![]() Designers who wish to go deeper and invest the time to learn the application can build complex, realistic websites and apps with intricate interactions. Built-in widgets with which to build dynamic interactions that even non-programmers can make sense of can be used straight away for impressive interactions. Similar to other design tools, Axure can be picked up quickly and put to use swiftly. Jared Spool, UIE (User Interface Engineering) The biggest impediment to delivering well-designed products and services is the lack of understanding about our users. When designers hand off projects to developers, they can get a better sense of how something should be implemented and can work more effectively with product managers to estimate the scope and assess technical feasibility. ![]() For example, after creating user flows, customer journey maps, personas, storyboards, sitemaps, information architecture, and wireframes, designers can easily continue to complex prototypes-right inside Axure. After that, the design is handed off to developers using yet another tool, such as Zeplin.Īxure is a fully integrated application that eliminates the need to use different design tools. The typical design workflow involves a designer creating UIs in Sketch and prototyping in another tool such as InVision or Marvel. ![]() Having to jump around too many unintegrated design applications also presents an inefficiency problem. ![]() It’s an excellent way to gain valuable insights into what works and what doesn’t. To explore more deeply how people would interact with a specific design, designers can build prototypes with condition logic, various user inputs, and dynamic animations that make the prototype look more realistic. In contrast, Axure can easily handle the subtle details and micro-interactions that bring a prototype to life. The problem is, this method doesn’t include small interactions that round out the overall user experience during testing. Nowadays, for the most part, designers use hotspot-based prototyping tools with which they link screens, and maybe add a few screen transitions. Axure has been around for a while, years before the newly minted tools mentioned above were born, and many designers consider it the grandfather of wireframing and prototyping tools endowed with deep capabilities. When designers want to deliver feature-rich, detailed prototypes, Axure is worthy of another look. There are still some old warhorses on the battlefield: Axure is one of them. They all have their pros and cons, features, and integrations.īut new isn’t always better. There are online-only tools, for example, Figma, InVision, UXPin, Framer, Marvel, Principle, Origami, and some are traditional desktop software such as Sketch and Adobe XD with built-in prototyping as an extension of their functionality. To complicate matters, many newcomers have recently burst onto the scene. Designers need to factor in the costs, features, integration with other design tools, the learning curve, collaboration features, and the playback platform for reviewing and user testing. ![]() Sounds easy enough, but in a world saturated with an abundance of design tools, choosing the right prototyping tool is no small task requiring careful consideration. A prototype is an amalgamation of all previous UX design work merged into a single, visual, functioning product that is used to validate hypotheses and test designs. As artifacts, prototypes are one of the core deliverables in UX design and prototyping, and as an activity, are at the heart of the user-centered design process. Prototypes have been proven invaluable for making better design decisions. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. ![]()
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