[IxDA Discuss] What tools do you use for prototyping?

[Todd Zaki Warfel]

On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:

> On Nov 4, 2007, at 6:39 PM, KS Wang wrote:
>
>> Paper! ... Good for drafting out, materialising and visualising the  
>> ideas I have in mind, before moving on the the standards like  
>> Visio, Omni Graffe
>
> Paper is not a prototyping tool. It's a design tool. It's a  
> sketching tool. It's a way to get ideas directly from one's brain  
> into the world with as little information loss as possible. But it's  
> not a prototyping tool. Paper prototyping is nothing more than  
> iterative design to help people get the ball rolling and to keep  
> things at a level of manageable, inexpensive and iterative before  
> getting to brass tacks with real, pixel precise mockups and a true  
> product prototype.

Andrei,

How would you define a prototype?

Would you see prototyping as a design tool, or something else? How  
does iterative design relate to prototyping?

Cheers!

Todd Zaki Warfel
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