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Advanced Omnigraffle Tips
It’s rare to find Omnigraffle tips that aren’t just for beginners, but are for more advanced users too. The article below offers tips on some things that I didn’t even know Omnigraffle could do. The...
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Wireframe Effectively on the New, Improved 970 Grid System
Page layout is an important aspect of web design. A popular approach to designing page layouts is to use a grid system. Grid systems are generally used at the web development or visual design stage of...
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How to Get Clients to Approve Your Wireframes Every Time
You have finally finished your wireframes. You present them to your client and your client loves them. Your job’s done, right? Not quite. Chances are the client will come back to you and present you...
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4 Things No One Told Me About High-Fidelity Wireframes
Wireframes come in different fidelities. On one hand, you have low-fidelity wireframes that don’t resemble the final product as much, but still capture the user interface layout and controls. On the...
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Why More and More Designers are Switching to Fireworks
Have you ever wondered which tool, Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks, is better suited for web and application design? There are many designers who use Fireworks. But there are far more who use Photoshop....
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Final Designs are Always the Simplest and Most Practical
A pattern I have noticed on every project I’ve worked on is that the final design that clients use is always use is the one that’s simplest and most practical. By realizing that simplicity and...
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The Importance of Tying Personas to Wireframes
Do you design wireframes without knowing who your users are? Knowing the type of user who uses your interface is important in designing a great user experience. The best way to do this is to create...
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Why It’s Important to Sketch Before You Wireframe
Have you ever had an idea for a website or application? It’s easy to come up with the idea, but the hard part is understanding how that idea will take shape in user interface form. This is where...
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Why the Best Wireframe Style Is No Style
What tool would you use to hit a nail in? Only a hammer comes to mind. This is because a hammer’s form meets that specific function. It’s form matching function gives it its utility and value.A...
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Site Flows vs. User Flows: When to Use Which
Designing the user experience of a website involves more than figuring out what goes on each page. It’s also about figuring out how those pages flow together. If you don’t plan your page flow, you...
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How to Communicate Visual Hierarchy on Wireframes
The use of color is one of the best ways to communicate visual hierarchy on a design. But on a wireframe, it’s one of the worst. Most designers think they need to use color on a wireframe. If you’re...
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3 Best Vector Wireframing Tools for Designers
What’s the best tool for wireframing? This is a common question among designers. It’s hard to answer because each designer has different needs. What makes it harder is that there are too many tools to...
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