Making it real

Dynamic states can be difficult to communicate.

• Sketch/Invision is a limited tool for this
• Sketch isn’t built for interactions
• Sometimes have to point to examples on other sites
• Hard to visualize

Prototyping is important but time consuming — and the tools aren’t great.

• Invision is a necessary evil
• Forces designs down “happy paths” — which aren’t always realistic real-world scenarios
• Building dynamism from static pages is time consuming, for debatable benefit

“We prototyped very small happy paths that didn’t account for everything.”

There isn’t a simple consistent technique to address design needs once the design is in code.

• Designers can’t always modify code themselves
• Resort to techniques like annotating screenshots in Photoshop