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Split a slide deck into multiple lanes

You can now organize Miro Slides into multiple lanes, giving you a clear visual layout of each section while still being able to present, edit, and manage everything in one place.

I noted that this option only appear to be available on new Slides (i.e., created after the multi-lane feature release). I opened a support ticket to confirm :)

So you’re deprecating the existing free wireframe library and forcing me to pay for advanced prototyping with AI. Leave me my free buttons and search bars. This is so frustrating. 

​@Kelley Wiedman Hein The way I am reading the following help centre article is that the wireframe library will essentially be renamed to “prototyping library” and will continue to be available for all plans:

Source:

ttps://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572154-Prototyping-library

​@Robert Johnson Yes, but all the Prototyping Beta documentation reiterates that it’s free for now and you can only access the wireframe components within the Prototyping Beta now.
 

Source: https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/26654102601874-Prototyping-overview-BETA

​@Kelley Wiedman Hein My apologies… I see the confusion now. And the fact that there are three separate Help Center articles related to prototyping helps, well, no – and on Miro’s side I creates the additional risk of incorrect information if all three aren’t in sync.

The three articles:

1. Prototyping library – https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572154-Prototyping-library
2. Prototyping (BETA) – https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/26654269713682-Prototyping-BETA
3. Prototyping overview (BETA) – https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/26654102601874-Prototyping-overview-BETA

I will ask about this in the (non-public) Miro Heroes Community channel that I am a member of and a Mironeer will likely respond here, or I will update this post with whatever I learn about the situation.

Personally, what I would like clarification on is this note in the Prototyping overview (BETA) article:

Miro Prototyping is free while in beta and may come at an additional cost when made generally available. 

Should an additional cost be introduced, I would hope that basic prototyping as we know it now, i.e., UI interfaces/frames and elements (e.g., buttons), would still be included in all (at least paid) plans and the new, more advanced features (e.g., interactive connection lines or AI-related features) would be unavailable unless paid for.

​@Kelley Wiedman Hein Here’s the response from a Prototyping Product team member:

The current intent is to keep the basic UI components accessible to everyone for core wireframing use cases. If anything changes, I’ll update you here and we’ll also email anyone who has tested Prototyping ahead of time.

I then asked for clarification around what “accessible” means and received this response:

In this context, “accessible” means that the basic UI components in the Prototyping Library (formerly the Wireframe Library) are expected to remain available on all plans, including Free and Education. So users will still be able to use those elements for core wireframing use cases going forward.

The second is true as well, “old” wireframing components previously on the canvas should still be accessible after the Wireframe Library is sunset as well. You just won’t be able to create new ones from the library.

From these responses, I take away the following:

1. Miro intends to keep some basic UI elements available for all plans. However, this could change.
2. Some older elements are being replace with newer ones, but the older ones will not just disappear.

I will update this post if I learn anything more.