Pencil Project Reviews

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Pencil Project mentions (11)

• Uizard: Figma alternative with low learning curve

  I am a software developer, so doing UX is never my strength. From time to time though, I would resort to using the open source tool Pencil (https://pencil.evolus.vn/) to get a low fidelity mock-up. Lately I've been encountering bugs where images would come out broken when I re-open my wireframe in Pencil. Frustrated of the issue on Pencil, I tried out uizard yesterday, and have been really happy with it. It's... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Quick UI-design tool for mockups?

  Thanks for your replies. I checked some of them out, but I found one on my own that fits me perfectly: Pencil. Source: over 1 year ago

• Best practice to draw/describe UIs in plain text?

  I wouldn't use text to illustrate a GUI. We use Pencil with the crayon-styled stencils to make quick mockups. The crayon styling makes it clear that they're just mockups so people don't poke at the style aspects of the design. We've gotten great feedback from our clients that these are effective illustrations too. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Simple tool for network documentation?

  I use MS Visio at work and Pencil (free) at home. Source: almost 2 years ago

• A blog web design with Inkscape, what do you think about it?

  Thank you ! Of the ones I have tested, the only one that really works is Pencil, unfortunately, it lacks a lot of functionalities, and it is still far from being as practical as Figma, adobe xd etc. I think Inkscape is much more practical and powerful, but maybe it's just because I'm used to it :). Source: over 2 years ago

The Org mentions (3)

• [Advice?] Less selling and more "strategy and planning"

  Org charts: The Org has been really friendly. See if the database matches your requirement (https://theorg.com/). Source: over 1 year ago

• Opportunities inspired by recent VC investments

  The Org looks at first glance like a typically Indie Hacker project. Source: over 2 years ago

• Discussion thread Monday May 03, 2021 - Wednesday May 05, 2021

  Yeah, theorg.com is a startup that scrapes and crowdsources data about companies' org charts. There's a TechCrunch article on them here. Source: about 3 years ago