What Tools Do You Use for UI Prototyping?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday November 19, 2005 @02:23PM from the dialog-drafting dept.

AccUser asks: "There are many articles discussing methods of UI prototyping. Having been involved in the design and implementation of a number of commercial applications (both desktop and embedded), I know the value of producing early prototypes of the UI. In the past I have used visual programming tools, such as Visual Basic, but there is always that request: 'Can't you just complete the prototype and release it?' One project I was involved with, the UI prototype employed hand drawn graphics (including hand written text labels, etc) in order to be explicit about the fact that it was a prototype. What I would like to know is what tools and techniques do you use for UI prototyping, and how do you manage your client's expectations?"

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does X-Code run on OS-X? by green+pizza · 2005-11-19 18:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

X-Code, does that run on MAC OS/X or is that OS-X?

Maybe I'm thinking of Xcode for Mac OS X.

NeXT never did have a good grasp on capitalization. Their own OS went through at least three names, "NeXTStep", "NeXTSTEP", and "NEXTSTEP". NeXTpple these days continues the mess with the lowercase "i" in iMac, iBook, iLife, and then the uppercase "X" in Xcode, Xsan, and Xserve.

Maybe it's lowercase for consumers, uppercase for pros?