Sketching interfaces: toward more human interface design
Landay, J.A.; Myers, B.A.
Computer
Volume 34, Issue 3, Mar 2001 Page(s):56 - 64
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/2.910894
Summary:Researchers at University of California, Berkeley and Carnegie
Mellon University have designed, implemented, and evaluated SILK
(Sketching Interfaces Like Krazy), an informal sketching tool that
combines many of the benefits of paper-based sketching with the merits
of current electronic tools. With SILK, designers can quickly sketch an
interface using an electronic pad and stylus, and SILK recognizes
widgets and other interface elements as the designer draws them. Unlike
paper-based sketching, however, designers can exercise these elements in
their sketchy state. For example, a sketched scroll-bar is likely to
contain an elevator or thumbnail, the small rectangle a user drags with
a mouse. In a paper sketch, the elevator would just sit there, but in a
SILK sketch, designers can drag it up and down, which lets them test
component or widget behavior. SILK also supports the creation of
storyboards-the arrangement of sketches to show how design elements
behave, such as how a dialog box appears when the user activates a
button. Storyboards are important because they give designers a way to
show colleagues, customers, or end users early on how an interface will
behave
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