Use Balsamiq. Kicks total ass. Super super simple and highly productive. Non-technical users find it easy to work with and this is very valuable.<p>You can mock up an entire site in an hour. Balsamiq is actually quicker than paper mockups when you take into account ease of changes.
Software? :P
I did go through a phase of using some crappy software package to lay out sites. But in the end it seemed to take more time.<p>Now I generally sketch briefly on paper (just ot remind myself) design in photoshop, slice graphics out, position and apply CSS and throw in the data :D
no.<p>i don't like them, really. in the past when i did some, i felt it took too much time in comparison to the benefits i got out of it. my concepts change too much, sometimes in big ways, even after a mockup is complete, even after work has begun.<p>/not a designer, but plays one on tv
I use HTML and Javascript to mock up my site. Then I redo it a couple of times. I prefer just to talk it over, think it over, and get started.<p>Of course, I'm talking about a totally new start-up website, not something I have to spec for customers.<p>What's a wireframe anyways?