> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:42:50 -0400
> From: twinfrey gmail.com
> To: sigia-lasis.org
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Diagramming tools?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am a master's student in IA at the University of
Baltimore who is
> studying usage of charting and diagramming tools in
other IA
> programs. I am interested in Axure (www axure com) a
software tool
> that allows for the creation of functional wireframes
through a
> drag-and-drop interface, among other features. I'd like
to know what
> people are using "out there" for wireframes
and other Web
> deliverables. Visio? Axure? Photoshop? Something else?
Why? If you'd
> care to mention briefly whether you're a student,
academic, or
> professional, that would also be helpful. Thanks so
much!
>
> Troy
Hi Troy,
Quite simply the industry standard tool is Visio simply
because it's
very quick at putting together sitemaps and wireframes. On
Mac the
closest thing is Omnigraffle. Both these programs have huge
drawbacks,
don't provide any tools automate things and don't integrate
with the
production process.
The logical progression is towards creating prototypes. I
used to use
Flash to do this, and still recommend it. I've also used
Dreamweaver
but it does severly alter the way you work and tends to lead
to
sterile sites.
I remain skeptical about Axure. For it to be worth my while
I'd have
to be able to create wireframes and site maps to the
standard I do at
the moment. At the moment it appears to do flows (not user
journeys or
site maps which are vital). There's also the need to produce
standard
wireframes with right hand notation, which is more common
than a word
based specification. I have a personal project I could test
it with so
I should hold judgement.
Yes it would be nice to have a diagraming tool that
integrates with
the information architecture process, and there are some
tools out
there including extentions to visio but it's going to take a
huge leap
to create a IA tool that allows freedom of interface design
and
integrates with the many different processes that IAs find
themselves
part of.
Cheers
Stewart Dean
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