Michael Andrews: How can one hope to develop fresh and immediate
feeling UIs when the planform one uses is so out of date?
I agree with you that OS X is the best consumer OS currently
available. I'm not sure I agree with the argument that the medium
in which something is expressed has such a
I am not sure that productivity should be the litmus test of the
business case. Not only would hard it be hard to demonstrate
productivity, it wouldn't address core issues of quality.
The best reason to use a Mac is that MS Windows is dull and
uninspiring. Ditto for Visio. Maybe Microsoft will
For *you* it may be dull and uninspiring.
On Feb 22, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Michael Andrews wrote:
I am not sure that productivity should be the litmus test of the
business case. Not only would hard it be hard to demonstrate
productivity, it wouldn't address core issues of quality.
The best
I think it can be understood that people aren't exactly describing
objective principles
of Truth.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:58 PM, live human.factor@gmail.com wrote:
For *you* it may be dull and uninspiring.
On Feb 22, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Michael Andrews wrote:
I am not sure that
Amy Alex, I appreciate your feedback on
http://www.graffletopia.com/stencils/414 I do tend to agree with you
that its too sketchy for pdf usage. It was the product of a
discussion I had with a paper prototyping purist, my argument was
that its easier in the long term to create artifacts on a
On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Amy Silvers wrote:
It's just that OmniGraffle does everything more elegantly
Like having real pages to navigate between pages rather than tabs?
Cheers!
Todd Zaki Warfel
President, Design Researcher
Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully.
On Feb 19, 2009, at 2:10 PM, mark schraad wrote:
but when a new version comes out, you just buy it again, rather than
upgrade.
MS Office upgrade was $129. iWork upgrade or repurchase for the new
model was $79. So, Apple just uses the same price for a new as an
upgrade. It's a simpler
Ain't that the truth. The CS suite is a significant amount of money in
whole, but when you look at it per product you receive, it's a great
value. Still not cheap, however. But agreed, totally worth it.
On Feb 20, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Will Evans wrote:
Except for Adobe
Cheers!
Todd Zaki
Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move
back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again.
Simple question, Why?
John Morse
Information Architect
Professional Services Group
UPA,Prince 2, ISEB IT Architect, AIIM, MBCS
Eduserv
innovative technology services
of creating clickable PDF's in Omnigraffle has
meant I prefer to work in a mac environment these days.
Thanks,
Nik
-Original Message-
From: John M. Morse [mailto:john.mo...@eduserv.org.uk]
Sent: 19 February 2009 14:00
To: Nik Lazell; IXDA list
Subject: RE: [IxDA Discuss] A business case
I was very pleased to see that Konigi are working on a sketchy stencil
- it was one of the reasons why I prefer Visio, I'll certainly be
looking at Omnigraffle again once this is out.
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Posted from the new ixda.org
There's already a sketchy stencil for Omnigraffle.
http://www.graffletopia.com/stencils/414
I've also followed Michael Angeles's tips for making your own, and I'm
pleased with the results so far.
2009/2/19 Alex Horstmann a.horstm...@gmail.com:
I was very pleased to see that Konigi are working
Hi Amy,
Thanks! I did look at that, but I just didn't click with it. Sorry that
that's not an objective reason - perhaps it's a little *too* sketchy!
The exporting to a clickable PDF is a really big factor for Omnigraffles
though.
Cheers!
Alex
2009/2/19 Amy Silvers ahack...@gmail.com
I was an existing PC user I switched to a Mac (had an option to choose
either) primarily for Omnigraffle. Also, I find Adobe CS a lot faster on a
Mac. Though I'm not entirely sure about this- I think that a PC with
comparable performance for tools that most UX designers use is going to run
almost
Yeah, I can see how the sketchy stencil from Graffletopia wouldn't be
for everybody. I've used it when I needed something quick and didn't
have time to create my own, but it is a little limited.
Having used both Visio and OmniGraffle extensively, I can't say that
OG is exponentially better than
if it comes from Apple, software is relatively inexpensive the first time
around, but when a new version comes out, you just buy it again, rather than
upgrade. It is a slightly different pricing model that lowers the hurdle of
switching platforms (in either direction btw). But they are fairly
As an aside, it would be interesting to have Mac devotees list the negative
aspects of the Mac or a person who uses both the PC and Mac highlight the
differences. I use both a Mac and PC, everyday, and find the single menu on
the Mac antiquated (it fits the philosopy of the original Mac and has
Somewhere, somehow, you have to highlight the efficiencies of
Omnigraffle over Visio, and show that it costs the company money. If
you're working for a consultancy, that's going to make it even
harder because usually they bill that back to the client.
I recently worked for a company that was
Nik,
A couple thoughts:
How much do you have to share files with other members of your team? Do your
developers read the Visio files or can they work from PDFs?
If collaboration is important, the latest version of Graffle does open Visio
files nicely.
For the documentation consulting side of
Hi Nik,
I am a huge Mac fan and Mac laptops are a great machines to use -
especially for guerrilla testing using Silverback, giving
presentations using Keynote and general day to day work.
However, I feel that Visio is a far more powerful tool for producing
UX deliverables. I love Omnigraffle,
From: Dan Brown [mailto:brownor...@gmail.com]
Sent: 18 February 2009 12:03
To: Nik Lazell
Cc: IXDA list
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
Nik,
A couple thoughts:
How much do you have to share files with other members of your team? Do
your developers read the Visio
On Feb 18, 2009, at 2:25 AM, Nik Lazell wrote:
Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move
back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again.
There is no reason to switch to a Mac if your only goal is to use
Omnigraffle. That's like asking your spouse that you'
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks very much that kind of structure is fantastically helpful!
-Nik
From: jennifer.r.vign...@jpmorgan.com
[mailto:jennifer.r.vign...@jpmorgan.com]
Sent: 18 February 2009 15:08
To: Nik Lazell
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac
Hi Nik
First of all I have no love for Microsoft. I once relied heavily on
Visio but I find Graffle satisfies 95% of what I need to do. I also
have an understanding that MS is the necessary bitter pill that comes
with this business. So putting that aside...
When we started up our business a couple of
Our creative team likewise live in a Mac world, in a company dominated by
PCs. The IAs have VMware to switch back forth and use Visio. Comparing
VMware to Parallels, one of our top IAs reports preferring Parallels because
it feels more like you're running a Windows app in an OS X environment, so
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