A prototype!

Before the exercise today, we met up to finalize an idea! We picked this idea because we thought that it had good potential to become simple to use and valuable for a lot of people.

 This is a preview of our prototype:

This low-fi prototype is what we used as the source for our feedback. Low-fi is done initially since its simple, cheap and quick to produce, enabling us to be able to change its design without much effort.

We used the program Balsamiq, which is described beautifully(Axel's and Koski's personal opinion) on its own website with the description "improve your designs by getting immediate and meaningful feedback. Sketch-style wireframes help focus the conversation on content and interaction, not minute details (those can come later)."

 Prototyping with Balsamiq is like prototyping with index cards, the difference is the small pieces of cardboard is in the computer instead of on the table. When you're using index cards, you can step through the cards, interacting with the cards and it's exactly the same thing using the low-fi prototyping with balsamiq. This is a commonly used technique for developing websites and applications.