[IxDA Discuss] Axure RP Pro prototyping tool

[Dennis Morrow]

One tool that just came to market is a product called Intuitect
www.intuitect.com.  It debut during the 2006 IA Summit.  

Although I have not used Axure, after watching the demo video and
personally using Intuitect, I would say that Intuitect can do everything
Axure can do and more.

Intuitect is an add-on for Visio 2003, so if you are already using Visio
for your prototyping you'll be one step ahead.  If you aren't, you may
want to consider using Visio after seeing everything Intuitect has to
offer 

Some Highlights:
- Easy to use and visual Sitemap creator (actually creates a visual site
map)
- Able to assign properties 
- Auto numbering of Notes
- Pre-made widgets for Wireframes
- Ability to create Process Flows
- Auto generation of navigation elements 
- Ability to create clickable prototypes
- Export navigation hierarchy to HTML, XML, Excel
- Functional specification based upon widget notes and properties.
- and more  

Pricing is a little cheaper then Axure, at $499 per seat. However, since
they are in pre-release (1.0 due out in July), if you participate in
their Feedback Program you can have it for only $299.  Not a bad deal.

Also they have a FREE 14-day trial (I know Axure has a 30 day) so you
can test it out.  Keep in mind that they are still in pre-release and
the 0.8 version does not have all the functionality 1.0 will have.

If I were you, I would sign-up and try both of them and see which one
has the features you need and like.  

Just my 2 cents :) 
Dennis Morrow
Manager, Information Architecture
Web Associates Inc.
http://webassociates.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Grann [mailto:JMGrann at daktronics.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:03 PM
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Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Axure RP Pro prototyping tool

Are there any tools that are better for this?
 
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