On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Isaac Weinhausen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings (my first post)! > > As we continue to adopt asynchronous models of interaction (AJAX, Flex/AIR, > etc), documenting these has become much more complex and dynamic. Would > anyone mind sharing ideas or links? > Hi Issac, The way I do it is through a prototyping/documentation tool called Axure. I randomly discovered it just as AJAX, etc. was starting to become big. And for that, I am incredibly grateful. It has allowed me to become a more effective designer. For me, prototyping serves two purposes, design refinement and communication. With a larger palette of possible interactions than the traditional click >> page, I need to ensure that the interactions I design are intuitable. Although there are those who will argue this point with me, I find paper prototyping (especially when doing remote testing) to fall a little flat when it comes to these rich applications. The other purpose, communication, is equally important. I need to communicate with business stakeholders, users, creatives, developers, business analysts, etc. about how a system will work. Showing is *always* better than telling. This is even more true when you throw dynamic interactions into the mix. While Axure was the first tool like this I was exposed to, I've stuck with it because for me it remains the best. It allows you to output copiously annotated printed documentation from your prototype, and you can generate an interactive prototype that allows users to access those annotations. This is really great for Agile developers who are paper-phobic. Go to http:\\www.axure.com\ for more info and a free trial. I hope that's helpful! Take care, F. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred Beecher Sr. User Experience Consultant Evantage Consulting O: 612.230.3838 // M: 612.810.6745 IM: [email protected] (google/msn) // fredevc (aim/yahoo) T: http://twitter.com/fred_beecher ________________________________________________________________ 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
