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Inquiring Minds
Q: What's the best application for building digital prototypes?
A: What's the best tool to build a house? Like the old cliche goes, "If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." Here's what's in our toolbox for building digital prototypes: Microsoft Office and Google Apps (for specs and communication), Adobe CreativeSuite and Pixelmator (for visuals), Awesome Screenshot and Skitch (screenshots and annotation), GoToMeeting and iChat (for reviews and remote workers), Coda and Text Editors (for coding), and a bunch that we're forgetting.
There are a ton of great prototype design tools (Azure, Balsamiq, Justinmind, ProtoShare, iRise, and others). We've tested them all (look for an upcoming review), but our main axe is iRise. It offers the most comprehensive blend of functionality, fidelity, and extensibility.
There are a ton of great prototype design tools (Azure, Balsamiq, Justinmind, ProtoShare, iRise, and others). We've tested them all (look for an upcoming review), but our main axe is iRise. It offers the most comprehensive blend of functionality, fidelity, and extensibility.
Prototype Demos
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Drag & Drop Portlet
This simulation shows a portal page in which a user can move portlets around by 'drag and drop' interaction. One can 'drag and drop' any portlet to a different part of the page, and the other portlets will tile automatically.
iRise v7.0
Floating Navigation
Multiple user interactions and dynamic behaviors are demonstrated in this simulation, including a semi-transparent contextual control widget, drag & drop reordering, and embedded video.
iRise v7.0
Asset Library Templates
Demonstrates the extremely rapid production of a high fidelity, interactive page for a packaged application using an asset library (includes audio).
iRise v7.2
Faceted Navigation Filter
This simulation shows a faceted navigation filter example with dynamically driven search results. This simulation is fully functional, built in iRise 7.3, and it can quickly be modified to react to business needs.
iRise v7.3
Grid-Based Layout
This simulation shows how reusable asset libraries can be created and applied to accelerate simulation of any application or website that has a consistent page structure and design.
iRise v7.3
Hybrid Enterprise Simulation SAP
This simulation shows how reusable asset libraries can be created and applied to accelerate simulation of any application or website that has a consistent page structure and designgives an overview of a hybrid approach to enterprise system modeling, using
iRise v7.3
Rapid Enterprise Modeling
This simulation shows how smaller pieces of enterprise systems can be very quickly modeled without having to build a large asset library.
iRise v7.3
Handheld Scanner with Barcodes
This simulation shows a handheld scanner with dynamically driven products and barcodes. This simulation can be used as a fulfillment of requirements, an accurate method of early usability testing for workers in a wide physical range, or as a training tool
iRise v7.0
Product Configurator
A data-driven high fidelity consumer web application which displays product variations based on multiple characteristics.
Lightbox Browser
This is a hypothetical real estate search engine that enlarges images of homes from inside a tile view using an animated lightbox effect.
iRise v7.0
Online Shopping Experience
This simulation features dynamic product tile view with mouseover flyouts and a fully functional Ajax-style shopping cart.
iRise v7.0
Submit Your Own Demo
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Drag & Drop Portlet
Floating Navigation
Asset Library Templates
Faceted Navigation Filter
Grid Based Layout
Hybrid Enterprise Modeling SAP
Rapid Enterprise Modeling
Handheld Scanner with Barcodes
Product Configurator
Lightbox Browser
Online Shopping Experience
Downloads
Our Tool of Choice is iRise.
iRise allows a team to create complex and dynamic prototypes that can be shared online or via iDocs. iBlocs allow us to design customer functionality to extend our iRise prototypes even further.
Download iDocs
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Asset Library Example Lite iDoc
This iDoc contains common page elements that demonstrate how high fidelity, interactive pages can be rapidly built using an asset library.
Download NowiRise v7.2
Download size – 116 KB. -
Data Snapshot iDoc
Also built in 6.0 and shown at Fusion 2007, this simlulation displays filtered information based on category selection in a dashboard format.
