Background Pattern Designs And Resources For Websites

Patterns are a useful resource for website design. Filling the background with a full-blown image is no longer a useful solution today as the variety of devices and screen resolutions in the market make it difficult to adapt to them all, although it is true that the latest plugins and scripts offer solutions such as automatic image re-sizing  Patterns are similar to those images that are indefinitely repeated either horizontally or vertically. That makes a lot more sense today where usability is concerned, especially in responsive design.

Following is a comprehensive collection of them for all tastes and desires.

Background Pattern Designs And Resources For Websites

Wireframe and Mockup Tools

Just a list.. a nice list.

Pencil

Open source and Free, the Pencil Project is a great tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use. It runs as either a Firefox plugin or in a standalone XUL runner. Does not work on Mac currently.

http://pencil.evolus.vn/

HotGloo

The Online Wireframe Application

http://www.hotgloo.com/

MockingBird

Is an online tool that makes it easy for you to create, link together, preview, and share mockups of your website or application.

http://gomockingbird.com/

Balsamiq Mockups

Using Balsamiq Mockups feels like you are drawing, but it's digital, so you can tweak and rearrange controls easily, and the end result is much cleaner.

http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups

Moqups

Moqups is a nifty HTML5 App used to create wireframes, mockups or UI concepts, prototypes depending on how you like to call them.

https://moqups.com/

ScreenSketcher

ScreenSketcher is a tool for creating quick mock-ups, or wireframes, of a computer user interface, such as a window, a web page, or anything that can appear on a computer screen.

http://www.codingrobots.com/screensketcher/

Cacoo

Online Real time collaboration

• Cacoo is a user friendly online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as site maps, wire frames, UML and network charts.
• Cacoo can be used free of charge.

http://cacoo.com/

Mockup by Lextech

Mockup is an iPhone app prototyping tool that makes it incredibly easy to:

• Think through design/usability concepts before you start coding,
• Brainstorm with future and existing customers, and
• Share your ideas and collaborate with the app development community.

http://lextech.com/mockup

Mockery

Mockery enables you to create great UI mockups, quickly and easily.

• Design great interfaces for the web or desktop.
• Review your designs with Windows and Mac themes.
• Annotate your mockups with detailed information.
• Share your mockups with others.

http://getmockery.com/

ForeUI

ForeUI is a handy UI prototyping tool. It can rapidly create static or interactive, skinnable UI prototypes of your website or software. You can use ForeUI to:

• Create mockup for the GUI in your mind and make others understand quickly.
• Make working prototype of website or software to collect feedback from potential users.
• Perform usability testing before releasing the beta version.
• Generate the schematics that can be inserted in the design documents.

http://www.foreui.com/

Naview by Volkside

Naview is a navigation preview tool for rapid information architecture prototyping from Volkside.

• Design and visualise an IA or website navigation structure
• Build prototypes quickly and get a feel for the navigation
• Test your IA with users and iterate on the fly
• Import your IA easily from a spreadsheet
• No need for coding to simulate real website menu behaviour

http://www.volkside.com/go/naview/

C-Inspector

A tool for information architecture testing C–Inspector is a web–based application that helps you to test the information architecture of your website. By analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data collected through the remote test, you can gain insight into the users' mental models and identify possible issues with labelling or grouping

http://www.c-inspector.com/index.php

FlairBuilder

A cross-platform prototyping tool that helps you create interactive wireframes & prototypes faster, easier and with better results. We put a strong emphase in interactivity as this is the best way to show your clients something closer to the real product.

http://www.flairbuilder.com/

MockApp

What can I use MockApp for?

• Brainstorm and refine a new app idea
• Show what the app should do so that it’s easy for a developer to code it just right
• Show-off your brilliant app ideas to your boss, potential business partners, investors, etc. (again, way more effective tan finger puppets!)

http://mockapp.com/

Creately

Creately is an easy to use and collaborative diagramming application that runs in your browser. With a powerful and intuitive interface, Creately is great for teams that need to work on designs together

http://creately.com/

MockFlow

Design, collaborate (in real-time) user interface mockups for your software and websites.

http://www.mockflow.com/

Pidoco

A GUI Design Software for clickable Wireframes. Fast and easy like rapid paper prototyping, but completely web-based and with many more features.

https://pidoco.com/

JustProto

The first tool to create the prototypes of network and desktop applications!

http://www.justproto.com/en/

JumpChart

Start with a strong foundation. Make planning architecture easier with Jumpchart. By creating pages, and subpages you can quickly sketch out the hierarchy of your site.

https://www.jumpchart.com/

iPlotz

iPlotz allows you to rapidly create clickable, navigable mockups and wireframes for prototyping websites and software applications.

http://iplotz.com/

ProtoShare

Historically, web-based applications haven't been able to match the speed and complexity of desktop apps—until now.

http://www.protoshare.com/

CogTool

CogTool is a general purpose UI prototyping tool with a difference - it automatically evaluates your design with a predictive human performance model (a "cognitive crash dummy").

http://cogtool.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/