FAQ

Rapid Web Prototyper (RWP) is a Chrome extension for quickly exploring design ideas directly on an existing webpage. Instead of rebuilding a page in a separate design tool, you can select page elements, edit content, replace media, adjust visual styles, move elements and save a local prototype for review.

RWP does not publish changes back to the live website or modify the site's CMS, source repository or server.

RWP is designed for UX/UI and web designers, creative teams, marketers, product teams, developers, agencies and anyone who needs to communicate a website or web-interface idea quickly.

It is especially useful when the starting point is an existing page and the goal is to show what could change without first rebuilding the entire experience.

Your RWP trial provides access for 7 days. When the trial period ends, an active paid subscription is required to continue using RWP.

To continue without interruption, subscribe to Rapid Web Prototyper. RWP is currently $4.99/month.

You can cancel your subscription at any time through the Stripe-hosted subscription management page available from RWP Settings. Cancellation stops the next renewal; it does not immediately remove access.

You will continue to have access through the end of your current paid billing period. Except where required by law, payments already made are non-refundable and unused time is not refunded or prorated.

RWP Version 1.0 is licensed to one active browser installation at a time. A different browser profile or another computer is treated as a different device.

To move RWP, open Settings → Active Devices, deactivate the current device/browser to release the license slot, then activate RWP on the new browser or computer.

No. RWP changes the page you are viewing in your browser for prototyping purposes. It does not write changes back to the live site's server, CMS or source files.

This makes RWP useful for rapid ideation, client presentations and design conversations where you want to demonstrate a direction before development begins.

RWP saves your prototype as local HTML files on your computer. The saved page can contain your RWP changes while still referencing core resources from the original website, such as stylesheets, fonts, scripts, images or other externally hosted assets.

Because of those external references, internet access may be required to view a saved prototype correctly. If the original website changes, removes an asset or becomes unavailable, a saved prototype that depends on that resource may also look different or stop loading that resource.

To continue editing later, open the saved local HTML page in Chrome, activate RWP and save again when finished. See the Tutorial for the full workflow.

No. RWP is a prototyping tool and does not transfer ownership, copyright, trademark rights or licenses for a website, template, code, image, font, copy or any other third-party material.

A common use case is to show how an existing design direction could look with a client's branding, content or proposed changes. That does not give you the right to publish, sell, distribute or otherwise use third-party work beyond the rights or permissions you already have.

You are responsible for obtaining any licenses, permissions or approvals required for your intended use. If you use a commercial theme, template, image, font or other licensed material in a production project, you are responsible for purchasing and following the applicable license.

Yes. RWP can be useful for quick ideation on browser-based application interfaces, dashboards, portals and other web UIs. You can use an existing interface as the starting point and quickly demonstrate changes to content, hierarchy, styling and layout.

RWP is a browser extension, so native desktop and mobile applications are outside its direct editing scope unless the interface is available as a webpage.

RWP works on most standard webpages, but no browser-based prototyping tool can reliably edit every implementation.

Known limitations can include content inside third-party or cross-origin iframes, canvas-rendered interfaces, closed or heavily customized components, and pages where specialized JavaScript controls the visible interface. Some JavaScript-generated elements may require you to move up the RWP Navigator tree to a parent element that can be edited.

If an existing text link is controlled by site-specific JavaScript or CSS and cannot be cleanly relinked, replace the linked copy with plain text and create the new link from Content & Typography → Link. The Tutorial covers this workaround.

RWP is designed to keep reviewers inside the prototype. Original website navigation is generally neutralized when the prototype is saved, while links that you intentionally create or edit in RWP can be preserved.

Original form submissions are also neutralized so a prototype does not accidentally submit data to the live site. A prototype is for demonstration and review, not for operating the original site's live forms or transactions.

Saved prototypes are stored locally on your computer. You are responsible for maintaining your own copies and backups of saved prototype files.

RWP is not a cloud backup service. Deleting, moving or overwriting local files can result in loss of prototype work, and RWP cannot guarantee recovery of locally deleted files.

RWP is intended for lawful prototyping, design review, testing and ideation. You are responsible for how you use it and for complying with applicable laws, contracts, website terms, intellectual-property rights, privacy rights and other third-party rights.

Do not use RWP to misrepresent ownership, impersonate another person or organization, defeat access controls, create deceptive or fraudulent material, or publish or distribute third-party work without the rights to do so.

Any claims, fines, penalties, legal costs or other consequences resulting from your misuse of RWP or unauthorized use of third-party material are your responsibility.

No software can guarantee compatibility with every site or every browser implementation. RWP is provided as a prototyping aid on an “as is” and “as available” basis, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, RWP and its owner are not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or business losses arising from use, misuse or inability to use the product, including lost revenue or profits, business interruption, lost data, fines, penalties or legal fees.

You are responsible for reviewing your prototype, maintaining backups and deciding whether any proposed design or implementation is appropriate for production use.

RWP's editing workflow operates in the browser, and saved prototype files are stored locally. Licensing and subscription services process the information needed to validate access and manage your subscription, but RWP is not designed to upload the content of the pages you are editing as part of the normal prototyping workflow.

For more detail, see the Privacy Policy.

Start with the RWP Tutorial for the editing, linking, image, saving and reopening workflows. If you still have a question, use the contact form below.