Download NowiRise v7.0
Download size – 125 KB. -
Language Translation iDoc
This demonstrates a technique we used to translate a 100+ page enterprise app simulation into four languages. Originally built in iRise 3.0, the functionality is achieved through the use of datasheets and summary data flows.
Download NowiRise v7.0
Download size – 96 KB. -
Grid-Based Layout iDoc
This iDoc shows how reusable asset libraries can be created and applied to accelerate simulation of any application or website that has a consistent page structure and design.
Download NowiRise v7.3
Download size – 202 KB. -
Message Center Portlet iDoc
This simulation was part of our presentation at the iRise Fusion conference in 2007, and was built in iRise 6.0. It demonstrates a portal with real-time messaging and alerts. From a 'quick view' portlet an item can be expanded and viewed in detal, and mar
Download NowiRise v7.0
Download size – 158 KB. -
Online Shopping Experience iDoc
Features dynamic product tile view with mouseover flyouts and a fully functional Ajax-style shopping cart. The simulation utilizes iRise 7 features, including repeated tiles, images in datasheets and the change properties action.
Download NowiRise v7.0
Download size – 271 KB. -
Product Configurator iDoc
A data-driven high fidelity consumer web application which displays product variations based on multiple characteristics. Originally built in iRise 6.5, the simulation employs datasheets, multiple repeated rows and alternate views
Download NowiRise v7.0
Download size – 980 KB. -
Rapid Enterprise Modeling iDoc
This iDoc shows how smaller pieces of enterprise systems can be very quickly modeled without having to build a large asset library.
Download NowiRise v7.3
Download size – 665 KB. -
Simple Light Box Effect iDoc
This iDoc uses the new edit properties transition feature in iRise 7.2 which adds animation to moving and resizing objects, including images and sections.
Download NowiRise v7.2
Download size – 1.24 MB.
Download iBlocs
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Text Counter
Shows word or character count as the user types into a text input or text area widget, counting up to or down from a specified limit. Disables typing and triggers iRise actions when the limit is reached.
Download NowiRise v8.5, v8.6, v8.7
Download size - 25 KB -
News Ticker Widget
Displays text one character at a time, 'ticker' fashion, from left to right. Cycles through multiple strings from a connected datasheet or property panel. Choose cursor speed, shape and color.
Download NowiRise v8.5, v8.6, v8.7
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Highlighter Action
Highlights words in text widgets on any event, based on the current value of an input. Highlighted words can have any background color, bold and/or italics, and searches can be partial or exact match.
Download NowiRise v8.5, v8.6, v8.7, v8.8, v8.9
Download size - 20 KB -
Move to Cursor Action
Moves widgets to the current pointer position on any mouse event. Can be combined with other iRise actions for unlimited uses, such as replacing the default context (right-click) menu with your own.
Download NowiRise v8.5, v8.6, v8.7
Download size - 16 KB -
Liquid Layout Action
Dynamically scales any number of widgets to fit the width of the browser. Floats page widgets relative to the right edge of the browser. Scales and floats objects on mobile devices dynamically on orientation change.
Download NowCurrent version: 2.1
iRise v8.5 - v8.9
Download size - 29 KB -
Scroll Lock Action
Keeps widgets stationary when the user scrolls. Optional settings include affixing widgets to the right or bottom edge of the browser, and more.
Download NowCurrent version: 2.1
iRise v8.5 - v8.9
Download size - 19 KB -
Orientation Widget
Enables dynamic page reformatting on orientation change for mobile prototypes.
Download NowiRise v8.5, v8.6, v8.7, v8.8, v8.9
Download size - 16 KB -
Table Filter Action
Instantly hides or shows table rows that contain a given word or phrase without requiring a page refresh.
Download NowiRise v8.5, v8.6, v8.7, v8.8, v8.9
Download size - 20 KB -
Slide Panel Action
The Slide Panel Action iBloc allows you to move any iRise widget beyond the top and left boundaries of the page, with or without animation.
Download NowiRise v8.5, v8.6, v8.7, v8.8, v8.9
Download size - 20 KB
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