annaecookMar 17

“AI prototyping lets you quickly build in depth prototypes.”

Once again, we return to designing with ketchup.

Instead ask, what is the purpose of your prototype?

You could build prototypes in ketchup for all I care, so long as it serves the purpose you need it to.

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Designing with ketchup

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Jonathan DallasMar 18
Show threadannaecook

The notion that rapidly building high fidelity design work is more valuable is fundamentally untrue.

Your prototypes need to communicate the concept of the prototype.

I might argue that in depth prototyping is actually be counter to the point of developing many prototypes.

It can be distracting

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Show threadDaniël Franke Mar 17
@annaecook Not a designer, but this very much reminds me of movie directors using music from other movies as a temporary soundtrack, which ended up making the final soundtrack very derivative and uninspired and lead to an era of soundtracks all sounding the same.
Show threadAlex HyettMar 17
@annaecook I remember a time when the first prototype would be just a wireframe even with hand-drawn style lines in some cases. The point was you don't want something that looks finished as people tend to fall into pixel pushing instead of evaluating whether the basic design is actually any good.
Show threadDanielle ForéMar 17

@annaecook I don’t do high fidelity mockups anymore really. It’s either sketches or prototyping directly in code.

The only time I do high fidelity mockups is when I’m specifically trying to work on visual styles. Otherwise, like you said, it can be distracting from the point where people get focused on visual details instead of the user flow.

Show threadDave RahardjaMar 17
@danirabbit @annaecook 100%! My software dev friends also make sure to choose ugly, unshippable colors and images when showing tech demos, so management don’t accidentally think the feature is shippable.
Show threadDawn AhukannaMar 17
@drahardja @danirabbit @annaecook
I take inspiration from automobile “concept car” that has enough physicality to feel your butt in a seat but you cannot drive that car on the road.
Whether I’m sketching, wire-framing, producing high-fi screens or web-code prototype - you can “sit” in it but cannot “drive” it in production.
A scale model (prototype) is not a building implemented to regulatory standards that make it safe so that it stands up to the elements and not collapse on the occupants.
Show threadJiri Rybar5d ago
@drahardja @danirabbit @annaecook Isn’t the management / stakeholders a bit confused? I found people not understanding wireframes very well. Good for internal discussions on the low-fidelity level, but not so good in high-fidelity for the end-user.