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Happy holidays!

We've been working on a lot of smaller fixes since our 1.0 launch in November, and I just wanted to give a quick listing of a few of the more important changes we've made since then:

  • Fixed bug where the size of a widget would get reset when the widget's text or font is changed (this was our most requested bug fix)
  • Fixed how unicode project names get displayed in the account management interface
  • Fixed an issue with capitalization not being ignored for e-mail changes
  • Started using secure cookies since we now run everything over HTTPS
  • Lots of changes to improve connectivity to the Mockingbird real-time collaboration server that have resulted in a 50% decrease in disconnections to the real-time collaboration server
  • Fixed bug where there would be a flicker when switching amongst pages in preview mode
  • Fixed bug where your last opened project would show briefly when opening a new project.
  • Fixed bug where, if you deleted a page that was linked to, clicking on that widget in preview mode would still try to navigate to the deleted page.
  • Fixed bug where pressing the keyboard shortcut to open a file while the open dialog was already up would freeze the app
  • Made a lot of dialogs that don't need to be modal not be modal
  • Fixed bug where if you selected a bunch of widgets and then clicked within the selection but not on a widget directly, Mockingbird would deselect the widgets
  • Fixed bug where undoing a color chang for a group widget would not update the color in the toolbar correctly
  • Fixed bug where setting the font color on a group widget consisting of only text-based widgets would not work
  • Fix bug where, if you deleted a widget, changed pages, then tried to undo, the widget would get re-added to the currently selected page instead of the page it was deleted from
  • Fixed bug where horizontal list widgets, linkbars, horizontal link list widgets, and breadcrumbs widgets would sometimes load with a slightly different font size than what was set on them if autosize was on

This year has been an extremely exciting one for us.  Sheena and I started working on Mockingbird almost a year and a half ago when we were living on different coasts and realized how annoying it was to share wireframes with each other.  At the time, we knew that we wanted Mockingbird and had a hunch that a few others might feel the same way, but we had no idea that Mockingbird would have over 60,000 accounts created after only one year and turn into a crucial tool for so many organizations.  Seeing Mockingbird get used by others to make really cool new stuff is the best feeling in the world, and here's to seeing a lot more of it in the years to come.

Comments (12)

Jan 02, 2011
aaronblohowiak said...
Wow. You are really kicking ass. I am starting to evangalize mockingbird in my friendgroup. It really is great.
Jan 06, 2011
metrotek said...
Great job on Mockingbird. We're using it to wireframe a new website at the moment, and it's been a pleasure working with it so far.
Feb 18, 2011
joelharrison said...
Any way you can include a "SITE MAP" in the PDF export?
Sep 01, 2011
Jolva said...
Is Mockingbird still being developed? There hasn't been any updates since last December.
Oct 20, 2011
Phil Ricketts said...
Update the app, or you'll lose more and more customers - like me. You haven't even mentioned for nothing happening in the last year - something which would have given you a little bit of loyalty.

I'm sure there are other exciting things going on for you guys, but ignoring customers isn't great :( Stop reading 37signals' books! haha.

I've moved to InvisionApp.

Dec 01, 2011
calpaully said...
This web app seems to have been abandoned by the developers. My company has been using it for over a year and I've been dealing with the same frustrating bugs that never get fixed. And no blog posts for over a year just goes to show this app doesn't have the attention from developers that is required to qualify it for enterprise use.

I'm switching my company over to http://www.balsamiq.com/ - FAR better feature set and a developer who cares.

It's a shame I have so many mockups trapped in Mockingbird. Oh well. Good riddance.

Jan 04, 2012
UserAbility said...
I'm also moving on to http://www.balsamiq.com/ - It's a shame such a good service has been neglected. I'm disappointed in these developers for treating their supporters this way. ...not the right way to deal with things at all.
Jan 04, 2012
Phil, calpaully, and UserAbility -- I'm sorry you guys are moving and I know updates have been slow to come, and I'm sorry about this. We're still supporting Mockingbird though.
Jan 04, 2012
Phil Ricketts said...
Well, it's kinda too late for that, you've ignored people on your own blog, twitter and by email. How frustrating is that?

What a contrast to how the guys at RescueTime interacted with me when I had frustrations, they turned me into a temporary evangelist.

Best of luck with the other things you were probably working on instead of Mockingbird.

Jan 04, 2012
Hey Phil -- I know we haven't been very responsive on the blog, but we do still provide support over twitter and e-mail and usually respond within the day. If there are any particular bugs you would like to get fixed, please do e-mail us and I'll get back to you.
Jan 04, 2012
UserAbility said...
Saikat - I'm not trolling or being cynical. From one service owner to another - You owe it to your paying customers to keep them updated about the service they are supporting. Don't forget that. Take it personally. What you do here will be a reflection of your character as a developer.
Jan 04, 2012
joelharrison said...
The users in my organization are very happy with GoMockingbird... Even after my recommendation that they try other software... GMB is still the clear winner.  Thanks for building a solid product!!!

~joel + team



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