Axure RP 5.6 for Mac now in alpha and available for free
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Yesterday, Axure released the alpha version of Axure RP 5.6 for Mac, and this is great news. As one of my favorites characters would say “Hell, it’s about time!”. And as a gift, Axure released a downloadable version for test, free until February 28, 2010. Hey, this is a good news and awesome Christmas present.
I’ve been using Axure for more than 2 years and I’ve to say, it helped me to create products beyond clients expectations. It’s a powerful tool to create wireframes, real prototypes and specification documents – with notes and screenshots. If you’re looking for a good and easy-to-use tool, this is what you need.
Axure RP is the leading tool for rapidly creating wireframes, prototypes and specifications for applications and web sites. — Axure web site.
With its gorgeous looking icon and beautiful splash screen, Axure is easy as the Windows version. By default you have the following windows:
- Sitemap with all pages of your project
- Widgets the elements to drag-and-drop
- Masters most used elements (you can use the include concept from PHP)
- Annotations where you can take notes like Description, Status, Benefit, or create your own custom titles
- Interactions give live to elements
- Dynamic Panel Manager the “AJAX” panels for interactions without reload the page
- Page Notes for each page
- Page Interactions onload events
In the toolbar, the most used features grouped:
- Selection Mode
- Partial selection
- Full selection
- Connectors
- Generate
- Prototype
- Specifications
- Generators
- Object
- Group
- Ungroup
- Front
- Back
- Align modes
- Distribute modes
- Arrange panels
- Show/Hide left
- Show/Hide right
- Show/Hide all
The best part is the compatibility with Axure files made on Windows version. You can normally open files, edit them, save and open again on Windows. It works like a charm!
But remember, this is the alpha version. The Axure team have lot of work to do until the final release. Enjoy this incredible software on your Mac now!
Thanks Axure, for this lovely Christmas gift!