The most basic skill of a product manager is to be proficient in using prototype tools, but many new product managers are confused, how to choose a prototype tool?
Ink knife + axure is enough.
The ink knife is mainly a mobile prototype, axure is versatile but the material library is more troublesome.
For me, what kind of prototype does this look like, and who will I show it to?
The ink knife is more convenient and faster, and it can be a simple DEOM to communicate with the leader;
If it is for technology to use axure to draw prototype diagrams for detailed functions, the interaction is more and more free, and it is also more convenient to add remark tags to facilitate R&D personnel to understand.
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Prototype drawing tools include axure, ink knife, Mockplus, xiaopiu, Sketch, etc. Among them, the most commonly used prototype drawing tools include axure and ink knife. As a veteran prototyping tool, axure has the most complete functions and the most diverse interactions. Basically any desired effect can be achieved, especially in the production of PC-side prototypes.
The shortcomings of axure are also quite obvious. Axure's dynamic panel, repeater and other functions are powerful, but it is not easy to understand. AXURE materials are also a painful problem. Most PMs will find the corresponding third-party material libraries in the AXURE prototype library and material library to load them. It takes time
Mo Dao has a very good experience in APP prototyping. How can I say it? It's like an invisible person is helping you to build your prototype APP with you. (Of course, the design of the WeChat applet will also apply in the future), the dragging and size adjustment of its controls will naturally match the corresponding master size. No need to worry about moving more or choosing more. And the system controls of the ink knife are based on APP, and the system platform IOS and Android, so you can first select the corresponding device layout, which reduces a lot of work.
The disadvantage of the ink knife is that the corresponding is not free. First of all, this is also related to the product positioning of the ink knife. It is clearly positioned as a mobile prototype design tool. Therefore, the interactive effect, the combination of controls, and the choice of operation panel are not as good as AXURE. Flexible, and because the effect switching is connected, it sometimes makes the user's mind confused. And the current prototype interactive effect system comes with relatively few, but it basically meets the daily use of all prototypes. In addition, you need to recharge to use the more powerful sharing creation function
In general, Modao and Axure are like Meitu Xiuxiu and photoshop. The former simplifies the basic operations, much like encapsulating a function, you can call it directly. Most of the friends who took photos out of the house are definitely Mito Xiuxiu, and the selection effect is good and immediately share it afterwards. But if you really design a lot of layer combinations and adjust the page elements in a controllable way, you still use Photoshop, which involves different needs. What do you want to achieve with this software? Do you want to study the logical structure more or show the prototype effect?
For me, what kind of prototype does this look like, and who will I show it to? The ink knife is more convenient and faster, and you can make a simple DEOM to communicate with the leader; if it is for the technology, the detailed function will be used to draw the prototype diagram with axure, the interaction is more and more free, and the remark tag can be added more conveniently, which is convenient for the R&D personnel to understand