Hi, SR, yes, you're not the first to note that wikis can be used for wireframing. There was a good deal of discussion about a year back between Patrick and Brian about this subject - i think you can still find the discussion on FuseWiki ;-)
certainly you *can* use a wiki for wireframing, but the wireframetool has a few of advantages: * it is very tightly constrained. a wiki can drop links in-line, as you say, it can make lists, bold elements, and even create a pretty table, but these are not good things when you are creating a wireframe. these are exactly the kind of distractions that wireframing is intended to remove. you and your client should never be tempted even for a second to think "hmm, maybe that link should appear up in this part of the text", etc. you need to soothe your client through this part of the process, making it clear that layout considerations are entirely off the agenda ;-) * the wireframetool has a clear notion of exits and destinations, ie several destinations can lead to a single destination - there is a mapping between the two. in a wiki, the distinction is not inherent, although it can usually be implemented using more advanced wikik linking methods *the wireframetool displays a summary map of the entire site. you could program a wiki to do this, it's true, but i haven't seen it done yet ;-) don't get me wrong, though. i am a HUGE fan of wikis, but i think that they are not quite *perfectly* suited to wireframing. of course, i could be biased. good thoughts, matey thanks heaps, leebb ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Ringo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi FB'ers, > > After using LeeBB's great gui wireframetool for a while now *Thanks > Lee!*, I notice there is much commonality between this and Wikis. > > For those of you unfamiliar with Wikis, there is a great FB one at > http://www.meta-magic.com/cgi-bin/fusewiki?Home > > The nice thing about a Wiki is that the links to the other pages are > inside the text, and not a list of exits at the bottom. > Clients seeing and using wireframes seem to prefer having exit links > inside the text - i.e. the links are presented in context. > > Has anyone used a Wiki for wireframing? > > Perhaps there's an idea here - combine the concept of a wiki with those > of wireframing. What does everyone think? > > I have located two CF-based Wiki tools at: > > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines > > Does anyone know of any others? > > Thanks all, > > Steve > ==^================================================================ 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 ==^================================================================
