Not a huge update, but we just pushed some changes to help with project loading performance.  This should take care of the vast majority of slow script errors that people were getting on larger projects (and you get a nifty progress bar as your project loads).  As with all things performance, there is definitely more I can (and plan to) do to speed things up, but I think this is a good start in the right direction.

As always, let us know if you run into any issues or have any other feedback!

We just pushed out a bunch of fixes and new stuff.  The new stuff includes:

• Automatic filler text when you add Text Area widgets.  It keeps the filler text until you change it - hopefully this will make it easier to designate text areas in your mockups when you don't want to come up with something brilliant to write in them.
• Resizable pages panel.  A lot of people with a lot of pages have been asking for this one.  You should now be able to resize the pages panel by hovering your mouse over the bottom edge of the panel, clicking, and dragging up or down.
• Selecting tabs in tab containers, links in link bars, buttons in button bars, etc.  Just put an asterisk next to the element you want to appear in a selected state.  
• Improved interaction with menu items.  The cursor should change when you hover over a clickable menu item

This was by far our most requested feature, so we're excited to say that you can now export your mockups to a PDF or a zip file of PNGs!  If you load up Mockingbird, you should see an "Export" drop-down in the menubar now.  Click that, and then PDF or PNG to get a nice, crunchy, print-quality local copy of your mockup.  And, as usual, please let us know if you experience any bugs.

We also added two new widgets: a vertical link list and a close button.

Happy holidays!

We've made a few small changes and fixes (and some under the hood):

A few people reported accidentally navigating away from Mockingbird (by pressing the back button or closing a tab) and losing their work.  We just implemented an alert so that you'll be asked if you really, REALLY want to leave the page if you've got unsaved changes.  Probably you do not want to leave the page, in which case you can click "Cancel" and breathe a sigh of relief, crisis averted.

If for some reason you want to get rid of one of your beautiful wireframe creations, you can now delete it from the load dialog.  Just click load, select the project you want to send to wireframing oblivion, and click delete.

Click here to download:

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Several people have been asking about how to create links. Here's a (very) quick vid to show you how it works.

We got some feedback asking for clickable previews, which we had thought we had implemented, until we realized, to our horror, that this wasn't working for every widget!  So we just pushed a fix that should now make any linked widget clickable in preview mode.  So if you thought we were just missing this feature - sorry, and be sure to try it out now!

• Snap to grid is useful, but sometimes you want to ignore it.  Just hold down shift while you’re dragging.  
• To fine-tune the placement of widgets, select a widget and use the arrow keys to move the widget one pixel at a time.
• To add widgets more quickly or to add multiple widgets in a row, use your keyboard.  Start typing at any time to start searching for a widget, then use the arrow keys and press enter to quickadd the one you want.
• All the usual shortcuts you're used to from desktop apps work in Mockingbird:
  • Copy: Command/Ctrl-C
  • Paste: Command/Ctrl-V
  • Undo: Command/Ctrl-Z
  • Redo: Command-Shift-Z (Mac) / Ctrl-Y (Windows)