Comments on: Heretical Ideas – Stop Using Wireframes http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/26/heretical-ideas-stop-using-wireframes/ Gary Barber rants on user experience, and the controlled chaos of the Web Industry Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nathanael Boehm http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/26/heretical-ideas-stop-using-wireframes/comment-page-1/#comment-11709 Nathanael Boehm Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:11:40 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/?p=851#comment-11709 Don't. Big budgets can be fun in ways other than quick, agile, flexible projects are :) Don’t. Big budgets can be fun in ways other than quick, agile, flexible projects are :)

]]> By: Marc Lehmann http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/26/heretical-ideas-stop-using-wireframes/comment-page-1/#comment-11702 Marc Lehmann Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:12:37 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/?p=851#comment-11702 Good read Gary. We don't wireframe. We either whiteboard, use paper or objects like erasers, iMac remotes and business cards to represent elements of a page. Then do a sketch pre HTML markup. Gives agility to the process and saves time. Nathaneal. I really feel for you dude. Good read Gary. We don’t wireframe. We either whiteboard, use paper or objects like erasers, iMac remotes and business cards to represent elements of a page. Then do a sketch pre HTML markup. Gives agility to the process and saves time.

Nathaneal. I really feel for you dude.

]]> By: Gary Barber http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/26/heretical-ideas-stop-using-wireframes/comment-page-1/#comment-11683 Gary Barber Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:53:26 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/?p=851#comment-11683 @Nathanael Yeah that is more the preliminary five minutes of sketching you do before prototyping. More of a quick series of screenflows. Which you often need to do to ensure you have the right general direction in terms of screens or functionality in place before the prototyping starts. @Nathanael Yeah that is more the preliminary five minutes of sketching you do before prototyping. More of a quick series of screenflows. Which you often need to do to ensure you have the right general direction in terms of screens or functionality in place before the prototyping starts.

]]> By: Nathanael Boehm http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/26/heretical-ideas-stop-using-wireframes/comment-page-1/#comment-11680 Nathanael Boehm Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:14:01 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/?p=851#comment-11680 Good article Gary. As I generally work on fairly large projects there's a definite need to follow the process and produce exhaustive 800-page UI specs with detailed wireframes and interaction diagrams but I can see how that's not really appropriate for small sub $5k projects. Would you consider this prototyping or wireframing? http://www.flickr.com/photos/purecaffeine/3621432701/ Good article Gary. As I generally work on fairly large projects there’s a definite need to follow the process and produce exhaustive 800-page UI specs with detailed wireframes and interaction diagrams but I can see how that’s not really appropriate for small sub $5k projects.

Would you consider this prototyping or wireframing?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/purecaffeine/3621432701/

]]> By: Paul O'Neill http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/26/heretical-ideas-stop-using-wireframes/comment-page-1/#comment-12205 Paul O'Neill Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:35:00 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/?p=851#comment-12205 Have you checked out Balsamiq (www.balsamiq.com) - sketch like prototypes so the client gets a good feel for the appearance without expectations that it's nearly finished because they can see real screens... Have you checked out Balsamiq (www.balsamiq.com) – sketch like prototypes so the client gets a good feel for the appearance without expectations that it's nearly finished because they can see real screens…

]]> By: Brandon Mathis http://manwithnoblog.com/2009/11/26/heretical-ideas-stop-using-wireframes/comment-page-1/#comment-11659 Brandon Mathis Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:32:17 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/?p=851#comment-11659 Great article. Developing flexible patterns are vital to rapid html prototyping and there are a growing set of great tools out there to make this accessible even to those who are still learning. I recommend the Compass, which makes it easy to build and reuse CSS design patters. A good example is the <a href="http://brandonmathis.com/blog/2009/11/19/fancy-buttons-are-here/" rel="nofollow">Fancy Buttons plugin</a>. The screencast shows how Compass can be used to make design patterns reusable. Great article. Developing flexible patterns are vital to rapid html prototyping and there are a growing set of great tools out there to make this accessible even to those who are still learning.

I recommend the Compass, which makes it easy to build and reuse CSS design patters. A good example is the Fancy Buttons plugin. The screencast shows how Compass can be used to make design patterns reusable.

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