Disclaimer: I'm not using iRise so I'm sure some folks will disagree with me but here's my 2 cents anyway :-)
I recently attended the iRise demo and the prototyping functionality looked impressive. Prior to setting up your prototype in iRise, you'll still need to perform research and requirements definition and then think through your design with pictures and words. The value of this prototyping software is that it can give you nearly pixel-perfect interaction simulations. This can be helpful for usability testing or when you need to show stakeholders a design that *looks* like it already works so they can play with it and give you feedback BUT there are two big reason that I don't use it: 1) Your prototype (and by extension your design) will be limited to only including the interactions that iRise supports. This means that simulating basic form validation is a piece of cake but things like drag & drop, can't be done. 2) It's REALLY expensive. Depending on how many people collaborate in it, the price can run anywhere from 20k into the millions. FYI, iRise was originally designed for the financial industry where web design was being performed by business analysts and marketing teams who would create design simulation to put in front of bank big-wigs giving them the opportunity to play with the UI and then say "make this blue", or "move this button." If you're working on a financial site, odds are they tool supports 90% of the interactions you'd need but if you're working on complex enterprise software you might find yourself feeling limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26660 ________________________________________________________________ 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
