everyone has to do it and everytime i do it, i think there has to be an easier way to wireframe. so i asked you (the twitter public) what you do and i was innundated with responses, so i thought that i’d share them below for you here…. happy wireframing
matclayton: @MelKirk visio with a good stencil pack
sparkooo: @MelKirk Also use Axure, Prototyping is reasonably quick, really like the templating for headers & footers, price is the only downside.
reyes: @melkirk well for coolness you might want to check @guimagnets for wireframing goodness
Wrestlevania: @MelKirk Presently Axure. But before that I used InDesign for a couple of years–it’s too heavy-weight for wireframing, but looks great.
assaultapparel: @MelKirk Illustrator
jackosborne: @MelKirk could you please publish the results of your question. It’ll be an interesting read. There will be sprouts in it for you
tablewhite: @MelKirk Visio, everytime
hereinthehive: @MelKirk Wireframing? http://tinyurl.com/5s6kpb – often just paper or whiteboards (or even better- magicpaper)
JimCallender: @MelKirk best for interactive prototypes – axure.com on XP – just written a blog post on solutions available > http://tinyurl.com/5sh85x
chriscolhoun: @MelKirk besides a pen and my moleskine? Fireworks! It’s the best of them all IMO
galvogalvo: @MelKirk, Visio
scottcouper: @MelKirk pen, paper & photoshop
Rich_at_Dell: RT @MelKirk: What does everyone use for wireframing? — wireframing for 3D sculpture designs, real or virtual (computer)—–?
DrBaher: @MelKirk I use Omnigraffle, which offers a quick, easy and good looking way to prototype interfaces
geirarne: @MelKirk pencil and paper. sometimes sharpie.
mattymoran: @MelKirk Visio. although when i had a mac i used OmniGraffle http://bit.ly/1NEqyk
iamdanw: @MelKirk Paper. Lots and lots of paper. And sometimes omnigraffle.




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Jack Osborne says:
Cheers for sticking this up on the site Mel, your sprouts are in the post.
December 17, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Mel says:
Phew! That was the only reason I posted it
December 17, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Jack Osborne says:
Aww cheers
it was very much appreciated.
December 18, 2008 at 9:57 am
Vero says:
Here’s how the Taptu guys do it: Paper (lots of it) followed by an awful lot of Photoshop mockups!
http://www.taptu.com/blog/2008/01/08/prototyping-a-mobile-web-site-from-scratch/
December 18, 2008 at 11:29 am
Curvball says:
Mmmmmm, interesting responses… I make use of Freehand MX (yes, oldschool)…. but everything always starts with pen and paper.
December 18, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Mel says:
Thanks for the comments guys. It’s amazing, sometimes it can be the quickest posts that people like the most. Weird when this was submitted to Digg and yet you can spend hours at other times pouring your heart into a post
December 18, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Stéphane Bergeron says:
I used to wireframe in Fireworks but now I prefer to use Axure as I can do site maps and flows in it, highly interactice prototypes and generate documentation. In Fireworks I had a tendency to get lost in the visual design details which is not the goal of wireframing. With Axure I tend to focus better on that task. I still use Fireworks to create the final layout and graphics though.
December 21, 2008 at 6:28 am
mark vernon says:
We’ve just launched http://iplotz.com, as a wireframing and PM tool. It is online at present, will be available offline soon as an AIR application. Free for one project. Plenty of ideas still to be added, so feedback most welcome.
January 3, 2009 at 6:32 am