Web prototyping software

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

“Wireframing is one the best method to streamline your development process. But there are many tools and methods to choose from, when creating a wireframe. From to easiest one (hand sketching on paper), to much more complicated (desktop prototyping software, web-based prototyping software, mind-mapping software, etc). Which one is the most powerfull? Maybe any of them is just useless?” (Karol Zielinski, July 2009)

Software[edit | edit source]

(random collection, none is endorsed by 18:12, 26 November 2010 (CET))

Drawing programms

Pencil and paper
Open office drawing program (Free)
Presentation software like OpenOffice presenter
Illustrator + Photoshop
OmmniGraffe + OmmiGraffle extensions (Mac)

For some programs one then can download special stencils, e.g.

Free Sketching & Wireframing Kit (Adobe Illustrator and the other in SVG vector format)

Diagramming software

See diagramming software and to a lesser extent concept map and mind map software

Interactive Multimedia

Fireworks
Flash
Catalyst

GUI Builders / CASE tools

Flex (use Flash Builder just for the GUI outline)

Wireframe mockup

Wireframe mockups can illustrate of the layout of fundamental elements of the web page. There exist several kinds of tools, e.g.

Specific web wireframe tools (see this article for a longer list)
General purpose diagramming tools
General purpose GUI wireframe tools

Links[edit | edit source]

Indexes (links of links)[edit | edit source]

Gui Prototyping Tools (good list in the original wiki, wow), up-to-date when retrieved 18:12, 26 November 2010 (CET).

Some software[edit | edit source]

Comparisons and reviews[edit | edit source]

Review: 16 User Interface Prototyping Tools, November 7th, 2008 by Russell Wilson
Graphical user interface builder (Wikipedia, includes a list of GUI builders)

Introductions and further reading[edit | edit source]

Wireframe Mockups is a collection of articles of interest. Quote (11/2010): “Wireframes, Mockups and Prototypes are an integral part of any requirement gathering and software development. This site aims to provide some intelligent discussion points on the above topics.”
User interface design(Wikipedia)
Software prototyping (Wikipedia)
Paper Prototyping (Wikipedia)
GUI Builder (Wikipedia)
storyboards (Wikipedia)

Prototyping software – you don’t need it!, July 2009, by Karol Zielinski.