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Introducing Balsamiq Mockups, the latest plug-in to join the Confluence plugin eco-system.

Now anyone can easily create a mockup in minutes within Confluence with Balsamiq Mockups' drag and drop functionality. This plugin allows you to bring the whole team together--everyone from product managers to designers, developers and customers-- to collaborate on one mock up before even one line of code is committed.

Created by developer superstar Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni , Balsamiq Mockups offers several snazzy features designed with the team in mind. They include:

Iteration in real-time: Teams can modify drawings easily through the course of a meeting. Explore different designs in minutes.
Scalablity: Over 50 pre-built controls allow for a variety of mock-ups, from a simple website to full-fledged application.
Focus on Functionality: Hand drawn UI means more focus on creating a great mockup and not sweat the details.

Try a live demo or simply check out this tour of Balsamiq Mockups to see how easy it is to create a mockup in just minutes:

About Balsamiq

Balsamiq Mockups was created out of the desire to design a product to enable the entire team to collaborate on mock-ups in a field where most software options where either too complex or not powerful enough to use. As Peldi explains, "In a previous life, part of my job was writing feature specifications, which always included software mockups. At the time, most people just coded the feature up so that they could take a screenshot. Then a product manager I worked with asked me for help putting her vision into a spec. Because PM's don't inherently have photoshop skills, they have no way of expressing the vision that's in their head," he continues, "I looked for a tool for her to use and couldn't find one. That's why I thought of building a UI prototyping tool that everyone could use. That was when the idea of creating Balsamiq was born."

Balsamiq Mockups for Confluence are available for a 30-day evaluation. Pricing starts at $600 for a 25 user license and includes 12 months of maintenance. For all the details, please click here.