Comments on: Made me laugh: http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html swissmiss is a design blog and studio run by Tina Roth Eisenberg, a 'swiss designer gone NYC'. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mb21 http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html#comment-33598 mb21 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:08:09 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=15986#comment-33598 what about a CMS? like Drupal (http://drupal.org/) what about a CMS? like Drupal (http://drupal.org/)

]]> By: Matthew Hodgson http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html#comment-25992 Matthew Hodgson Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:08:54 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=15986#comment-25992 Axure [www.axure.com] tends to be better than Fireworks in this regard. It has a library you can create to store major components and then use them in the wireframes/mockups. When you change the object in the library it then updates all other instances. The only drawback for me is that it's not as nice a design tool as Fireworks or Photoshop, but you can at least create PNGs / JPGs / etc and import them so you can produce quite high fidelity prototypes. Axure [www.axure.com] tends to be better than Fireworks in this regard. It has a library you can create to store major components and then use them in the wireframes/mockups. When you change the object in the library it then updates all other instances.

The only drawback for me is that it’s not as nice a design tool as Fireworks or Photoshop, but you can at least create PNGs / JPGs / etc and import them so you can produce quite high fidelity prototypes.

]]> By: taxxas http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html#comment-25860 taxxas Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:05:49 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=15986#comment-25860 Great way to charge the customer, if he doesn't want to learn ;-). Had such a situation several times ... Great way to charge the customer, if he doesn’t want to learn ;-). Had such a situation several times …

]]> By: Moemo http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html#comment-25695 Moemo Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:24:40 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=15986#comment-25695 Oh my. I just now stopped laughing enough to be able to type. This is so true it hurts -- I truly think I messed in my pants. Oh my. I just now stopped laughing enough to be able to type. This is so true it hurts — I truly think I messed in my pants.

]]> By: Morgan http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html#comment-25679 Morgan Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:28:30 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=15986#comment-25679 Fireworks does have some functionality that can help with that, but showing the nav states can be a pain. I've done things where I built a rapid prototype of nav in flash and then wired it up to use screenshots of the content (from photoshop). So the thing sort of works for demo and approval purposes. I also use xml and flash for some similar functionality, even if flash isn't the ultimate final technology. It's just easier to have a workable, editable prototype sometimes. Fireworks does have some functionality that can help with that, but showing the nav states can be a pain. I’ve done things where I built a rapid prototype of nav in flash and then wired it up to use screenshots of the content (from photoshop). So the thing sort of works for demo and approval purposes. I also use xml and flash for some similar functionality, even if flash isn’t the ultimate final technology. It’s just easier to have a workable, editable prototype sometimes.

]]> By: Prescott Perez-Fox http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html#comment-25668 Prescott Perez-Fox Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:01:40 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=15986#comment-25668 Last month I worked on a site with similar situation. Photoshop mock-ups for each page with text and nav being changed all the time. Is there a better way to have dynamic text in a layout? Does Fireworks do that? Maybe we should all be doing layouts in InDesign. Last month I worked on a site with similar situation. Photoshop mock-ups for each page with text and nav being changed all the time.

Is there a better way to have dynamic text in a layout? Does Fireworks do that? Maybe we should all be doing layouts in InDesign.

]]> By: David Perel http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/07/made-me-laugh-2.html#comment-25665 David Perel Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:11:15 +0000 http://www.swiss-miss.com/?p=15986#comment-25665 No jokes... we have just completed 2 large websites (about 60 custom pages each) which all require HTML text changes if the moment arises. No jokes… we have just completed 2 large websites (about 60 custom pages each) which all require HTML text changes if the moment arises.

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