Axure RP 6 Prototyping Essentials

Abstract

User experience (UX) has gone mainstream. It is finally recognized by business and software development stakeholders as a critical pillar of social acceptance and commercial success. The timing coincides with an explosion in expressive means to create new and highly compelling user interfaces that operate on a wide range of powerful devices, such as smartphones and tablets. UX encompasses a wide range of disciplines including cognitive psychology, user research, and visual design, and it all comes together in the prototype—an interactive simulation that excites decision makers and validates the design approach before it is coded. Boxes and arrows just don't cut it anymore. Axure, the leading UX tool for wireframing, rapid prototyping, and specifications has quickly become the UX tool of choice for thousands of practitioners worldwide. The UX community is fortunate to have a growing number of dedicated simulation tools, but currently few are getting close to striking Axure's balance of maturity, features, and cost.