Comments on: More details on the new Jumpchart

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:22:30 +0000

Nice of you to say so Edmund!

By: Edmund Peiffer

Edmund Peiffer — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:50:21 +0000

I hardly comment, but I comment when I have something to say. It’s usually triggered by the fire within the article I read. I can see now it’s flaming enough for me to comment:) .anyway thanks. I read a lot of admirable posts around here.

By: Paste Interactive » Jumpchart’s Big Update

Paste Interactive » Jumpchart’s Big Update — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:58:44 +0000

[...] you’ve read through our Jumpchart preview posts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) you’ll already know many of the changes that have come to the new Jumpchart, but not [...]

By: Paste Interactive

Paste Interactive — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:35:23 +0000

Jonathan,

Glad that helped to clear things up. For sure, Jumpchart is built to do one thing really really well. And that is content, not design. I guess there is a distinction in many people minds about what wireframing is, that is why we try to describe Jumpchart as a Content Wireframing App when we talk about it.

Thanks for the mention on your site!

By: Jonathan Lister

Jonathan Lister — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:57:09 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

Funnily enough, it hadn’t clicked that JumpChart could let copywriters get on with the job of copy-writing whilst the developers and designers are also doing their job. That completely changes the way I perceive the value of the tool, and now I can see that it’s useful!

I’ve added it to the “Website creators” section of my list of online services: http://jnthnlstr.tiddlyspot.com/index.html#Hosted%20services

I’d suggest taking “wireframing” out of the product description, as that’s misleading (to me, at least, wireframeing is a layout and interface-focuessed visual design process).

By: Paste Interactive

Paste Interactive — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:30:51 +0000

Hi Jonathan, while we totally see where you’re coming from, Jumpchart will probably never have the ability to do design prototypes. We’ve thought a lot about it and we have come to this decision because we value the design process too darn much. Jumpchart is meant to be a place to plan the big picture of the site, collect assets (photos, pdfs, etc.) and to let the copywriters get going on the individual page’s written content. The design process is something altogether different in our minds and something that must be conducted with a blank slate (or a blank monitor in this case). While adding design to Jumpchart would be a next (monstrously large) step, it is one that we will probably never take, because it lies beyond what we think Jumpchart does best, which is planning and organizing content.

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

By: Jonathan Lister

Jonathan Lister — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:42:10 +0000

I’d also vote for adding control of layouts. I just don’t get the point of using a tool to mockup the page structure of the site – that’s not such a big deal for me, compared to the trouble of getting people to work on and agree a design for a page.

By: Paste Interactive

Paste Interactive — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:25:59 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Jimmy. Some pretty cool ideas in there. To be honest, we’ll probably never take Jumpchart too far down the path of full blown interface mockups. that type of thing shouldn’t be plug-and-play in our opinion. It goes against the creative process of design… Still we have some really amazing new things to show you in JC2 that are going to rock your sock in that department… Thanks again for the feedback, – and thanks for using Jumpchart!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:51:15 +0000

Hi, I haven’t used Jumpchart yet but I’m delighted by what I see.

The first idea that I got to make Jumpchart the definitive website planner is to include layout planning.

A very simple page that would allow me the designer to layout where everything goes. Headers, sidebar(s), footer, and so on. Everything marked with beautiful colorful icons.

My clients could just move an icon here and there with their suggestions in real time. Yes, real time collaborative web planning with my clients who don’t know the first thing about web design.

The designers interface can include many options with a more cluttered interface.

The clients interface kept minimal and clean, allowing them more of just the option to move stuff around and add notes.

It keeps the designer in control of all the technical stuff with the clients only having to worry about “simple” things.

Also important. Allow checkpoints that a designer can ask the client to sign off on. That way you can only move forward with the planning.

At the end, allow for easy export as Jumpchart does but with the new custom layout scheme and voila, I’ve got a functioning website ready for it’s new skin and my clients are happy because it’s easy, easy, easy, and dare I say it, fun.