On Mar 24, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:

> This is not always true. There are some stages where doing the work
> in Photoshop is faster, but there's definitely stages where hand
> coding something is significantly faster. The real measure I think is
> across the entire process. The entire process must be faster for the
> tool of choice to have any real merit.

Yes, I certainly agree.



> My biggest fear with Thermo... is that it will do to interface  
> design what PowerPoint did to presentations... the tool becomes the  
> means to the end, instead of designing whatever is needed, then  
> figuring out which tools to use and how to use them to build the  
> prototype and ultimately the final product.

That has always been a risk with the use of any software for design.

Jack



Jack L. Moffett
Interaction Designer
inmedius
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http://www.inmedius.com


The public is more familiar with
bad design than good design.
It is, in effect, conditioned
to prefer bad design, because
that is what it lives with.
The new becomes threatening,
the old reassuring.

                     - Paul Rand


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