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

[Fred Beecher]

On Nov 8, 2007 1:43 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk <andrei at involutionstudios.com>
wrote:

>
> > (There are other situations in which *only* hi-fi prototypes make
> > sense, but
> > I see them as the exception rather than the rule.)
>
> Considering I'm seeing this more often than I expect... I have to
> ask. Why would one think this? Every other design profession out
> there builds prototypes, scale models, working forms, etc. Why on
> earth if given the time and budget would you never build one as a
> designer?


Because time and budget are *always* limits. : ) With a lo-fi prototype, not
very much effort has gone into the design. Just the IA, IxD is responsible
for that. If you go straight to a hi-fi prototype, then you're risking
having to make coders, graphic designers, etc. do re-work too because
something in the IA isn't working.

If your basic lo-fi prototype is working and you've got the time and budget
then I think a hi-fi prototype is valuable. There is a chance that some
IA/IxD problems will be found, but the major ones should be weeded out by
lo-fi testing and shouldn't cause too much re-work for others on the
project.

- Fred