A List Apart Reviews

Balsamiq Reviews

A List Apart mentions (18)

• An Event Apart – Farewell

  Wow - it’s been a long time since I’ve thought about this site. I remember … wait this isn’t the same as https://alistapart.com/ I wonder if there is a relation between the two. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Announcing Rust Magazine

  My gold standard for a SWE magazine has always been https://alistapart.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Suggest some advanced books on front end development

  When I was learning front end stuff 20 years ago, it was the wild wild west, but there have been resources like https://alistapart.com/ that are always a good read... Source: over 1 year ago

• Study: Healthy dev teams are most commonly found in hybrid work environments, followed closely by remote-work companies. In-office orgs rank last.

  Not exactly "indie" maybe but A List Apart generally has some interesting articles and takes on web development and design. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Blogs for web devs and UI/UX designers

  Started in 1997 as a mailing list and launched as a website in 1998, A List Apart is publishing articles for For People Who Make Websites. Checkout A List Apart. - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

Balsamiq mentions (30)

• Tell HN: My Favorite Tools

  A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Ask HN: Best UI design courses for hackers?

  I think the best practical approach for designing UIs is to download (and buy) Balsamic[0] and use that to design UIs. Cut through the nonsense of colours and pixels in the first instance and just lay things out logically and simply. [0] https://balsamiq.com. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Build Products that don’t SUCK

  Create a low-fidelity mockup or wireframe of your MVP using tools like Balsamiq, Sketch, or Figma. Or use an easier-to-use tool like Uizard, which also has text-to-design capabilities. Source: 11 months ago

• Starting Design Work in a Spreadsheet

  Just for drawing mock app screens, I have found Balsamiq[0] to be pretty good (you can do a bunch of stuff with the trial version itself). Not affiliated with them in any way. [0]: https://balsamiq.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Is there software for building out copywriting for a website?

  Balsamiq has been pretty good for me so far. It's super bare-bones so it's better for copy mockups than actual UX design. It's also a lot easier than Figma. Note that you don't have to use the default comic sans, but I do because it's funny. Source: over 1 year ago