top 10 ways to select the right prototyping tool for web and mobile projects

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HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT PROTOTYPING TOOL www.savahapp.com Discover the top 10 ways to select the right prototyping tool for your web and mobil project

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HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT PROTOTYPING TOOL

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Discover the top 10 ways to selectthe right prototyping tool for your

web and mobil project

1-HOW EASY IS THETOOL TO LEARN?

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No design agency or an UI , UX designer wants to spendhours learning how to use a complicated platform.

The good news is that there are tools in the market andthey are pretty easy to get to gr ips with.The shorter learning cycle the better. In real i ty mostdesigners don’t have the spare t ime to learn long-windedtools.In our opinion, a good start is ‘how easy and intuit ive isthe tool/platform to learn’ .

2-DOES IT COME WITHSUPPORT?

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Support is good and if i t ’s quick, that ’s a plus point.Problems and diff icult ies happen and having someone tocontact to get support from is always a bonus.

The qual ity and variety of support is also important. Arethere help documents, guides, tutor ials and videos onoffer and avai lable?

3-HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TOCREATE A PROTOTYPE?

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The actual t ime it takes to create your real - l i fe prototypefrom uploading your image screens to prototype.

There is no reason why creating a prototype should notbe quick and simple with al l the choices that areavai lable in the market.

4-CAN YOU TEST ONMULTIPLE DEVICES?

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Does the tool al low users to create a prototype for onedevice and test i t out on al l devices (ranging fromsmartphone to tablet and desktop)?

This is a key requirement to determine the userexperience across al l devices. This al lows users toquickly capture how their app looks and feels l ike acrossmult iple devices before any coding has begun.

In this way, i t is quick and easy to change and improvedesigns before the app is bui l t .

5-HOW INTUITIVE THETOOL IS?

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How easy and wel l does the tool/platform al low users tosimulate end-users intended interaction?

This includes transit ions, scrol l ing, gestures, customtransit ions, navigation between screens and overal ldisplay and appearance.

6-HOW EASY IS IT TO SHARE YOURPROTOTYPES WITH YOUR CLIENTS?

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The degree of features that is avai lable on thetool/platform for sharing your prototypes to your teamand cl ients.

Are you l imited to the number of people you can shareyour prototypes with?

The rule of thumb in our opinion is to receive and take onboard as much feedback as possible to each of yourprototypes to ref ine and improve.

7-HOW EASY IS IT TO COLLABORATEON THE PROTOTYPE?

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Does the platform al low teams & col laborators to easi lycommunicate on the design screens?

Having the freedom to invite , as many col laborators toeach of your prototypes is a plus point. Does i t supportreal -t ime design col laboration?

The abi l i ty to have your team and cl ients discuss, i terateand col laborate in real -t ime on a prototype upon thedesign screen is definitely a key feature to look out for.

8-INTEGRATION WITH OTHER KEYTOOLS?

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Teams and businesses nowadays use so many othertools (e.g. Dropbox, Jira , Slack, Trel lo) in their everydayactivity.

Having a bui l t - in integration with these third part ies wi l lhelp teams and businesses to automate a great deal oftheir work f low processes.

This wi l l help in saving t ime and ensuring that everyoneis looking at the f inal versions.

9-INTEGRATION WITH OTHER KEYTOOLS?

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Teams and businesses nowadays use so many othertools (e.g. Dropbox, Jira , Slack, Trel lo) in their everydayactivity.

Having a bui l t in integration with these third part ies wi l lhelp teams and businesses to automate a great deal oftheir work f low processes.

This wi l l help in saving t ime and ensuring that everyoneis looking at the f inal versions.

9-CAN YOU KEEP TRACK OF ALLYOUR DESIGN VERSIONS?

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Each feedback wi l l provide a new design version andmaintaining these versions can be very diff icult tomanage especial ly when you are working with largeprojects.

Does the tool provide a design repository to maintain al lversions?

A key question whether i t has a bui l t in version historypanel that is quick and easy to view your evolving designfi les?

10-PRICING

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This is last but by no means least, how much does thetool cost to use?

Some providers charge licence fees, yearly subscriptions,rolling month contracts and many more. All pricing plansare different and are all based on the number of users aswell as the number of add-on features that they areoffering.

In our opinion, we feel the best pricing plans are yourrolling month contract. So, you can cancel at any timeand you are not signed up for a long contract.

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