Fred, in all fairness, I think you are being pedantic in your defense of Axure. Axure is not a hosted solution, so even though your solutions are exported into HTML, that is not the same thing as a hosted shared environment that RapidRab.it is all about and I think they make a good case that a hosted solution has certain advantages. The same is true with collaboration.
There are weaknesses here in Rab.it for sure, but also strengths. I think my biggest critique is the startup model. Pay and then play just has never worked for a hosted solution model outside the enterprise model. People need to be able to play with it before they'll put money down and a video isn't going to cut it. This is Web 2.0 people! Most of the apps I use are free at this point, so if I'm going to pay for one I need to play with it. Also, is further VERY dangerous to compare yourself to a free hosted app and then not have a free hosted solution. It might behoove you to create a limited use version of the application that puts limits on saving, or sharing or other "extra" features. For me the problem is this. If I'm going to have to switch to Axure (or whatever) later in my process b/c the tool for up stream flow have too many limitations, then I'm probably not going to bother. I.e. I work in Fireworks from rough sketch to high-fidelity prototype. I can share through exporting to HTML and SWF and it does everything I need short of specification writing which I do in Word and import those same images into it. Works fine. Rab.it here has a quick start, but isn't a good finisher. This to me is the real crux of the problem with this sort of application. -- dave -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36059 ________________________________________________________________ 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
