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Code Improvement: Create Designs With Curb Appeal By Jeff Grover and Zhon Johansen Well-designed software is a joy to use. However, pages of preliminary ...
meganole25
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Sep 1, 2006
1:21 pm
2540
I need to produce a photo-realistic wireframe prototype. What tools do you use to produce those? Thx Alain...
Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
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Sep 1, 2006
2:29 pm
2541
... Prototype of what, Alain? I also don't understand the use of "wireframe" and "photo-realistic" together. At least with the designers I work with, a...
William Pietri
william_pietri
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Sep 1, 2006
2:47 pm
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I assume you want to work to pixel-level accuracy, rather than working at a sketchier level. I find that Fireworks is an excellent tool for this. It combines...
Josh Seiden
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Sep 1, 2006
2:50 pm
2543
... You mean a photo-realistic prototype? Because photo-realistic and wireframe cancel each other out. For photo-realistic prototypes, it's usually a...
Fred Beecher
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Sep 1, 2006
2:59 pm
2544
... Prototype of what, Alain? -- Alain: A special purpose editor designed for translators. ... I also don't understand the use of "wireframe" and...
Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
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Sep 1, 2006
3:04 pm
2545
... Wow, that's a great statement. One of my clients got into agile methods gradually, with a large backlog of product specifications. The specifications were...
William Pietri
william_pietri
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Sep 1, 2006
3:05 pm
2546
I assume you want to work to pixel-level accuracy, rather than working at a sketchier level. -- Alain: Actually, as I think of this more, this is really what I...
Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
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Sep 1, 2006
3:08 pm
2547
-- Alain: Actually, as I think of this more, this is really what I need: - The mockup must be in electronic form - The mockup must be "neat" (i.e. neater than...
Josh Seiden
joshseiden
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Sep 1, 2006
3:16 pm
2548
... Great. I gather this is a web app or a desktop app, then, rather than a physical object. ... Heh. My pals use Photoshop for this, but perhaps that's...
William Pietri
william_pietri
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Sep 1, 2006
3:17 pm
2549
I usually lay out a huge sheet in Illustrator (10.000 x 10.000 pixels) with a gray background and create screen flows with fairly realistic mockups of the...
Fredrik Matheson
karhunpojka
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Sep 1, 2006
3:20 pm
2550
... Yep, that's Axure. It's a bit clunky, interface-wise, but it's capabilities are worth all the clicking. I've used Axure for lots of projects so far, so if...
Fred Beecher
fred_beecher
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Sep 1, 2006
3:21 pm
2551
... Great. I gather this is a web app or a desktop app, then, rather than a physical object. -- Alain: That's right. I'm not much of a handy man ;-)....
Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
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Sep 1, 2006
3:34 pm
2552
In this vein (and even the discussion about "Tools for photo-realistic wireframe prototyping" I have a post: ...
Jon Kern
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Sep 1, 2006
4:25 pm
2553
... If you're planning to use Photoshop, Fireworks, etc. to make static images, you might be interested in EasyPrototype (http://www.easyprototype.com). It's...
Dave Churchville
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Sep 1, 2006
4:44 pm
2554
De-lurking to second the recommendation on Axure. It's clunky but robust and allows rapid, semi-functional html prototyping of just about anything. Combine...
Ilen Zazueta-Hall
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Sep 1, 2006
4:47 pm
2555
(I apologize for the cross-posting) I have a unique opportunity - we are kicking off a UX program to raise awareness and increase involvement with UX...
haimhirsch
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Sep 1, 2006
7:29 pm
2556
If you have lots of IT people in your crowd, then definitely DON'T use "The inmates are running the asylumn" ;-). Alain ... From:...
Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
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Sep 1, 2006
7:40 pm
2557
... That's a good suggestion, but for such a mixed audience I'd recommend: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2nd Edition) by Steve...
Jim Kauffman
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Sep 1, 2006
8:20 pm
2558
... I strongly second that recommendation. - Fred...
Fred Beecher
fred_beecher
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Sep 1, 2006
8:37 pm
2559
... Edition) ... Third(ed). bill...
billpawlak
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Sep 2, 2006
7:03 am
2560
... I use Canvas from ACD Systems (formerly from Deneba Software) for my wireframes and mockups. Canvas is a jack of all trades graphics package that is a...
Ron Vutpakdi
vutpakdi
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Sep 2, 2006
12:03 pm
2561
... Why? It's one of the ones I often recommend to and people seem to manage to separate the message from the rhetoric pretty well. Sure there's a lot in the...
Adrian Howard
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Sep 2, 2006
10:05 pm
2562
On 1 Sep 2006, at 18:24, haimhirsch wrote: [snip] ... [snip] I'd second that. Don't Make Me Think is also good, but I think misses some of the broader message...
Adrian Howard
ajh65537
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Sep 2, 2006
11:02 pm
2563
I've been reading Steve Krug's Don't Make Me Think and he references a 1995 paper on browser behaviour that indicates 40.6% of browser actions are the Back...
Jason Yip
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Sep 4, 2006
5:10 am
2564
Andy Cockburn from Canterbury University has done a bit of work on the Back button, so he might have some more recent references. ...
Tim Wright
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Sep 4, 2006
5:51 am
2565
Well, first i call only simple wireframes as wireframes... Photorealistic stuff is usually called hifi prototype (if it's clickable) or visualized storyboard...
Miinalainen, Petteri
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Sep 4, 2006
7:47 am
2566
Hello Jason, thanks for your ideas. On Sunday, September 3, 2006, at ... If you don't count scrolling down as an action, that sounds about right for me, except...
Ron Jeffries
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Sep 4, 2006
10:37 am
2567
Hi Alain, A belated response to your belated response :) On 29 Aug 2006, at 19:25, Desilets, Alain wrote: [snip] ... [snip] An excellent question. Some...
Adrian Howard
ajh65537
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Sep 4, 2006
11:47 am
2568
... Statistics like this are meaningless without context. It's like saying 99% of all clicks are with the left button, so why do we have a right mouse button? ...
Jared M. Spool
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Sep 4, 2006
3:44 pm
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