Re: How to make a mockup?

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 29 May 2008, at 12:17, Olaf Frączyk wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 10:22 +0800, Long Gao wrote:
> > Hi, all, h
> >   How do you make mockups? Using gimp? They look like real very
> > much...
> By using some GUI builders, like eg. Glade.

For most purposes, though, there is no need to use a computer tool at  
all.  Most GUI designers start with pencil and paper, or at most, the  
basic wireframe drawing tools in something like Inkscape or  
OpenOffice.  It's quite possible (and often much easier) to 'test'  
pencil-and-paper designs with users to get good early feedback.

Normally we only use Glade or GIMP much later on, when we've had  
enough feedback from users to know that the design is ready to take to  
the next level of fidelity.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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