excellent. Though isn't it based on AIR?
    – Grant Palin
    Nov 24, 2010 at 1:47
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    Yes, Balsamiq mockups runs on top of Adobe AIR and not Java. Adobe AIR does work okay on Ubuntu, at least since Ubuntu 9.10
    – practicalli-john
    Nov 24, 2010 at 5:58
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WireframeSketcher lets you do this kind of mockup. You can use it as a standalone tool but also as a plugin for Eclipse-based IDEs (like Aptana and Zend Studio).

Ubuntu Software Center Mockup

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    For the benefit of the reader: this is $75 for a single license (You should really get other people to recommend your software by the way) :P
    – Stefano Palazzo
    Dec 4, 2010 at 15:43
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    I also give away free licenses to open-source developers and all kinds of do-gooders.
    – Peter Severin
    Dec 4, 2010 at 17:18

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