[IxDA Discuss] Wireframe Templates in Visio

[Will Parker]

On May 4, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Daniel Gifford wrote:

> I am interested in examples of using Visio as a tool beyond workflow
> diagraming.
>
> Does anyone have examples of using Visio as a tool for creating
> wireframes? I currently use Illustrator for my wireframes - the big
> downside to this application is  the difficulty in multiple page
> formatting for wireframes.
>
> Thanks in advance for your advice and examples!

This doesn't speak directly to using Visio (AKA 'The Inutterable  
Pig') to create wireframes, but as long as the other threadees are  
spreading the topic out...

Adobe Fireworks CS3 has a handy new feature called 'Pages' - each  
page in the FW document can have the usual complement of layers,  
links, etc., so it's quite easy to mock up UI designs, from  
wireframes to full-blown visual mockups. In addition, one can now  
freely copy and paste content between Photoshop, Illustrator,  
Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash, so a Flash-oriented individual or  
team could build up from wireframe directly to interactive web apps  
with little or no backtracking.

Here's a batch of articles on wireframing and prototyping using CS3:

	http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/wireframing.html
	http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/rapid_prototyping.html
	http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mc/archives/2007/04/designing_flex.cfm
	http://www.andersramsay.com/2007/04/18/adobe-fireworks-cs3-my-new- 
favorite-prototyping-tool/


- Will

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