Aug 15 2008
What were some of your first visualization tools?
I’ve been here at iRise for nearly a year now. I came onboard because I had never seen a tool like this before. iRise has changed the way I visualize new web site and designs, but I haven’t always had access to such a powerful tool (don’t forget to download a 30-day trial if you haven’t yet). Nope, there was a time in my life I had to use other tools.
Tools like:
- Adobe Photoshop - Photoshop has long been my tool of choice. It offered no interaction, but I had plenty of reusable assets to speed my process.
- MS Powerpoint - I often used Powerpoint in conjunction with Photoshop to share my vision.
- HTML - For me, one of the slower yet powerful ways to visualize
- Flash - The slowest way to visualize (for me anyways)
These were fine for visualizing my point, but then I needed a way to collaborate with my stakeholders. For that, I used:
- Printouts - Printouts were nice because they let the user write notes that I could then collect and iterate on.
- Magnets - Yep, that’s right. I printed out web widgets on magnetic paper and used them on whiteboards. I would model a page of standard widgets, collaborate with the team and then take a quick photo of the result.
These were the only tools I had to get my point across.
What were some of your early visualization tools?
Hi,
I’ve been using magnets, Serena and Powerpoint. i’ve been using iRise for a short time, but I can not see how you can simulate more than 1.0 or SAP GUI interface. How can you simulate Web 2.0 features like complex datagrid ? Am I missing something?
I am sticked for know to magnets and Powerpoint. I would prefer a nice solution like iRise, with data testing, use cases, etc…
Cheers,
Denis