On 11/7/07, Andrei Herasimchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm going to try and answer a bunch of questions in one message > versus spamming multiple answers. > > > On Nov 6, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Eric Scheid wrote: > > Just for my information, what is that most people dislike Visio so > > much? > > Too many people in our field use Visio as a replacement for > production level drawing tools, like FreeHand, Fireworks r > Illustrator. In doing so, they stop themselves from learning the > skills they need to actually do more design at the production level, > which in turn are skills that help in dealing with richer prototypes.
I would agree with this but let's be clear that Visio is not a prototyping tool on its face. Yes, it can be made to be one via add-ons such as those provided by Intuitect but by itself, it is just very fancy, object-based diagramming software. It's real value to anyone in the IxD field is in being able to produce rich 2D diagrams, flowcharts and conceptual mockups. This is definitely very useful, particularly, if you are responsible for generating various types of specifications, technical documentation or even doing basic UI explorations. However, for strict prototyping where interactivity needs to be explained and well as experienced - Visio is generally not the tool to use. It simply evolved as a de-facto tool for IA specialists because it was one of the few robust packages available on the Windows side of the house. For many years, site maps and other IA tasks were done on Macs, which had several such tools available (remember Inspiration?). > -- > Andrei Herasimchuk > > Principal, Involution Studios > innovating the digital world > > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > c. +1 408 306 6422 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- -------------------------------------------------- www.flyingyogi.com -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
