quick tips to wireframing & prototyping
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What is a wireframe?
The ‘specs’ and outline of a design
Commonly used for web/mobile pages
Does not concern the design such as color, graphics, spacing or typography
Typically outlines the components together with associated interactions
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Why wireframing?
Quickly find problems in the design
Organize the content from the most to the least important before making mockups
Cheaper and faster to produce than a visual comp
Help the team to imagine what the final product might look like in the early stage
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Examples
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Tool #1 - Pen(cil) & Paper
Fast, cheap, easily accessible, can draw anywhere, no learning new software
Pencil + notebook + anywhere
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Tool #2 - Axure
Advanced, complex interactivity Annotation tools & simultaneous collaboration Export wireframes as clickable HTML prototypes http://axure.com
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Tool #3 - Balsamiq
Comic Sans-y, drag-and-drop wireframe + prototype tool Make click-through prototype. You can choose who can edit. http://balsamiq.com
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Tool #4 - Omnigraffle
Lots of built-in & stencil libraries online Does not produce a playable/HTML prototype http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle
quirktools
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Tool #5 - Quirktools Wires
Free cloud-based wireframe tool http://quirktools.com/wires/
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Tool #6 - Wireframe.cc
Free cloud-based wireframe tool. Generate links for each page Chrome app available https://wireframe.cc/
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Tool #7 - Powerpoint
Powerpoint + Stencils or PowerMockup http://www.powermockup.com/ You might already have it on your computer, and you don’t need to learn or download any new program!
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Tool #8 - Google Doc
Google Doc + Wireframe templates Search #wfkit in Templates Free! Stored in the cloud. You can share and add collaborators
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What is a prototype?
A simulation of the design to demonstrate how the product works
Unlike static wireframes, prototypes are interactive. Many wireframing tools have prototyping abilities
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Why prototyping?
Quickly find problems in the (interaction) design
Cheaper and faster to produce than going all out on coding/making the real product
Allow the team/client/stakeholders to visualize and use the product before it’s created fully
Using wireframes alone isn’t enough for design because interactions are not defined
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Tool #1 - Paper Prototyping
Fast, cheap and easy to make Can get a bit messy when there are a lot of pages
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Tool #2 - Prototyping On Paper
Take photos of sketches and create hotspots View on mobile and screen https://popapp.in/
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Tool #2 - Prototyping On Paper
https://popapp.in/w#!/projects/513028de8ea71d611200031f/preview
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Tool #3 - Invision App
invisionapp.com
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Tool #3 - Invision App
Create hot spots, comments, view revision history. Stored in Cloud
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Tool #4 - Proto.io
Mobile-specific tool (include tablet sizes) https://proto.io
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Tool #5 - FluidUI
With touch gestures and animated transitions https://fluidui.com
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Tool #6 - Composite
A new tool to preview Layer Comps with interactions http://www.getcomposite.com/
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Tool #7 - Flinto
Like Invision except you can use prototype on mobile https://www.flinto.com/
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Tool #8 - Powerpoint/Keynote
Create linked pages and demo easily One less app/software to download or learn
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Tool #9 - Ratchet
For HTML/CSS gurus. Prototype iPhone apps with simple HTML, CSS, and JS components If you are making a web app then you are one step closer to making the real app http://maker.github.io/ratchet/
Use whichever works for youThank you! P.s. follow me on Twitter @jennyshen
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