Mac IA Tools

Took the word's from me...

Omnigraffle is a great tool...

but there is a nice cardsorting tool for mac too
called xSort [ http://www.ipragma.com/xsort/ ]

:-D

Gawry

On 5/22/07, Trip O'Dell <tripodell em mac.com> wrote:
>
> Omnigraffle Pro is really good.
>
> http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/
>
> It has a free trial, you should check it out.
>
> Trip
>
>
> On May 22, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Gustavo Moura (Criação - BSB) wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm looking for IA tools for Mac, what you suggest me?
> >
> > I need tools for card sorting, wireframes, html prototyping, usability
> > tests, etc..
> >
> > Thx in advance!
> >
> > Gustavo Moura
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Have to say, OmniGraffle is one of the most usable software tools I've ever used, you really should evaluate it :-)

LePo

On May 22, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Gustavo Gawry wrote:

> Took the word's from me...
>
> Omnigraffle is a great tool...
>
> but there is a nice cardsorting tool for mac too called xSort [
> http://www.ipragma.com/xsort/ ]
>
> :-D
>
> Gawry
>
> On 5/22/07, Trip O'Dell <tripodell at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Omnigraffle Pro is really good.
>>
>> http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/
>>
>> It has a free trial, you should check it out.
>>
>> Trip
>>
>>
>> On May 22, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Gustavo Moura (Criação - BSB) wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for IA tools for Mac, what you suggest me?
>>>
>>> I need tools for card sorting, wireframes, html prototyping,
>>> usability tests, etc..
>>>
>>> Thx in advance!
>>>
>>> Gustavo Moura
>>>
>>> ________________________________________________________________
>>> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
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>
>
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>
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Todd,

I was thinking to test Fireworks CS3 for prototyping too...
Have you tested yet? did you get good results?

Regards,
Gawry

On 5/22/07, Todd Zaki Warfel <lists em toddwarfel.com> wrote:
>
>
> On May 22, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Gustavo Moura (Criação - BSB) wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for IA tools for Mac, what you suggest me?
> >
> > I need tools for card sorting, wireframes, html prototyping,
> > usability tests, etc.
>
> Wow, this could take a number of tracks. Here's what we use:
>
> Card Sorting - index cards, Avery labels for printing descriptions,
> track results in Excel
> Wireframes - currently InDesign and Illustrator (there's a series of
> articles I'm writing about it on at my blog http://toddwarfel.com).
> We're going to start trying out the new Fireworks 3 for wireframes
> and prototyping to see how it fares.
> HTML Prototyping - Dreamweaver currently. Some prototyping in Flash
> as well. And we'll start looking at using Fireworks
> Usability testing - we test on both platforms. So, we actually have a
> couple of 17" Intel iMacs that run both Windows and OS X. For windows
> we use Morea. For OS X, we use Snap Z Pro. We export files out of
> Morea and Snap Z Pro and import them into iMovie to make vignettes,
> which we export quickly and easily with iDVD.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Todd Zaki Warfel
> Partner, Design & Usability Specialist
> Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully.
> ----------------------------------
> Contact Info
> Voice: (215) 825-7423
> Email: todd em messagefirst.com
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I've used this for school projects and all of my classmates wanted to
learn more about it. I agree with what everyone has state before,
it's a wonderful tool and yes, you do need a large screen. It's a
little cramped on my 15" PB.

This has come up a lot lately, but here it is again:http://
urlgreyhot.com/personal/weblog/creating_prototypes_with_omnigraffle
The link is a great demonstration of how to use it.

Kevin

On May 22, 2007, at 8:42 AM, Robert Hoekman, Jr. wrote:

>> Have to say, OmniGraffle is one of the most usable software tools
>> I've ever used
>
> ... but I highly recommend using it on a really large, hi-res monitor.
> Those floating panels can get messy.
>
> Other than that, it's fantastic. It also covers more than one of
> your needs:
>
> 1) Wireframes
> 2) Prototypes (PDF, not HTML, but click actions nonetheless)
>
> I swear by it. Sometimes I swear *at* it, but that's true of most
> software.
>
> -r-
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Kevin Wong Student IxDesigner at UW Informatics - kvwong.com/blog
contact | kevinwong at kvwong.com - 425.894.9211 aim | kdubz313

you're welcome

:-)

Gawry
User Experience Analyst

On 5/23/07, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <rhoekmanjr em gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > but there is a nice cardsorting tool for mac too
> > called xSort [ http://www.ipragma.com/xsort/ ]
>
> I downloaded this and tried it out based on your recommendation. It's
> absolutely great. It's so easy to use and just really nice overall. I
> think I was up and running with it in about five seconds.
>
> Thanks for the tip!
>
> -r-
>

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User Experience Analyst
Analista de Experiência do Usuário

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