there's even another app that will take a balsamiq mockup and make flex code for it!
Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate. On May 6, 2011, at 4:57 PM, "Jacob" <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://balsamiq.com/ > > WOW.. another tools. Two minutes into using the demo I purchased it! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 10:40 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Need suggestions - Interface design brainstorm > > > Those are really cool, Cam, thanks I'm going to have to pick some up. > > I usually use white boards for my design sessions and sometimes > paper/pens/scissors. I also make sure to take pictures of the whiteboard > designs to capture them visually for reference when writing them up. > > One other tool I've come to really like is Balsamiq: > http://balsamiq.com/ It is surprisingly easy to make mock ups and the > visual interpretation encourages people to focus on the overall composition > of elements, not details of the elements like "this should be light blue and > this should have a thin bevel". > > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> For stuff like this, I always bring these... >> >> http://www.amazon.com/National-Brand-Write-Static-Sheets/dp/B0000E2RGH >> >> They are large "Easel Size" dry erase sheets that cling to virtually >> any surface. So in a room without whiteboards (or with) you can bring >> this with you to the meeting and each time you want to discuss >> something new you can put up a new sheet without having to erase the >> whiteboard. You can also take them with you when you leave and put >> them up in your office to ponder or transfer to a better electronic >> version of whatever you draw or wrote. >> >> -Cameron >> >> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:15 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >>> Next week I am going to be sitting down with around 8 non-technical >>> people to "re-evaluate" the interface for our intranet application. >>> Functionally and at the data level, the application works. From a >>> user interface perspective, however, the thing is "clunky" and >>> because of that has not had a lot of user buy-in. >>> >>> I want to come in to this meeting prepared to build some kind of >>> paper or electronic mock-up of the various interface points. What >>> kind of resources would any of you bring to this kind of a meeting? >>> We're not talking puppies and parasols here, this is an intranet >>> application for handling payroll, benefits and bills. The current >>> site has a straight forward HTML interface with some very light AJAX. >>> >>> So, what kinds of tools do you think I should prepare? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Until Later! >>> C. Hatton Humphrey >>> http://www.eastcoastconservative.com >>> >>> No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large >>> number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. >>> >>> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337550 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
