Lokion Interactive

Lokion uses an awe­some tool called Axure to quickly pro­duce inter­ac­tive HTML pro­to­types with­out cod­ing. It lets us cre­ate fast and rel­a­tively inex­pen­sive iter­a­tions in order to:

• See, feel, touch the cus­tomer expe­ri­ence we’re design­ing before it gets coded
• Refine require­ments based on real, click­able inter­ac­tion with the pro­posed interface
• Con­duct iter­a­tive usabil­ity testing
• Pro­vide more intu­itive guid­ance for design­ers and devel­op­ers, whether yours or ours

Recently, the peo­ple at Axure rolled out ver­sion 6.5 to address the grow­ing need for mobile prototyping.

What’s new?

New tweaks and fea­tures in Axure 6.5 allow you to cre­ate:

• Mobile sites with native func­tion­al­ity. You can demo the site on an actual phone vs. a desk­top browser.
• Mobile app mock­ups with a con­vinc­ing app-like expe­ri­ence within the browser on a mobile device.

Axure 6.5 does this by adding func­tion­al­ity like:

• Swi­peable events (OnSwipeLeft and OnSwipeRight).
• Options to pin a panel to a par­tic­u­lar posi­tion in the browser; for instance, you can pin your footer panel to the bot­tom of the browser win­dow, regard­less of size.
• Pro­to­type gen­er­a­tion options that let you block the page from scrolling and hide the address bar in most mobile browsers. (Not every mobile browser pays atten­tion to your selec­tion for those options.)

Here’s a sam­ple mobile app that Lokion’s inter­ac­tion design folks built in a half-hour while learn­ing Axure 6.5. Try swip­ing left and right with your fin­ger (in mobile) or mouse (in desk­top). The panel remains cen­tered and the footer remains at the bot­tom of any size browser window.

Learn more about Axure

Lokion is happy to share the Axure love. We’ll teach your team to use Axure in pro­duc­ing and shar­ing inter­ac­tive pro­to­types of their own. Our one– and two-day Axure work­shops include:

• Overview for busi­ness own­ers, man­agers, and other stake­hold­ers who may pro­duce, review, or approve Axure pro­to­types. We’ll dis­cuss how inter­ac­tive pro­to­typ­ing can fit into and improve your project process, stream­line deliv­er­ables, and sup­port team collaboration.
• Hands-on train­ing for design team mem­bers tasked with pro­duc­ing Axure pro­to­types. We’ll cover the basics of cre­at­ing Axure files and dive into power-user tips for cre­at­ing a full library of dynamic, reusable inter­ac­tive pro­to­type components.
• Repeat­able train­ing files for both ses­sions. We’ll leave you with detailed pre­sen­ta­tion files from both ses­sions for future ref­er­ence and in-house training.
• Pat­tern library cus­tomiza­tion plan to help you cre­ate a full set of reusable com­po­nents in Axure, tai­lored for your organization.

Inter­ested? Con­tact us.