> I keep calling these models "prototypes" but it gets us into trouble. We > either need to qualify the term (e.g. Design Prototype, Conceptual > Prototype) or use a different term like model.
Agreed. The stuff I usually create barely qualifies as a "prototype" as I think that term is intended. It's usually more of "interactive model". It's a click-through PDF or a simple Flash piece that represents a single screen or interaction within an app rather than the whole app. I use them primarily to communicate to a developer how something needs to behave. I almost never use prototypes to test behavior, but I have used them for invention's sake, in cases where something has never been done before and I therefore have no previous experience with which to gauge its quality at the outset. -r- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
