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I haven't written a prototype in forever. I don't find them effective. And they typically take way longer than you expect at the outset. Do some wire charts
by daxfohl 7y ago
I haven't written a prototype in forever. I don't find them effective. And they typically take way longer than you expect at the outset.
Do some wire charts or graphics and present those. It's far more boring to do than writing a prototype, and learning design tools is cumbersome, but they allow you to demo things better to executives, redraw stuff on the fly in meetings, copy and paste to a document or slideshow, share with external parties, and people don't get hung up on minutae that come with presenting a prototype. Stakeholders far prefer seeing a well thought out document or slideshow than a dinky fake app.
Once you get signoff on the design and flow, then jump straight into the real code, skip the whole prototype step.
I'd rather be coding, but sometimes it's just not the most efficient use of my time.
- mstibbard 7y agoDo you use any specific tooling to help with this?
- daxfohl 7y agoMy primary tools are actually Photoshop and PowerPoint. Lame I know, but they have served me well over the years. Actually, hadn't thought much about it before, but being proficient at these two tools might be just as valuable to me as coding skills.
- loopz 7y agoKrita's become mature over the years.