Comments on: Knocking up a website is so simple it should be cheap…right? http://www.simonday.com/web-design-blog/2009/11/03/knocking-up-a-website-is-so-simple-it-should-be-cheap%e2%80%a6right/ Blog about CSS, XHTML and SEO ideas Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.simonday.com/web-design-blog/2009/11/03/knocking-up-a-website-is-so-simple-it-should-be-cheap%e2%80%a6right/comment-page-1/#comment-279 uberVU - social comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:55:53 +0000 http://www.simonday.com/web-design-blog/?p=378#comment-279 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by jeremyjaymes: Creating a website is so simple right? See how many processes are involved: http://bit.ly/4e3x4d #webdesign #usability (via @simonday09)... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Simon http://www.simonday.com/web-design-blog/2009/11/03/knocking-up-a-website-is-so-simple-it-should-be-cheap%e2%80%a6right/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Simon Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:32:44 +0000 http://www.simonday.com/web-design-blog/?p=378#comment-264 Thanks for the kind words! Some of the team I worked for prior to this job had used Axure quite a bit and this sounds very similar. I would gladly stand corrected because I do agree having pages you can click on and truly see the user journey is a step I would gladly take. I tend to image-map the PSD's to html on this step but having seen the power of these types of programmes and the ability to clearly show roll-overs, form functions etc I really need to learn more about them :-) Thanks for the kind words!

Some of the team I worked for prior to this job had used Axure quite a bit and this sounds very similar. I would gladly stand corrected because I do agree having pages you can click on and truly see the user journey is a step I would gladly take.

I tend to image-map the PSD’s to html on this step but having seen the power of these types of programmes and the ability to clearly show roll-overs, form functions etc I really need to learn more about them :-)

]]> By: Andrea http://www.simonday.com/web-design-blog/2009/11/03/knocking-up-a-website-is-so-simple-it-should-be-cheap%e2%80%a6right/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Andrea Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:09:44 +0000 http://www.simonday.com/web-design-blog/?p=378#comment-263 Simon, This is a very thorough and informative post! Coming from a background as a project manager in an interactive agency, I can attest to all the time and steps involved into proper web development. It's a lot more than people think and you hit it right on the nose. Now that I'm a part of ProtoShare, I would have to (slightly) disagree with all the user testing being done at the end of the site build. <a href="http://www.protoshare.com" rel="nofollow">ProtoShare</a> (and tools like it) allows you to build your block wireframes (grey-box) in an application that makes them interactive. So you are not only showing your clients the widths and margins, but they can visually experience how the pages are connected to each other. From there, you can evolve the block wireframes into a more visual prototype. At this stage you can conduct initial user testing to make sure the site is intuitive and uncover any areas that aren't prior to your coding. I am not saying this has to completely eliminate the user testing at the end, but it can uncover usability issues before you have to rework any pages in HTML or CSS therefore saving time. We are open to feedback if you have a chance to try the application. I think it would fit in nicely with your process. Cheers, Andrea @ProtoShare Simon,
This is a very thorough and informative post! Coming from a background as a project manager in an interactive agency, I can attest to all the time and steps involved into proper web development. It’s a lot more than people think and you hit it right on the nose.

Now that I’m a part of ProtoShare, I would have to (slightly) disagree with all the user testing being done at the end of the site build.

ProtoShare (and tools like it) allows you to build your block wireframes (grey-box) in an application that makes them interactive. So you are not only showing your clients the widths and margins, but they can visually experience how the pages are connected to each other. From there, you can evolve the block wireframes into a more visual prototype. At this stage you can conduct initial user testing to make sure the site is intuitive and uncover any areas that aren’t prior to your coding.

I am not saying this has to completely eliminate the user testing at the end, but it can uncover usability issues before you have to rework any pages in HTML or CSS therefore saving time.

We are open to feedback if you have a chance to try the application. I think it would fit in nicely with your process.

Cheers,
Andrea
@ProtoShare

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