Comments on: What initial wireframe sketches should look like.

By: angel

angel — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:12:31 +0000

they aren’t wireframes, they are UX skteches, BIG difference to notice!

By: hanford

hanford — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:56:32 +0000

I’ve been told that at Apple, sketches like these aren’t allowed outside of the designer’s office. That everything presented internally is shiny and polished and looks real. The thinking is that when something looks good, it’s easier to feel good about it

At Google is was the opposite. On my first day I requested Photoshop, and my manager was worried that I’d be putting too much polish on them too early. I assured her that I “sketch in photoshop”. :)

By: Richard Rutter

Richard Rutter — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:38:40 +0000

Good to see some wireframes that look as ‘bad’ as mine. But yeah, it’s all about getting your thoughts and ideas down and organising them.
Because quite a bit of thought has already gone in, the above sketch could easily inform an interactive prototype if that was the next step.

By: Danny Hope

Danny Hope — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:57:29 +0000

Jerome, the emotional baggage thig is important too, if clients feel like they too can mark the drawing, it becomes part of an ongoing conversation rather than a deliverable that gets looked at then left on a shelf.

By: Danny Hope

Danny Hope — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:55:27 +0000

I completely agree, just look at some of my prototypes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yandle/tags/prototype/

I can draw too, I just choose not to bother when it’s not neccessary.

By: Jerome Ribot

Jerome Ribot — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:33:55 +0000

I concur. The less emotional baggage attached to an idea at this stage, the better.