Wire framing

What Ever Happened To A Pen And Some Paper?

 

The Art Of Wireframe Sketching.

Communication is fundamental to effective team collaboration.  Communication manifests itself in lots of unique ways inside a tech company.  One of the more artistic is the classic "wireframe sketch."  

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The goal of a wireframe sketch is to rapidly mock up user interfaces, user work-flows and other visual aspects of your application or website.  These devices can then be used to help describe expectations to your developers, designers and stake holders.  

They are doubly useful in allowing you to detect possible problems and explore radical ideas before expending expensive development capital.  

Resources

  1. A useful source of printable templates from SmashingMagazine.com.  
  2. Another source of printable templates (and css reset/grid system) from 960 Grid System.
  3. An amazing paper wireframe kit from Pwireframing.com.

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Let us see some of your creations.  Post a link in the comments of wireframes you or your company have built.