Hands up if you wireframe!

nuideas · April 23rd, 2008, 09:18 AM

ok guys i was wondering which tools u guys use for wireframng?

i have used:

powerpoint
excel
html

but was wondering if there was anyother interesting tools out there?

Aso · April 23rd, 2008, 09:38 AM

Excel!? Are you serious?

Just checking we're on the same wavelength here, you're talking about visual structure / page layout?

Personally, I use Photoshop (Elements) and I know a lot of others do too. If the CS version is bit over budget (I think the going rate is £600+-

), Elements is an excellent alternative.

The next best (some argue 'as good as') alternative is the GIMP - and it's open source!

nuideas · April 23rd, 2008, 10:06 AM

aah no i dont mean visual layouts...

i am a CS3 man through and through

i mean page structural layouts.

Boxy things with nav goes here and header goes here kind of thing.

nuideas · April 23rd, 2008, 10:08 AM

this kind of thing

Aso · April 23rd, 2008, 10:10 AM

Pen and paper

That, and Photoshop still! (Even it's simply dragging a few boxes on the screen

)

frinkky · April 23rd, 2008, 04:23 PM

Still use PS, once I've set up the guides for the wireframe they're already in place for the graphics.

Ed · April 26th, 2008, 07:42 AM

Yeah, I use Photoshop for that, don't see why you would use Excel if you have CS3.

PS is so easy. It's a matter of creating new layers with one pixel black dots and then re-sizing them with Ctrl+T.

Personally, I think it's the best way of doing it!

Ed.

jono55 · July 30th, 2008, 06:59 AM

Persona uses Microsoft Visio I beleive. Was clear and could attatch labels to annotate parts

www.per-so-na.com/experience

moojoo · July 30th, 2008, 02:32 PM

Omni Graffle is what I use, and the pro version does visio import/export which is nice.