On Mar 6, 2009, at 6:41 AM, David Malouf wrote:
I really feel you folks are confusing mock-up with prototype. IMHO, if I can't use it, it ain't a prototype.
exactly. If it is not something that a user can actually engage with, then its a sketch, or wireframe or picture. If there is no behavioral dynamic that emerges between user and system, then they are just staring at a picture.
Maybe, human as computer paper-prototypes fit the bill, but otherwise, a series of screens, are mock-ups and an interactive click-through is a prototype. The distinction is important b/c the line lets us know what level of data we can achieve from each. Otherwise, if everything is a prototype there is no means of discerning when to use what tool when in what part of the process. Ya know there is a reason why there are 20 words for "snow" in Intuit/Eskimo. Sometimes, being discreet allows for more accurate communication. The mass rush to generalize everything in the UX community is really becoming annoying. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39316 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
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