Ask HN: Would a mockup presentation tool like this be useful to you?
I'm a designer and part of my job is to present design mockups (web usually) to clients and colleagues and to make sure the mockups look accurate (like they were in the browser) I would put them in HTML pages so the images and background and margins etc are nicely done. I then upload the assets to a subdomain of my blog or S3. I would then explain my design in an email. It's a major hassle and not the best way to communicate design choices.
I created a tool called "Mocku.ps" that simplifies this process into a few clicks, with annotations like the what you get with Bounceapp.com. And then you just share that nice shortened URL.
You can use it at http://mocku.ps/.
Do you have the same problems as me? Is this something you would use often? Is the interaction simple enough? Would be great if you can try it out and give me some critique.
One tiny imperfection is the about modal page goes under my boxes.
One idea I had is what if the user could provide a URL and then have mocku.ps load in a screenshot of a site, rather than having to upload.
Anyway great job!
Bounceapp.com already does that URL thing you are talking about. I use it before I made Mocku.ps but I needed more precision i.e. tiled backgrounds, to better communicate designs to some clients.
The overall problem and concept reminds me of http://conceptshare.com
An alternative will be to upload a new screenshot on that page and you'll automatically have just one URL with both screenshots, etc.