1. Omnigraffle and Balsamiq Mockups or: Finding the
right tools to get the job done right.
Eldridge Doubleday
Sr User Experience Architect
2. IXDA
Tools of the trade - A rose by any other name...
First, we as designers, are more than the sum of our artifacts...
Eldridge Doubleday - Sears Holdings Corporation
3. IXDA
Omnigraffle and Balsamiq - Introduction
What is it good for?
Diagrams
Flowcharts
Wireframes
Concept Models
Sketches (yes, sketches!)
And more....
What is it good for?
Sketches
Flowcharts
Concept Models
And some super surprises...
Eldridge Doubleday - Sears Holdings Corporation
6. IXDA
Omnigraffle - The Great...
Community resources
Stencils, stencils, and more stencils. Allows for creation of higher-fidelity
wireframes and concepts more quickly.
Eldridge Doubleday - Sears Holdings Corporation
7. IXDA
Omnigraffle - The Bad...
Inspectors - Robust yet oddly configured - no customization Compatibility - Visio/Omnigraffle conversions are not
as seamless (or painless) as they could be
File format options, although easily remedied, are not
immediately intuitive
Eldridge Doubleday - Sears Holdings Corporation
9. IXDA
Omnigraffle and Balsamiq - Introduction
What is it good for?
Diagrams
Flowcharts
Wireframes
Concept Models
Sketches (yes, sketches!)
And more....
What is it good for?
Sketches
Flowcharts
Concept Models
And some super surprises...
Eldridge Doubleday - Sears Holdings Corporation
11. IXDA
Balsamiq Mockups - The Good...
All about FIDELITY! Quick and easy to use.
Sketchy-styled shapes and controls bring a low-fidelity Predefined objects and drag/drop interface both make it easy to
feeling without sacrificing detail. produce quick mockups on the fly.
Eldridge Doubleday - Sears Holdings Corporation
12. IXDA
Balsamiq Mockups - The Bad...
Forget big documents. No canvases, layers, foregrounds or Quicky UI. Buggy controls. HATES complex mocks with
backgrounds. Multiple mockups required, which can make multiple groups of objects.
multi-page mocks a chore.
Eldridge Doubleday - Sears Holdings Corporation