I can assure you that wire frames for layouts are used in nearly every design studio that I've worked in.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael MD Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2007 10:28 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: ~~~SPAM~~~ Re: [WSG] Simple to use page layout 'tool' ? > At my company, the business groups often use Visio to produce the > wireframes that the design groups then work toward. They also use > Powerpoint to produce "light" specs. I can't say I am fond of these > tools from a web development perspective, but they do allow those not > familiar with the web to quickly produce wireframes that can be easily > manipulated and toyed with. There is the added benefit that many > business folks are already familiar with these programs. I've never seen any such tools used for this... maybe that happens only in the rarified atmopshere of large corporations or government departments... ...wirefames? ... only ever seen that in animation programs... ...maybe someone's been watching too many movies? ...doesn't sound at all like the real world Never even seen Visio.. and don't have a clue what it actually does. Just did a Google search on it and ended up at a page about Microsoft Office... I guess this is something new they just released . .. but I can't quickly figure out from that page what it actually does! ...but if there is any tool in existance that could help a non-technical person describe to me what they want more clearly I'd like to know about it! (but if the language it uses is business-speak then I'm still going to have trouble understanding it :-) It would be nice to have something better to go on than what we usually get in the real world.... eg a photoshop image and being told to "do something like that" (I'm a developer not a visual designer - I need some idea what they want it to do!) or (the most common scenario) ... a very vague verbal description from someone who isn't actually sure of what they want! .. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
