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FanIn80 · 04-20-2011, 11:02 PM

I think I brought up the Viso on a Mac thing before, but I can't remember...

I want to be able to storyboard a website on a global scale, and then wireframe each page individually, and I also want to be able to layout an overall design aesthetic... I also want to map out a database, complete with relationships, keys etc.

I have Omnigraffle, and I kinda like it, but I find it lacking in a lot of the things I want to do. I thought about getting some better stencils, but the ones I've found seem kind of hokey. Not to mention that every site is flooded with iOS stencils right now, and it's hard to find some decent web/data ones.

Is Omnigraffle really the way to go with this? Are there some other tools I might want to look into? There's not much in the App Store right now, unfortunately.

I don't mind installing Visio in a Windows VM if I have to. My only concern with that approach is when it comes time to demo or present it... or even just referencing it while I'm in the building stages. It seems like a waste of overhead to run two OSes for this.

Any ideas? I suppose I could do the storyboarding in Keynote or Powerpoint, now that I think about it...

04-20-2011, 11:02 PM	#1
FanIn80 GOAT! Join Date: Jun 2006 Exp:	Wireframing/Storyboarding/Layout...ing on a Mac? I think I brought up the Viso on a Mac thing before, but I can't remember... I want to be able to storyboard a website on a global scale, and then wireframe each page individually, and I also want to be able to layout an overall design aesthetic... I also want to map out a database, complete with relationships, keys etc. I have Omnigraffle, and I kinda like it, but I find it lacking in a lot of the things I want to do. I thought about getting some better stencils, but the ones I've found seem kind of hokey. Not to mention that every site is flooded with iOS stencils right now, and it's hard to find some decent web/data ones. Is Omnigraffle really the way to go with this? Are there some other tools I might want to look into? There's not much in the App Store right now, unfortunately. I don't mind installing Visio in a Windows VM if I have to. My only concern with that approach is when it comes time to demo or present it... or even just referencing it while I'm in the building stages. It seems like a waste of overhead to run two OSes for this. Any ideas? I suppose I could do the storyboarding in Keynote or Powerpoint, now that I think about it...