Список программ для создания прототипа пользовательского интерфейса.

Tool Name
Description
Platform
Price
Vendor
Related Link
Axure RP Pro
Tool specifically designed to create web site prototypes. Axure outputs clickable HTML and a spec in Word format. Complex interactions are supported.
Windows
$589
Axure
http://www.axure.com/p101_5.aspx
Balsamiq Mockups
Create a mockup of your software super-fast. The look of Balsamiq’s output is sketchy, which can help to disarm those who think that suddenly your software is “done”.
Web
$79
Balsamig
http://www.balsamiq.com/
CogTool
Create simple UI mockups and evaluate their effectiveness. CogTool predicts how long an experienced user will take to complete a given task.
Both
Free
Bonnie E. John
http://cogtool.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/
Coutline
A web-based to design and preview clickable prototypes. Also includes features for project management and team review.
Web
???
Coutline
http://www.coutline.com
Dreamweaver
Use the visual side of Dreamweaver to drag-and-drop your design into place, point-n-click to add interactivity and dive into code for more complex prototyping.
Both
$399
Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
EasyPrototype
Very similar to the popular Axure, this lightweight tool allows you to design screens and export a clickable HTML prototype along with documentation.
Both
$69
ExtremePlanner Software
http://www.extremeplanner.com/easyprototype/
Excel
You are thinking: “Excel? Are you crazy?!”. The authors of this book think not.
Both
$229
Microsoft
http://www.effectiveprototyping.com/ep_excel.shtml
http://excelprototyping.weebly.com/
Expression Blend
Output prototypes for Silverlight and WPF apps with rich interactions quickly via a drag-and-drop interface.
Windows
$499
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Overview.aspx?key=blend#page-top
Expression Blend + SketchFlow
Create task flow maps and interfaces concepts that literally look like sketches. Prototypes can evolve into the final product within the Expression suite.
Windows
$599
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Sketchflow_Overview.aspx
Expression Design
Use powerful drawing tools to create HTML, WPF or Silverlight prototypes with limited interactivity.
Windows
$699
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Overview.aspx?key=design
Fireworks
Create complex clickable prototypes using many of the same drawing tools found elsewhere in the Adobe suite. Exports to PDF or HTML.
Both
$299
Adobe
http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1498v1659
FlairBuilder
Create interactive wireframes via an AIR desktop app. Send the resulting file to clients to review in the free viewer.
Both
$99
Cristian Pascu
http://www.flairbuilder.com/
Flash
Quickly generate self-running animations or simple clickable prototypes. Add a little bit of ActionScript knowledge and you can build complex interactions.
Both
$699
Adobe
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/quick-and-easy-flash
Flash Catalyst
A still-in-development tool to help designers build interfaces for Flash apps.
Both
n/a
Adobe
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/
Flex
While more tuned for app developers, the WYSIWYG interface and support for importing skins from Ilustrator give you the ability to go quickly from design to prototype. Can export Flash or AIR aps.
Both
$249
Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
ForeUI
Design mockups, define behaviors and simulate the app in a browser.
Both
$79
EaSynth Solution
http://www.foreui.com/
FormBuilder for Drupal
Web-based interface to drag and drop form elements onto a page. Design a working form, including input requirements, in minutes.
Web
Free
Lullabot
http://www.lullabot.com/blog/drupals-form-building-future
GUI Design Studio
Design interfaces, add annotations and build a storyboard to define a working prototype. There’s a nice sketch visual style that can be applied.
Windows
$499
Caretta Software
http://www.carettasoftware.com/guidesignstudio/
iPlotz
Create clickable wireframes online and collaborate with others. Also includes basic project management features like task assignment. Desktop version (AIR) available.
Web
$99 [1]
iPlotz
http://iplotz.com
iRise
A very complex tool used to model business process and prototype application interfaces.
Windows
$6,995
iRise
http://www.irise.com/
Justinmind Prototyper
Create wireframes and simulate them against functional specs defined as use case diagrams.
Both (Mac = beta)
$690
Justinmind
http://justinmind.com/
JustProto
A web-based tool focused on collaboration with remote teams
Web
$99 [1]
DeSmart
http://www.justproto.com/en/
Keynote
Like Powerpoint, Keynote allows objects to be clickable, opening external links, playing Quicktime movies or transitioning to a new slide.
Mac
$79
Apple
http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/
LiveView
View your desktop screen on a virtual iPhone, or via an app, on your actual iPhone.
Mac
Free
IDEO
http://labs.ideo.com/2009/01/20/liveview-an-iphone-app-for-on-screen-prototyping/
Lucid Spec
Design screens and simulate a working application by using standard widgets and easy to use drawing tools.
Windows
$499
Elegance Technologies
http://www.elegancetech.com/LS/LS.aspx
MockApp
An iPhone UI library and template for Keynote. There’s also a Powerpoint version, though it is not tested and may not export correctly.
Both (sorta)
Free
Dotan Saguy
http://mockapp.com/
MockupScreens
More of a wireframing tool since it only exports to a slideshow instead of something click-able.
Windows
$100
MockupScreens
http://mockupscreens.com/
OmniGraffle
Diagramming and mockup tool that can export clickable PDFs and HTML
Mac
$200
OmniGroup
http://urlgreyhot.com/personal/weblog/creating_prototypes_with_omnigraffle
OverSite
Create the structure of your app, design the interfaces and simulate the app as a click-through prototype. Can even import an existing site to use as a starting point.
Both
$65
OverSite
http://taubler.com/oversite/
Pencil
A Firefox add-on that’s really more of a wireframer than a prototyping tool.
Both
Free
Duong Thanh An
http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/
pidoco
Formerly RapidRabb.it. Collaborative, web-based prototyping. Has both a “regular” and a sketched mode.
Web
$600 [2]
pidoco
https://pidoco.com/en
Polypage
This is a jQuery plugin that allows you to show/hide elements of a page. Use it to simulate state change via a toolbar.
Both
Free
ClearLeft
http://24ways.org/2008/easier-page-states-for-wireframes
Powerpoint
A Powerpoint deck as a prototype?! Yep, it’s a little known fact that Powerpoint supports clickable hotspots to jump to slides. Combine this with built-in transitions to prototype animation.
Both
$229
Microsoft
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/interactive
Protonotes
Not a prototype creation tool, but a way to allow a disparate team to annotate your design via the web.
Web
Free
Webanza
http://www.protonotes.com/
Protoscript
A super-simplified scripting language enabling designers to add behaviors to existing HTML pages.
Web
Free
Bill Scott
http://protoscript.com/
Protoshare
A web-based tool aimed at teams who need to collaborate on clickable wireframes.
Web
$156 [1]
Site 9
http://www.protoshare.com/
Prototype Composer
Prototype web and desktop applications and hand off assets to dev teams using other Serena tools.
Windows
Free
Serena
http://www.serena.com/products/prototype-composer/index.html
Screen Architect
Works in conjunction with the UML modeling tool Enterprise Architect to create interface prototypes in RTF and HTML.
Windows
$120 [3]
CATCH
www.screenarchitect.com
Tinderbox
A complex notes tool that could be used to export click-through HTML
Mac
$229
Eastgate Systems
http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/
Visio Professional
Many would call Visio the “gold standard” of wireframing tools. Did you know that it can create clickable prototypes as well?
Windows
$560
Microsoft
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/FX100487861033.aspx
XHTML & CSS
Have the coding skills, then skip the software tools and build it yourself!
Both
Free
W3C? 😉
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/prototyping-with