Re: Discussions digest, Vol 1 #350 - 3 msgs

If you're testing is not reliant on the visual design aspect,  
Omnigraffle (Mac only) is great for testing at the wireframe stage.  
You can create wireframes, then add hotspots for click through to  
other screen views. Makes a great interactive prototype at the  
wireframe stage and exports great HTML with clickable hotspots for  
demo or testing.

Another Visio-like application which also allows interaction between  
wireframes is Conceptdraw and it's cross platform.

Testing at the wireframe stage can save you a lot of time by working  
out usability issues BEFORE you get into the visual design.

Cheers,

Brian


Brian L. Friesen
[email protected]
www.visual-image.com
Mobile: 512-567-4037
AIM: blf26


On Nov 28, 2007, at 2:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Send Discussions mailing list submissions to
> 	[email protected]
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://baychi.org/mailman/listinfo/discussions
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	[email protected]
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	[email protected]
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Discussions digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Looking For Rapid Prototyping Tools (Jeff Lowe)
>    2. Re: Looking For Rapid Prototyping Tools (Mitchell Gass)
>    3. Re: Looking For Rapid Prototyping Tools (Chris Hawkins)
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 1
> To: [email protected]
> From: Jeff Lowe <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:13:43 -0800
> Subject: [BayCHI Discussions] Looking For Rapid Prototyping Tools
>
> I'm looking for advice/recommendations on rapid prototyping tools for
> mocking up web interfaces that I could use in a usability test.
> Ideally, this tool would allow me to lay out my design and configure
> interactive elements without coding, and then export to HTML for
> testing.
>
> I've looked at DENIM but it seems to be too simplistic to achieve
> anything beyond a 'cocktail napkin sketch'. My brief experience with
> Flash leads me to believe that it might require too much effort since
> my goal is not to build the final app in Flash. Visio (which I
> already have) seems to provide easy manipulation of elements and easy
> HTML export, but the interactivity is limited to linked elements. It
> would be nice to allow a user to type something into a text box or
> open a select menu even if that data is not actually processed by the
> mockup. I've found some other tools in a Google search, but none jump
> out as a can't miss. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:53:28 -0800
> To: Jeff Lowe <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> From: Mitchell Gass <[email protected]>
> Subject: [BayCHI Discussions] Re: Looking For Rapid Prototyping Tools
>
> At 03:13 PM 11/27/2007, Jeff Lowe wrote:
>> I'm looking for advice/recommendations on rapid prototyping tools
>> for mocking up web interfaces that I could use in a usability test.
>> Ideally, this tool would allow me to lay out my design and configure
>> interactive elements without coding, and then export to HTML for  
>> testing.
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> After trying a few of the available tools, I'm using Axure RP
>
>    http://www.axure.com/
>
> It's far from perfect - I'm dealing with a tricky bug right now - but
> it can do quite a lot. There's a free trial.
>
> Another tool that I'd like to try that is now free is Serena  
> Prototype Composer
>
>    http://www.serena.com/products/prototype-composer/home.html
>
> It looks like it would take longer to learn than Axure, but it has
> some interesting capabilities.
>
> Finally, Jonathan Arnowitz, Michael Arent, Nevin Berger, and Fred
> Sampson are making a case for prototyping in Excel
>
>    http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=18648
>
> and I was impressed by the demonstration Jonathan and Michael gave at
> a recent ACM SF Bay Chapter meeting
>
>    http://www.sfbayacm.org/events/2007-09-19.php
>
> Best,
>
> Mitchell Gass
> uLab | PDA: Learning from Users | Designing with Users
> Berkeley, CA 94707 USA
> +1 510 525-6864 office
> +1 415 637-6552 mobile
> +1 510 525-4246 fax
> http://www.participatorydesign.com/
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:23:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: Chris Hawkins <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [BayCHI Discussions] Looking For Rapid Prototyping Tools
> To: Jeff Lowe <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
>
> Have you checked out the Flex IDE?  It's great and what I encourage  
> for prototyping.  You need to develop some skill in the MXML, but  
> generally you can do a lot once ramped up.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeff Lowe <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:13:43 PM
> Subject: [BayCHI Discussions] Looking For Rapid Prototyping Tools
>
> I'm looking for advice/recommendations on rapid prototyping tools for
> mocking up web interfaces that I could use in a usability test.
> Ideally, this tool would allow me to lay out my design and configure
> interactive elements without coding, and then export to HTML for
> testing.
>
> I've looked at DENIM but it seems to be too simplistic to achieve
> anything beyond a 'cocktail napkin sketch'. My brief experience with
> Flash leads me to believe that it might require too much effort since
> my goal is not to build the final app in Flash. Visio (which I
> already have) seems to provide easy manipulation of elements and easy
> HTML export, but the interactivity is limited to linked elements. It
> would be nice to allow a user to type something into a text box or
> open a select menu even if that data is not actually processed by the
> mockup. I've found some other tools in a Google search, but none jump
> out as a can't miss. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff
> _______________________________________________
> This is the BayCHI Discussions mailing list, [email protected]
> To change your subscription options, or to unsubscribe, visit  
> http://baychi.org/mailman/listinfo/discussions
>
>
>        
> ______________________________________________________________________ 
> ______________
> Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page.
> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> _______________________________________________
> This is the BayCHI Discussions mailing list digest,  
> [email protected]
> To change your subscription options, or to unsubscribe, visit  
> http://baychi.org/mailman/listinfo/discussions
>
>
> End of Discussions Digest
_______________________________________________
This is the BayCHI Discussions mailing list, [email protected]
To change your subscription options, or to unsubscribe, visit http://baychi.org/mailman/listinfo/discussions