A short introduction to the upcoming new release of Axure RP.

1. Introduction to Axure 8
Stephen Denning – UX Director

3. What we will cover…
Background
What is Axure?
What’s new in Axure v8?
 Changes to environment
 Changes to widget library/styles
 Group handling
 Custom shapes
 New actions/animations
 Snapshot widget
 Team projects in AxShare

4. A quick recap on
Prototyping

5. “An approximation of a product (or system) or its components,
in some form, for a definite purpose in its implementation”
(Chua, Leong & Lim)
“A visualisation of the requirements”
(Arnowitz)
“A representative model or simulation
of the final system”
(Warfel)

6. Why use prototypes?
 They help to generate ideas
 They can communicate aspects of the design that cannot be
adequately communicated by other artefacts
 They increase understanding, add clarity and reduce
misinterpretation
 They can enable quicker identification of mistakes and risks
 They can be updated quickly to reflect changes

8. When should we use it on projects?
Representing
requirements
Developing &
validating
concepts
Early testing Generating
ideas

9. So what about
Axure

10. Introduction
Four purposes of Axure:
1. Sketching interfaces
Drag & drop widget approach
Various fidelities
Annotated wireframes
Flowcharts
2. Demonstrating interactions
Interactive prototypes
Code-less interactions
HTML output to all browser platforms
3. Documenting design
Annotate pages/widgets
Produce specification document
4. Supporting collaboration
Shared projects
AxShare

11. Just in case you missed it…
Version 6
 Sketch effects
 Page guides
 Custom widget style engine
 Page styling
 Animation
 Drag & drop
 Math & string functions
 AxShare
Version 7
 Repeater widget
 Adaptive views
 New Widget events (OnDoubleClick,
OnContextMenu, OnLongClick)
 New display options (Show as lightbox
or flyout)
 Pushpull widgets belowright
 All widgets can be hidden, moved,
brought to front, etc.
 Page preview
 Text field types (email, phone number,
URL, etc.)

12. Axure 8
(beta)

13. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

14. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

16. Unified Mac/PC
toolbar“Sitemap”now
“Pages”
“Widget manager”
now “Outline”
New “Inspector”
Removal of toolbars

17. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

18. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
 Different styled shapes
 Markup widgets
 Widget styles

19. Styled Shapes and Markup Widgets

20. Widget styles
Add and edit widget styles
Edit multiple styles at once
Update a style based on current
selection

21. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

22. Group handling
Turns group of widgets into ‘layer’
Groups can trigger interactions
Perform actions on groups

23. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

24. Custom shapes
Pen tool

25. Custom shapes
Pen tool
Customise shapes

26. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

27. New actions/animations
Simultaneous animations
Rotate
Set Size
Flip
Fire Event
Fire
Event
OnClick
OnClick
OnClick

28. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

29. Snapshot widget
Widget that contains a
live snapshot of a page or
master
Useful for describing step-
by-step process for
interaction
Can be used to create
flow chart thumbnails

30. Version 8 Highlights
Changes to environment
Changes to widget library/styles
Group handling
Custom shapes
New actions/animations
Snapshot widget
Team projects in AxShare

31. Team Projects in AxShare
Expands Shared
Projects so they can be
hosted in AxShare
Choose who to share
the project with

32. Other prototyping resources
Prototyping
Todd Zaki Warfel
Paper Prototyping
Carolyn Snyder
Effective Prototyping
Jonathan Arnowitz
Learning Axure RP
Interactive Prototypes
Krahenbuhl
A few web resources:
• Axure (http://www.axure.com)
• “Prototypically speaking” prototyping blog (http://softwareprototyping.net/)
• Effective Prototyping site (http://www.effectiveprototyping.com/)

33. uservision Training
• Leading UX training provider
• Practical Axure training for all levels
• Tailored for your organisation

34. 55 North Castle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3QA
United Kingdom
Tel: 0131 225 0850@UserVision
www.uservision.co.uk
Thank You
Stephen Denning
UX Director
stephen@uservision.co.uk