Wireframing
Sep/091
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
Mashable Web Design Toolbox
Nov/080
Mashable have created a great list of sites that do everything from creating heatmaps of your site to making fav icons!
Live Validation
Aug/080
A very neat solution to javascript validation..
"LiveValidation is a small open source javascript library for making
client-side validation quick, easy, and powerful. It comprises of two
main parts. Firstly, it provides developers with a rich set of core
validation methods, which can also be used outside the context of
forms. Secondly, it provides your visitors with real-time validation
information as they fill out forms, helping them to get it right first
time, making the forms easier, quicker and less daunting to complete"
Good form design
Apr/080
Forms dont always get the design time they probably deserve. Obviously a form needs to be familiar and easy to use but it shouldnt be imune from the design process.
Smashing Mag have another great showcase article, this time it's forms! They've collected some great examples of creative forms.
Welcome
Apr/080
Hi,
Welcome to my blog, yes I know blogs are a bit passe but I felt I
needed a central point to collect information I feel is interesting and
hopefully interesting to others also.
My passion is web interface and as such this blog will focus on that.
I hope you enjoy it.
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