Maqetta 리뷰

브라우저에서 HTML 5 사용자 인터페이스를  WYSIWYG visual authoring하는 오픈소스 도구이다. 결과적으로 만들어진  Maqetta 어플리케이션은 그 자체가 하나의 HTML이다. 따라서, 부가적인 플러그인이나, 다운로드없이도 브라우저내에서 수행이 가능하다.

Maqetta는 다음 기능을 포함한다.

• a WYSIWYG visual page editor for drawing out user interfaces
• drag/drop mobile UI authoring within an exact-dimension device silhouette, such as the silhouette of an iPhone
• simultaneous editing in either design or source views
• deep support for CSS styling (the application includes a full CSS parser/modeler)
• a mechanism for organizing a UI prototype into a series of "application states" (aka "screens" or "panels") which allows a UI designer to define interactivity without programming
• a web-based review and commenting feature where the author can submit a live UI mockup for review by his team members
• a "wireframing" feature that allows UI designers to create UI proposals that have a hand-drawn look
• a theme editor for customizing the visual styling of a collection of widgets
• export options that allow for smooth hand-off of the UI mockups into leading developer tools such as Eclipse
• Maqetta's code base has a toolkit-independent architecture that allows for plugging in arbitrary widget libraries and CSS themes.