UI UX Design

What is the first name came into your mind when mentioned about wireframe tool? The old name Axure RP, or the brand new fad Mockplus? Superabundant wireframe tools are available nowadays, which is a good thing, but this may result in choice phobia for designers on the other side. Especially with rapid product iteration, fast development pace and less investment, quick design is carrying increasing significant. Some over-detailed tools, which look cool, but are no longer really fit in. Here I only pick the best 5 quick wireframe tools, which can help you do real quick design. 1.  Pencil Project  — A quick wireframe tool focuses on diagrams and GUI prototype Platform:  Windows, Linux, Mac Speed:  10–15 mins Price:  Free Fidelity:  Low-fidelity Pencil Project is a free wireframe tool, which has won the Mozilla awardfor ‘Best New Add-On’ in 2008. It’s available as a Firefox add-on, but also can be as a standalone application in Linux and Windows. It sup...

In recent years, new prototyping tools are springing up around the world. Except for Axure’s slowing down since the release of Axure RP 8, every company is launching its new product. The Adobe project Comet is right after the release of  inVision Craft’s 2.0 preview.  Then the outstanding  team version of Mockplus  enters the game. In such a fierce competition, Adobe XD seems to be dimmed a lot. To fight back, Adobe questionnaire which involves the needs, environment, competitors and everything about the prototyping tool market has been silently published. We might as well do an analysis of the qualified competitors of Adobe and get an idea of what is really going on. Today’s global prototyping tool market is like the Europe of the eighteenth century, with the continent separated by a great number of countries, waiting for a monopolist like Napoléon to take it all. But in my perspective, the whole prototyping tool is not going to be taken by any single com...

The flourishing of various mobile devices stimulated the explosive growth of the mobile Apps. From the rapid development of the mobile market, we can see it’s an age of accelerating technology on mobile App design and development. One of the most important part during App development is building wireframes which can reasonably organize and simplify the content and elements. Low fidelity is the key feature of wireframes. It will present the design idea and App prototype of the product in a more intuitive and simple way. In addition to saving time, wireframes but also provide great advantages for designers focusing on product user experience. Here is a list of the 5  best free wireframe tools for mobile apps  in 2017. 1. Paper prototyping Pricing: free forever Pen & paper are the total free wireframing/prototyping tools, no matter from the point of time & capital cost, usability, learnability, as well as the practicability. Comparing with  other wirefram...