Re: [libreoffice-design] Prototyping tools for experienced UXers and UI designers

hi Kévin, hi Greg!

Am Dienstag, den 06.09.2011, 14:03 +0200 schrieb Kévin PEIGNOT:
> I know Canonical designers use a lot Balsamiq, which is very powerful. It
> isn't free, but you can have a free licence by contacting them for free
> software design.

Mmh, that's good to know - although that might raise the hurdles for
people to participate. I doubt that we will have the chance to get a
volume license key that can be published ;-) Okay, I didn't ask yet -
although I worked with Balsamiq Mockups quite some time.

> 2011/9/5 Greg <noh.spam.jose@gmail.com>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My preferred prototyping tools have been Inkscape (using javascript to
> > introduce interactive behaviours, where required), Impress for testing
> > basic
> > state transitions in a scenario (either with screen grabs or mock-ups made
> > with the drawing tools - or both)

Ah! I didn't knew that this is possible - is there any example or how-to
in the web how that works?

> > I recently rediscovered Pencil, a prototyping tool that seems to have
> > started
> > as a Firefox plug-in. I think the standalone version has more to it. I
> > tried
> > the standalone version and I was pleasantly surprised at how quick it is to
> > mock things up. Also, sharing the files allows a degree of collaborative
> > design. There's no interaction but for panel design, it's great.
> >
> > See http://pencil.evolus.vn/en-US/Home.aspx

The last time I've used Pencil I was a bit disappointed due to many
small quirks and issues. Maybe that changed, but some months ago I was
unable to judge whether this is still an active project.

> > I know tools don't shortcut the value of years of UI design experience but
> > at
> > least they might help consistency and collaboration.
> >
> > (I'm not allied in any way to the product; just reporting, having used it a
> > bit)

No, that's cool ... in OOo times I've started a list for such tools that
got transferred to our TDF wiki - fortunately, there is quite some
overlap with your list. So it would be great if you could enhance it if
you have any further hints :-)

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/User_Experience/Tools

Cheers,
Christoph


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