Axure is one of the prototyping tools that I use in my day-to-day information architecture engagements.
Axure has a production release of version 4.6 available. The cool new stuff is contained on these notes that were released with the beta version:
Part 1: Conditional Logic and Widget Values covers creating conditional logic based on values entered in form widgets, the new KeyUp event, and setting values on widgets.
Part 2: Variables and New Masters Features covers using variables to store and pass data from page to page, using OnPageLoad in masters, and using the new Raise Events action that enables masters to have different interactions on each instance.
Part 3: Menus & Styles introduces the new Menu widgets, rollover styles, line patterns, and text on connectors.
NOTE: the scary bit is that version 4.6 is not backwards-compatible with 4.4. This is something to watch out for if you are working in a team and have to share prototype files.
Simunication has also recently released version 3.0 of its Simunicator prototyping software. The new version is much more user friendly than the earlier versions, being more graphically oriented, and there are some neat new features. Anybody looking at prototyping products should check it out for comparison purposes which is especially easy to do with its free online user accounts.
Hi jw,
thanks for that. I’ll look Simunication up.
Best regards, Andrew