Comments on: Designing LabVIEW User Interfaces with Hand-Drawn Paper Mock-Ups http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/ LabVIEW and visual programming blog Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tomi Maila http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Tomi Maila Tue, 22 May 2007 16:55:30 +0000 http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/#comment-125 Ray, drawing user interface components on pieces of paper works fine when designing the layout of a specific view or when simulating the user interface behavior. LabVIEW can also be used to design the user interfaces, however in my experience you get more constructive feedback from users when working with paper mock-ups than when working with computer created user interfaces. I guess the reason is that users understand clearly from paper mock-ups that everything can still be modified whereas LabVIEW created user interfaces give an impression of being fixed. Ray, drawing user interface components on pieces of paper works fine when designing the layout of a specific view or when simulating the user interface behavior. LabVIEW can also be used to design the user interfaces, however in my experience you get more constructive feedback from users when working with paper mock-ups than when working with computer created user interfaces. I guess the reason is that users understand clearly from paper mock-ups that everything can still be modified whereas LabVIEW created user interfaces give an impression of being fixed.

]]> By: ray.farmer http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-124 ray.farmer Tue, 22 May 2007 14:41:17 +0000 http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/#comment-124 Nice topic. How about using diferent size post-it notes and draw your controls and indicators on them, stick them on a blank sheet of paper. Then you can move them about. But I prefer to actual use labview to create a mock front panel. The the end user can visualise it better. Nice topic. How about using diferent size post-it notes and draw your controls and indicators on them, stick them on a blank sheet of paper. Then you can move them about.

But I prefer to actual use labview to create a mock front panel. The the end user can visualise it better.

]]> By: Tomi Maila http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Tomi Maila Thu, 17 May 2007 16:57:54 +0000 http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/#comment-121 Jim, perhaps the emphasis on my article was on the word hand-drawn rather than on the word paper. White board user interface mock-ups are excellent for team-work design process. For the user experience simulations I would still prefare paper models as you can prepare multiple views in advance and quickly simulate the changes in the user interface. Using whiteboard for the same task may be ok if you are fast enough in drawing, which I'm not. Jim, perhaps the emphasis on my article was on the word hand-drawn rather than on the word paper. White board user interface mock-ups are excellent for team-work design process. For the user experience simulations I would still prefare paper models as you can prepare multiple views in advance and quickly simulate the changes in the user interface. Using whiteboard for the same task may be ok if you are fast enough in drawing, which I’m not.

]]> By: Jim Kring http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Jim Kring Thu, 17 May 2007 16:45:23 +0000 http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/#comment-120 Hi Tomi: Great article. I've just posted a <a href="http://thinkinging.com/2007/05/17/white-board-modeling-and-user-interface-mock-ups/" rel="nofollow">follow-up on whiteboard mock-ups</a> on <a href="http://thinkinging.com/" rel="nofollow">Thinking in G</a>. Hi Tomi: Great article. I’ve just posted a follow-up on whiteboard mock-ups on Thinking in G.

]]> By: Matt Holt http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Matt Holt Wed, 16 May 2007 18:49:29 +0000 http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/#comment-118 you know... I do this in every other language and on every other IDE... it just never occured to me to do this in LabVIEW. You may have something in your statement about how easy it is to skip because of ease of UI developement in LV. you know… I do this in every other language and on every other IDE… it just never occured to me to do this in LabVIEW. You may have something in your statement about how easy it is to skip because of ease of UI developement in LV.

]]> By: Joe Hoskins http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Joe Hoskins Wed, 16 May 2007 16:43:46 +0000 http://expressionflow.com/2007/05/16/designing-labview-user-interfaces-with-hand-drawn-paper-mock-ups/#comment-113 I like to use microsoft visio to mock up my LV user interface. the only thing I had to create was the graphs and thte looks of some controls or indicators. Works great for me I like to use microsoft visio to mock up my LV user interface. the only thing I had to create was the graphs and thte looks of some controls or indicators. Works great for me

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