First, apologies for resurrecting an old thread... I'm just coming off a
month's paternity leave.
But I do agree wholeheartedly with all of Anestes' points. I don't know how
I ever got along without Axure, actually. : ) I've used it extensively over
the last two years and have actually developed both basic and advanced
training courses, with the company's cooperation. You can find more
information here:

http://www.evantageconsulting.com/axure-training/overview.html

Take care,
Fred

On 9/27/07, Fotiades, Anestes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Jaclyn,
>
> We've been using Axure at my company for the past year and have found it a
> very useful tool. It's helped out in three areas of our product
> development
> efforts:
>
> 1. It's provided a fully interactive environment for us to try out
> designs.
>
> 2. We're able to communicate design ideas to far more effectively to
> internal stakeholders.
>
> 3. We've been able to perform usability tests of design much earlier in
> the
> software development process, prior to any coding taking place.
>
> I think Axure was originally intended for designing traditional websites
> but
> we've found equally effective for design touch screen applications. Also,
> with the recent feature enhancements of the most recent release, we've
> used
> it to prototype and ajax-based web application.
>
> Its weak points are lack of check-in check-out features for allowing teams
> to use the same source file. Also, it has very limited graphic design
> support. I prefer lower fidelity prototypes during design and early
> testing
> so don't see the later point as much of a weakness.
>
> Anestes Fotiades

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