Speed up your web design process with Yahoo! stencil kit

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 12:44.

The creation of a mock-up is en essential part of the web design process. An initial, non-interactive visualization of your design will help you to improve on your ideas. Furthermore, mock-ups are an absolute must when working with clients or a larger team. Enter Yahoo's Design Stencil Kit, which makes the process easier by providing a number of ready-made user interface components, meant specifically for the rapid creation of mock-ups.

From the project's webpage:
Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit version 1.0 is available for OmniGraffle, Visio (XML), Adobe
Illustrator (PDF and SVG), and Adobe Photoshop (PNG), and covers the following topics:

Ad Units

Calendars

Carousels

Charts and Tables

UI Controls

Form Elements

Grids

Menus and Buttons

Mobile - General

Mobile - iPhone

Navigation and Pagination

OS Elements

Placeholder Text

Screen Resolutions

Tabs

Windows and Containers

The stencil kit is part of Yahoo! Design Pattern Library, which offers many optimal solutions to common web design and development tasks.

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