March 9th, 2007
We’re pleased to announce that GUI Design Studio version 2.3 has now been released and is available for immediate download. If you’ve already tried a previous version then check your email today for download instructions otherwise please request a trial. There’s a host of new features in this version, including: Enhancements for Web application design […]
October 23rd, 2006
Thanks to those that took part in this little bit of fun, both on the blog and by email. The correct answer to the film is of course “Harvey“, made in 1950 and starring James Stewart. It’s a wonderful film that you really must see! The odd one out in the cast list was Mary […]
October 18th, 2006
Following last week’s launch of GUI Design Studio version 2.2, we’ve had quite a few questions about what it’s really capable of and maybe you’ve been wondering about that yourself. We figured the best way to answer that was by way of an example prototype design. The trouble was, we didn’t have anything big enough or suitable […]
October 12th, 2006
Let me quickly explain the terms here. Fidelity refers to the level of detail, accuracy or coverage of a prototype. It can relate to functionality but most people use the term in relation to visual appearance and that’s what I’ll be referring to here. So the lowest of the low-fidelity prototypes are very quick hand […]
October 10th, 2006
Caretta Software GUI Design Studio version 2.2 is now available for immediate download. If you’ve already tried it then check your email today for download instructions otherwise you can request a trial. In the last post I mentioned the new fonts support in 2.2. You can see from this screenshot that the Typeface picker has […]
October 6th, 2006
GUI Design Studio version 2.2 will be released next Tuesday (10 October 2006). It’s a little later than we’d initially planned but we wanted to make sure it was well tested and as robust as possible before release. With so many users finding new ways to use the tool, we encountered a few behavioural hiccups […]
July 3rd, 2006
We’ve now set up our GUI Design Gallery on the Caretta Software Web site. This will showcase selected prototypes created using GUI Design Studio. We’ll be adding more designs to the Gallery on a monthly basis. Each featured design is described with a video walkthough of the prototype in action so you can see how […]
June 14th, 2006
Preparations are under way for a new user interface design gallery on the Caretta Software Web site. This will showcase design prototypes created using GUI Design Studio. Instead of putting up lots of static screenshots, we’re going to experiment with video clips to show what each design prototype can do. There’ll also be full descriptions and […]
June 2nd, 2006
Here at Caretta Software, we’re proud to announce the release of GUI Design Studio 2.1Â with immediate availablility. This new version includes: Distribution file creation (see earlier post) Main design file selection to save time when simulating changes Faster refreshing to make a big difference on complex designs Tab Bar element changes for more flexible designs […]
May 26th, 2006
If you’re working within a team of designers then you’ll appreciate the way that GUI Design Studio stores designs in separate files so that you can all work on parts of the same project at the same time. But when you want to send your whole GUI design project to someone for review then you […]