Easy PDF Prototyping 02Jun05

screenshot: gotomedia

Dave Rogers shows at gotomedia how he uses Adobe Acrobat as Prototyping Tool:

"I love paper prototyping and find it particularly effective in the early stages of development with low-fidelity models. But I'm not here to talk about paper prototypes. Snyder's book (and the Nielsen Norman Group's helpful DVD) gives you everything you need.

For higher fidelity models, I'm more interested in digital prototypes—those that look and "work" much like the finished site or application. Unfortunately, these draw the most fervent objections because of the perceived need to dedicate scarce resources to build the prototype in HTML, VB, Dreamweaver or other tool.

Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to create digital, interactive prototypes as quickly and easily as paper prototypes? One that didn't require a programmer? One that didn't duplicate efforts? One that could handle high-fidelity designs as well as low-fidelity?

I'm here to tell you that there is. For years, I've been successfully using Adobe Acrobat to create working PDF prototypes directly from my wireframes. There's some sleight-of-hand involved, but Acrobat gives me fast, easy prototypes at whatever fidelity I require."

related links

"The User Advocate: Interactive Prototyping - Part 1: Easy PDF Prototyping"
"The User Advocate: Interactive Prototyping - Part 2: Building a PDF Prototype"