Fake It Till You Make It: Rapid Prototyping Using Flash

Rapid prototyping using Flash is a simple yet extremely powerful way to create great design solutions.

Prototyping in Flash…

• Applies the best of paper prototyping, wireframes and HTML prototyping
• Increases the speed and agility of your development process
• Decreases your documentation to almost zero

A wide range of realworld prototypes will be shown, created for major brands and startups. You’ll see how these prototypes can be built very quickly and easily, with little or no Flash expertise.

The simplest and best method of prototyping in Flash involves no programming – you just draw the interface as you would with paper prototypes or wireframes. You can also make interactive prototypes in Flash with very simple code: gotoAndStop(frame). During the session you’ll even see an example of a highly interactive, fully functional prototype.

Flash is a great drawing tool, so you can visually represent any possible solution, low or high fidelity. Flash is a timeline based tool, so it’s ideal for previewing and editing interactions that happen over time. Unlike HTML/CSS/Javascript prototypes, Flash works the same in every browser with no extra effort.

This session covers interaction design, usability testing and agile product/project management. It will show you how the whole team can achieve much better results with far less effort.