UX

Better Defaults v2 Axure RP Library Released
My friend Loren Baxter who is an Interaction Designer and UX Engineer and owns the site "A Clean Design" has just released version 2.0 of his fantastic "Better Defaults" library of widgets for Axure RP 5.5 and higher.
The…
Enable Commenting on your Live Axure Prototypes
I've started working on a large project as part of a team of 5 people recently. Aside from doing the visual design, I'm working on the UX strategy and information architecture with an IA and UX designer from the US. We're of course creating most of our documentation, user flows,…
Rapid Prototyping Tools and Principles
Dan Harrelson from Adaptive Path has written a very interesting blog post titled Rapid Prototyping Tools and what makes good prototypes. My long time favorite Adobe Fireworks is mentionned along with Axure RP Pro (which is a newer tool in my arsenal) but also…
Axure RP Pro 5.5 Has been Released
The new version 5.5 of Axure RP Pro has been released a couple days ago after being in public beta for a few months. It's a very significant upgrade in terms of new features and is free for existing customers with a current license.
Noteworthy features include…
Axure RP Pro 5.5 Beta is Now Available
The upcoming 5.5 version of Axure RP Pro has been made public and is available for download. For anyone who's been interested by Axure and wanted to try it, now is a great time to do so. The beta is rock solid and, if I understand the following blog post…
Discussion on Standards for Axure Design Librairies on Axlib
As I mentioned in my recent "My Top 10 Web Design Tools" post, I have started using Axure RP Pro for creating highly interactive prototypes, wireframes, site maps , flow charts and specifications. It is a fantastic application with a lot of depth that can create…
Digital Editions: Working Again, Still Not Impressed
Just as a follow-up to my last post about the new Adobe Digital Editions eBooks reader software, Adobe has released and updated version a couple days ago that solved the crashing problem that I and many other users were having. So now, I can now go back to reading my…
Adobe Digital Editions: I’m Really NOT Impressed
Last week, I purchased an eBook from Adobe Press (Flash CS3 related) because I wanted to get back up to speed with Flash since I'll need to use it for upcoming projects. This was the first time I bought an eBook and the only reason I did was because I…