It can be a tough job working as a web designer or web developer. It’s the type of job that requires amazing attention to detail and Herculean organisational skills because even one teeny tiny piece of information out of place can cause disaster. It might sound like we’re being dramatic but believe us – it just takes one dot in the wrong spot and everything is out of whack.

Even if all your dots are in the right place you still need to organise all the ideas and concepts that are flying around from people who aren’t sure about how to make it happen but are absolutely sure about what they want. This is where wireframe tools come in.

A good wireframe tool allows you to sketch out the project and help you see the bigger picture to give you an idea of what your design will look like from a logical perspective. If you’re wondering which wireframe tools are the best ones for the job, then check out our top three…

Top 3 wireframe tools

PowerMockup

The biggest ‘pro’ of PowerMockup is that it saves projects as a PowerPoint file – which of course makes the content really accessible. Most people (or at least most over the age of 10) have used PowerPoint at some stage. So when clients or not-quite-as-tech-savvy-as-you team members receive the wireframe it’s really easy for them to open it, view it and even modify it.

Briefs

Briefs is a great tool for helping develop wireframes for i devices (iPads/iPhones). It has heaps of cool features, but best of all it automatically syncs the newest version of your wireframe across all your devices, so you don’t have to send yourself (and the team) a bunch of emails with updates after each new change.

MockFlow

MockFlow comes with a whole swag of built-in components to choose from – and if the button, alert box, map, chart etc you want isn’t available, their import feature lets you easily add it. It has a fast and intuitive interface and the team sharing feature is where it really shines. Check out this video on how designers can collobarate and communicate in real-time.

Bonus mention for mobile only projects…

Xiffe

You can use Xiffe from within your browser without having to download or install any software onto your computer, which means it’s accessible from basically anywhere. You can use Xiffe to create a wireframe for any type of mobile project including Android, iOS and Windows Phone.