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GUI Design Studio 4.0 Preview – Part 1: New Interaction

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Version 4.0 PreviewLater this week we’ll be releasing what’s probably the last of the 3.x versions of GUI Design Studio before version 4.0 is released in about 5 weeks time.

Version 4 of GUI Design Studio represents a big move forward. The big areas of new features are Interactivity on Controls, Templates and Custom Elements.

In this post you’ll get an overview of the new Interaction features with suggestions on how you might use them (screenshots are subject to change before final release). You’ll also see how to get free access to beta versions of the software before the final release next month.

New Interaction Features

When you show a user interface design to a prospective user they are going to want to understand what the design will be like to use. They will need to try out the types of operations that will be important to them, in their work, trying to achieve their objectives.
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GUI Design Studio 3.5 Released

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

New Version 3.5GUI Design Studio version 3.5 is now available for immediate download. This is a maintenance release with some fixes and changes based on customer requests. It’s a free upgrade for all registered users.

For customers using any prior version of GUI Design Studio, simply install the new version and your existing licenses will continue to work.

Tree Icons
Tree IconsUntil now, Tree elements have come with just a couple of basic sets of icons and the only way to change individual item icons was to place other icons on top.

That worked well until scrolling and item expansion/contraction functionality was added in version 3.3. After that, you needed to jump through a few hoops with components to get custom tree icons working properly.

Well, we’ve finally given Tree items their own icon property so you can now select them directly and everything works as it should. For convenience, the icon selector also keeps a record of the 10 most recent icons for fast, one-click selection.

Other Changes
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GUI Design Studio 3.4 Released With Enhanced Team Collaboration Support

Friday, August 28th, 2009

New Version34GUI Design Studio version 3.4 is now available for immediate download. This is a maintenance release with some important changes based on customer requests, and is a free upgrade for all registered users.

For customers using any prior version of GUI Design Studio, simply install the new version and your existing licenses will continue to work.

(1) Project Organisation

Now you can re-organise your projects with ease. In previous versions, we restricted the ability to move and rename design files to ensure that references remained intact and to help with project sharing.

In version 3.4, you can rename files and move them around using drag and drop. GUI Design Studio will track the changes and keep those references working.

Renaming design files
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GUI Design Studio 3.3 Released

Friday, April 24th, 2009

newversion33GUI Design Studio version 3.3 is now available for download. This is a further maintenance release with some changes based on customer requests. It sees the start of some of the more interactive features we’re working on.

For customers using any prior version of GUI Design Studio, simply install the new version and your existing licenses will continue to work.

(1) Active Scroll Bars

For all those cases where it’s important for you to demonstrate the entire contents of your edit boxes, lists, tables and trees, you can now work those scroll bars when you run your prototype!

By selecting elements first, you can also scroll them within the design editor if you want to and set default scroll positions.

Scrollable Elements

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GUI Design Studio 3.2 Released

Friday, February 27th, 2009

GUI Design Studio version 3.2 is now available for download. This is a maintenance release with a few important changes.

For customers using any prior version of GUI Design Studio, simply install the new version and your existing licenses will continue to work.

(1) Project Options

The most visible change is the introduction of new Project Options (from the “Project” menu). These allow you to:
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