Why Visio wireframes are outmoded (Was [Sigia-l] NYU IA class description link)

[Donna Maurer]

My current (short) project involves documenting every page into a 
wireframe for the team to use during the build phase (using a CMS). 
So the requirement was to have a *drawing* of every page. I chose 
visio as I knew I could use backgrounds and shapes efficiently for the 
volume of pages (and then I did two groovy things that I will write up 
on my blog shortly - hooked it up to a database so I could avoid typing 
titles and page numbers; and simulated interactivity using layers and 
buttons).

No design standard - that was up to me.

But this may not be the requirement for the next project and I may do 
something entirely different ;) Which was my point - there are different 
needs for different projects and we shouldn't throw out visio just 
because we think we should be doing something groovier ;)

Donna

On 11 Jul 2005 at 17:55, Eric Scheid wrote:
> 
> Donna, a couple of questions:
> 
> Did they specify Visio, or was that your choice?
> 
> Did they specify any design standard for the wireframes, or was that
> again up to you?
> 
> e.
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