we had a project drag on in the wireframes stage and it wasn't until we went with prototypes that it got anywhere. I think the conflict you experienced is based on the expectation of time involved and possibly your creative decisions being done without other people having input. I would suggest letting people know before you show the prototype that it didn't take you any extra time to build them and that you leave the colors grey, the shapes square and focus on function over design. That made our project kick into high gear. There is also the issue of how easy it is to modify, they may be more hesitant to change a prototype radically than a wireframe.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Ian Fenn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Are wireframes necessary when using web standards? Hello, I'm in the process of redesigning a website. My client wanted something to show internal stakeholders so I started doing a few wireframes but suddenly wondered, "Why am I doing this? Why don't I just build the website using web standards?" A day later I finished a working prototype of the website in question. The client is happy but another producer has been quite vocal with his opinion that the prototype was built too early. >From my perspective, a prototype has more value than wireframes. Web standards make development much more rapid, so we can respond quickly to any other needs thrown up before going into production. What do you think? All the best, -- Ian Fenn Chopstix Media http://www.chopstixmedia.com/ ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
