Ah I would love to see a Mac version, and I think many of my interaction design colleagues would.

I hope this will be an option in the future 

I want to add my name to the list of people interested in being told when you have an axure for mac.

I have to say that I was stunned to find it only PC, as MAC is the environment most designers use.

I'm keen, but I'm not splashing out for Parallel in order to run this on my MacBook Pro.

 

I second (ok, thats a strange expression in this chorus ;-) plea for native Mac version of axure. I would definitely buy a license.

This is an interesting thread. I use Linux at home and a Windows PC at work. Besides Axure, I run Photoshop, Fireworks and Illustrator on a regular basis as part of the work I do on Windows.

I completely understand people using the platform of their choice for personal reasons. However, when it comes to making money as a designer, it seems perverse to sacrifice something like the use of Axure for what is, really, a personal preference. It's a bit like wanting to work in technology but refusing to go to Silicon Valley because you don't like the pollution.

Sorry - just wondering.

WhyNoOpenID said: "However, when it comes to making money as a designer, it seems perverse to sacrifice something like the use of Axure for what is, really, a personal preference."

The choice of platform is more than a personal preference. It affects productivity. It relates to existing infrastructure and related costs. And when serving a multiplatform audience, I know from experience that it's better to make a conscious choice to avoid creating a mono-culture in your organization.

I've been using Windows for publishing work since 1993, and I know that I am more productive using Mac-based solutions. I can use Axure RP in a VM running on OS X, but that solution is far from optimal. Using a VM is a good solution for a tool that used occasionally, not one that's used constantly.

 As it has been said earlier in this thread many times: The design industry relies heavily on Mac OS, and Axure RP is a unique tool. Putting the product on both Mac and Windows would make Axure a giant in this field.

I've no doubt that a cross-platform Axure would be fantastic for the product, and I would encourage that project wholeheartedly, just as long as it doesn't take resources away from refining it under Windows :-)

 

This is obviously something that needs to be seriously considered. Ive used both axure and omnigraffle for developing wireframes and prototypes. If axure was available for mac, it would prove to be strong competition for omnigraffle. 

 

Lets see it, soon!

 

 

galavanr

 

 

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE create a mac version. As a full time IA, running parallels is not an option. It's just not an efficient use of time. I'm therefore forced to work on this stinkin' PC everyday and it makes me very sad. So I put in my vote for an OS X version.  You really will dominate the market! I used omnigraffle for 2 years and your product is FAR superior.

Folks -

I started a campaign that we can use to show Axure how many people would buy a Mac version of Axure.  I'm hoping that if we can show them just how many units they would sell, it will become a higher priority.

Here's the campaign: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/bring-axure-to-the-mac 

Please join, and spread the word to other Axure users longing for a Mac version.  I'm so tired of booting VMWare!

 - Andrew 

Excellent idea. I shall spread the word among my Mac-using compatriots.

On reflection, Andrew, that site seems to ask a tremendous amount of personal information just to sign a petition. Perhaps it would be better to create a campaign with less onerous requirements.

Jim, what did it ask for?  Should just ask for your name and email address (and email is just to contact you if its successful)

You don't have to fill in your profile. You can skip it and just join the campaign.

Howdy
 

Count us in too, we are a bunch of people here in Sweden wanting Axure for Mac. 

 

 

I'd like to add my support for this as well.  I am currently an IT Director at a global financial services publishing company.  Our back end development teams all use PCs.  However both the agencies we use for web development and design are mac only.  Our internal design department which also does web interface mock-ups also use Macs.  I can't speak for the US but my experience in the UK is that Web Design consultancies are almost all Mac based, Web development agencies are split, and increasingly smaller development houses are utilising Macs.  Could there be a better argument than a large customer base?  Apple's overall market share may be around 5% (and growing) but its share in this particular sector is much much bigger.  Unfortunately I cannot recommend Axure in our organisation for Web interface proof of concepts as due to the administrative overhead of running virtualised Windows on Mac machines, we have a policy of running only OS X software on our Macs.  I think you are missing a trick on this.  Excellent product from the demos I've seen, but I will be passing on this in favour of ConceptDraw for now.  I will however be checking on Axure from time to time to see if the situation has developed.