Comments on: UI Prototyping with PowerPoint 2007 http://code-inside.de/blog-in/2008/04/22/ui-prototyping-with-powerpoint-2007/ Blogging about ASP.NET, .NET & C# Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Peldi Guilizzoni http://code-inside.de/blog-in/2008/04/22/ui-prototyping-with-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Peldi Guilizzoni Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:39:01 +0000 http://code-inside.de/blog-in/2008/04/22/ui-prototyping-with-powerpoint-2007/#comment-378 Hi there. I just released a little tool that tries to make software/website prototyping easy, fast and painless. I'd love to hear your thoughts about it: http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/ Peldi Hi there. I just released a little tool that tries to make software/website prototyping easy, fast and painless. I’d love to hear your thoughts about it: http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/

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]]> By: BlackWasp http://code-inside.de/blog-in/2008/04/22/ui-prototyping-with-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-43 BlackWasp Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:11:07 +0000 http://code-inside.de/blog-in/2008/04/22/ui-prototyping-with-powerpoint-2007/#comment-43 Interesting. I seem to be forever trying out new tools for mocking up interfaces. My preferred tools at the moment are Visio and Excel. Visio is probably obvious because of the built-in Windows-style templates and the extensibility. Excel is very good in front of the customer because of the ability to drop in some of the VBA controls (drop-downs, etc) and because of the ability to very quickly give some interactivity to the 'prototype'. It is great to see the customer reaction when the calculations on a screen actually work. Additionally, becuase most customers have used Excel or a similar spreadsheet application, they can quickly become involved and their participation gets their buy-in to the design. It may not be as pretty as PowerPoint but for the on-the-hoof early design meetings with a customer it is a powerful tool in the kit bag. Now I need to think about bringing Excel and Powerpoint together somehow... Interesting. I seem to be forever trying out new tools for mocking up interfaces. My preferred tools at the moment are Visio and Excel.

Visio is probably obvious because of the built-in Windows-style templates and the extensibility.

Excel is very good in front of the customer because of the ability to drop in some of the VBA controls (drop-downs, etc) and because of the ability to very quickly give some interactivity to the ‘prototype’. It is great to see the customer reaction when the calculations on a screen actually work. Additionally, becuase most customers have used Excel or a similar spreadsheet application, they can quickly become involved and their participation gets their buy-in to the design.

It may not be as pretty as PowerPoint but for the on-the-hoof early design meetings with a customer it is a powerful tool in the kit bag.

Now I need to think about bringing Excel and Powerpoint together somehow…

]]> By: Software prototyping with PowerPoint http://code-inside.de/blog-in/2008/04/22/ui-prototyping-with-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Software prototyping with PowerPoint Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:10:27 +0000 http://code-inside.de/blog-in/2008/04/22/ui-prototyping-with-powerpoint-2007/#comment-39 [...] prototyping with PowerPoint Mittwoch, 23 April 2008 00:10 by florian I just came across this posting from Robert where he describes a way of designing a UI prototype with PowerPoint 2007. I've used Visio to [...] [...] prototyping with PowerPoint Mittwoch, 23 April 2008 00:10 by florian I just came across this posting from Robert where he describes a way of designing a UI prototype with PowerPoint 2007. I’ve used Visio to [...]

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