Ok here's my take on it. Wireframes are not the prototype. They are the initial flow of the application. Were does on go, and what are the possible exits. When you start worrying about inputs and outputs you are looking at the code and we are still on a different theoretical level during the wireframe. If I go here, where can I go next, not why can I go there, just what are the possible results. During the prototype you will find out what information you need on those pages, and then know what fields you need. Yet you still shouldn't be thinking about what your going to do with it. Just I have a login screen. The next screen is either a good or bad login. That's it. It is a very basic representation. I think you are asking to much of it.
Tim Heald ACP/CCFD :) Application Development www.schoollink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: John Jonathan Kopanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 12:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: my issues with wirefram tools I have seen > > > > A wireframe should not really have details about input or output > variables. > > If anything, this gets dropped into the comments for later retrieval > during > > the prototyping phase. Wireframes are simply a quick and easy > way to get > > the general structure of the application and really should have very > little > > time spent on them. > > Of course not all input and output variables but at least if > there is a form > it should show or at least be able to show the input field names, if they > are required and validation info. That is my opinion and I am sticking to > it :-). Unless someone can convince me otherwise. I always considered > wireframes as a way to prototype the site without the underlying > functionality and graphics. > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
