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Wireframing

Wire-framing is a pretty hot topic at the moment with a lot of discussions and tutorials emerging lately. Smashing Magazine have an excellent (as usual) round-up of the latest techniques and applications for this crucial part of the application development process.

I use Axure but feel I have been falling into the trap of making them too detailed and graphic. Axure encourages this with its amazing tools and interactivity but I need to learn to temper the inclination to make it pretty and let the viewer focus on the layout and features.

Axure 5.6 was released last week after a short beta period and introduced some killer features that include converting any widget to a master or dynamic panel. This feature alone is worth the upgrade.

Some other Axure resources I’ve found useful lately include:

• Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit
• A Clean Design Pattern Library and Better Defaults
• William Design Patterns
• AXLIB
• Key Icons Icon Collection

Happy Wire-framing