When I originally posted this I was thinking of distinct data elements such as order type, customer number, credit card number, which are UI fields as well as database fields.
However, UI elements would more appropriately reference widgets and style elements. I love Dan's solution, which is kind of like using a standard widget guide and customizing it as needed for an individual project. If I create a document like that, it usually takes shape throughout the life of the project. Of course it makes more sense to get it done early and refer to it as needed. Mark On Dec 12, 2007 4:54 PM, Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > Not sure if this addresses your question... These days, we're making > modular wireframes: creating individual screen components and > assembling wireframes from those "lego bricks". As part of that > process, we usually generate a spreadsheet of all the components we > want to create. This allows us to validate the list before diving in > and wireframing all of them. > > One advantage to this modular approach is that we can then quickly and > easily create a document that specifies behaviors/details for each > component -- a component catalog. Imagine that each component is > wireframed separately in individual Visio (or whatever format you use) > files. We simply drop the component into a specification document > instead of a screen template. (We call those "views".) > > As for specific conditions, the component catalog is ideal when we > create a wide set of components for use in a variety of circumstances > that are not covered by all the wireframes/templates. That is, the > range of wireframes does not include every possible component. There > are other situations, but that one came to mind... > > -- Dan > > > > > On 12/12/07, Mark Richman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was discussing a new project with someone from our Sales group, and > > they asked me how I kept track of fields in case they were dropped > > from the actual implementation for some reason. I said that I kept old > > versions of the wire frames and usually commented any changes > > following the first version. > -- > | work: eightshapes.com > | book: communicatingdesign.com > | blog: greenonions.com > | talk: +1 (301) 801-4850 > ________________________________________________________________ *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
