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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Usability certification - tips & tricks
From:       Irwin K <emerald-arcana () rogers ! com>
Date:       2002-07-10 1:56:56
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On Tuesday 09 July 2002 07:21 pm, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:

> we have Qt Designer that does much the same thing. it isn't specifically
> built for protyping, but it provides a point-n-click-n-move-things-around
> loose style of creating designs.
>
> where it does fall down is in the area of completely novel designs (e.g.
> brand new widgets that have no similar or corresponding set of KDE/Qt
> widgets). however, since we are mostly concerned about keeping things in
> line with some well-known KDE standards, this doesn't seem to be much of a
> problem at this point.

What works GREAT as a prototyping tool is to use a plain piece of paper and a 
pencil or a marker.

Really.  I'm serious.  Why paper?  It helps abstract you from the world of a 
specific set of "buttons" and "widgets" and lets you think a little more 
freely.

-- 
-- Arcana  (Irwin)
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