We all struggle with this question at one time or another
Should wireframes contain:
Exact copy?
Images?
Color?
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Category Archives: Wireframing
What Should Wireframes Contain?
19 Sep 2007 – 10:58 am
Interface Design Tells You What To Build
09 Mar 2007 – 1:58 pm
Ben Moore, from Curbly, talks about the need for a project to start with the interface design. All his points are dead on.
In my decade of experience, a website isn’t real to clients until they see some pictures, sketches, something, anything. With this in mind, my goal is to provide initial wireframes (black and […]
Samantha on Wireframing Tools
17 Jan 2007 – 8:52 pm
Over at Boxes and Arrows, our own Samantha Bailey reviews Intuitect, iRise, and Axure for documenting interactive systems.
Improving Wireframes’ Storytelling
08 Jan 2007 – 10:43 am
Over at the Frog Design blog Ian Curry digs into the Visual Designer / Information Architect relationship - specifically how to tweak wireframes to make the relationship less contentious via “alternative documentation systems”.
While as Ian suggests, discussing the designer/IA relationship is the yettie form of navel-gazing. Wireframes are their most useful when they tell […]
Gliffy.com Moves Wireframing Online
28 Jun 2006 – 12:40 pm
In my ongoing quest for the right information architecture wireframing tool - I have to thank TechMeme.com for introducing me to Gliffy.com.
Gliffy is a browser-based, Flash-drive diagramming tool, with the feel of a desktop app (i.e. fast and has both ‘File’ and ‘Edit’ menus). I spent a little time with it today and am quite […]
Axure Version 4 Released
09 Mar 2006 – 4:08 pm
One more post and then I’m done spamming this site. Promise.
Axure v4 was released this week. You can download a 30-day free trial copy at http://axure.com/downloads.aspx.
There are some great new features:
Interactions: You can make prototypes respond to MouseOn and MouseOut events
Dynamic Panels: Widgets for which you can define multiple states, triggered by interactions
Masters on masters: […]
Update on Information Architecture Wireframe Tools
16 Feb 2006 – 3:18 pm
Earlier this week on the legendary mini-list, Mark Wagner asked about visualization tools. Thus reminding me an update to the MNteractive Wireframe post was in order.
I’ve gotten to know both NeoOffice/OpenOffice and ConceptDraw quite a bit in the past 6 months or so. Once ConceptDraw adds nested templates, it will be Visio for Mac. But […]
Rapid Prototyping with Ruby on Rails
15 Aug 2005 – 7:08 pm
On the heels of Fred’s MNteractive debut, “Finally, Rapid Prototyping that is actually rapid”, I’m finally digging into Ruby on Rails and have been pleasantly surprised.
After playing with it for a couple days, the RailsDay.com challenge - build a working web application in 24 hours - seems viable. Rather than making documentation tools closer […]
What’s the Best Application for Making Wireframes?
13 Apr 2005 – 12:27 pm
People just getting into information architecture (t d) frequently ask me which application to use for creating wireframes. After nearly a decade of making wireframes myself, I still ask this question on a client-by-client basis if not a project-by-project basis.
That answer relies on the answers to 2 other questions:
Is the purpose of the wireframes: […]
