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Expression Blend 3 & SketchFlow Evolving design process Jason Rousell Nick Harewood
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Slides from the UK Silverlight 3 launch event at Microsoft. Demonstrating our experiences with Expression Blend 3 and Sketchflow, and how it has changed our workflow for the better
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Expression Blend 3& SketchFlow
Evolving design process
Jason RousellNick Harewood
1m+ usersSilverlight, MOSS, ExchangeManaged Service Provider
AttolloSilverlight teaching and learning tool for 150,000 users
OpenSchoolSilverlight application for 500,000 parents
Sketches
History - The way we were
Wireframes
Designs
History : Static layout and content
Need to engage customer
Difficult to communicate concepts
Answer?HTML prototype
Evolutionary dead-end
Not true to the experience
Soon Stagnates
History : Visio Architecture
Cannot communicate detail
More static than HTML
Makes great wallpaper
Not very Green
Today : Some things never change...
Sketches
Wireframes
SketchFlow
XAML Elements transferrable
Helps identify key / consistent controls
Demonstrates real behaviour
Fits well with Agile development
Today – Benefits of SketchFlow
2010Attollo moves to Silverlight 3
The Future
i2QContinue to use SketchFlow throughout project lifecycle
2019Pre-crime interface developed in Blend 12?
