[Sigia-l] And then there's Inspiration

[Glenn Olsen]

I'm a developer who periodically picks up IA duties.  Previously, I've 
used Visio, more as a matter of reflex than reflection.  Having recently 
picked up Flash MX, and followed this thread for the past couple of 
days, I want to try out Flash for my next set of IA deliverables.  What 
community- supported/endorsed symbol libraries are out there, beyond 
those of jesse james garrett?

Glenn Olsen
Developer
MHI Communications
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Todd R.Warfel wrote:

> I'm looking at ways to improve my overall workflow. I'm also looking 
> for something that works better for this type of stuff than Visio. For 
> me, that's Illustrator and Freehand.
>
> I know a lot of people who have become accustom to Visio (mostly in 
> corporate or mandated type environments). And yes, I know people who 
> actually find Visio to be a great tool for this type of stuff. I'm 
> just not one of them and I know a lot more who feel the same. For 
> those who have a choice, or run their own firms, I find that more of 
> them are doing this in Illustrator/Freehand than Visio. It seems to be 
> a growing trend.
>
> One of the reasons why Mac compatibility probably hasn't been an issue 
> is that this field was predominantly dominated by Windows earlier on. 
> That's starting to shift. Personally, I'm seeing a lot more Mac users 
> in UE in the past two years. Additionally, I've had several clients 
> mention the growing number of Macs in the UE community. Not that it 
> really matters to me, as I'll continue on my platform of choice either 
> way.
>
> Regardless of what you use, be it Visio, Freehand, Illustrator, 
> Inspiration, etc. the use of templates, objects, symbols, etc. is a 
> good practice to have.
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 4:11 PM, David Heller wrote:
>
>> Ok, I don't get it.
>> Besides 2 issues I have never had a problem w/ Visio and those two 
>> issues
>> alone are no reason to leave it. MS is just as buggy as everyone else
>> putting out software on a regular release cycle.
>>
>> Issues:
>> 1. PDF problems. I was hoping Acrobat 6 was going to take care of 
>> them, but
>> it didn't. For some reason PDF doesn't like Martlett.
>>
>> 2. Mac compatibility. I haven't worked any place in 5 years where 
>> this has
>> been a problem.
>>
>> The HTML rendering capabilities of Visio are quite amazing and when 
>> you want
>> to take paper prototypes and bring in some clickable prototyping it 
>> is very
>> useful to do and very easy to make.
>>
>> Its use of background pages instead of templates is also good and 
>> finally
>> the stenciling is also very good.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Todd R. Warfel
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