[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-7-12-":3},{"paginated":4,"total":1724},[5,69,177,396,504,597,778,899,1034,1179,1324,1406],{"id":6,"title":7,"author":8,"body":9,"categories":53,"date":56,"description":57,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":60,"meta":61,"navigation":62,"path":63,"previewImage":64,"seo":66,"stem":67,"tags":59,"__hash__":68},"blog/blog/security-soc2-type2.md","Axure Software Successfully Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification","Axure",{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":49},"minimark",[12,29,32,35,38,41],[13,14,15,16,21,22,28],"p",{},"San Diego, CA--September 24, 2020--",[17,18,20],"a",{"href":19},"/","Axure Software",", creators of a leading UX platform that empowers companies to bridge the gaps between design, development, business, and customers, today announced that it successfully completed the SOC 2 Type II Certification for its ",[17,23,27],{"href":24,"rel":25},"http://axure.cloud",[26],"nofollow","Axure Cloud for Business"," product. This certification demonstrates Axure's commitment to providing the high level of security and compliance its enterprise customers need.",[13,30,31],{},"Axure's cornerstone product, Axure RP, is the most powerful and flexible way for UX designers, business analysts, and product managers to plan, prototype, and hand-off to developers. Combined with Axure Cloud, Axure's UX platform empowers teams to truly explore and innovate through sharing, feedback, and collaboration. This combination of UX tools and enterprise security standards can be difficult to identify.",[13,33,34],{},"SOC 2 Type II establishes a baseline for security and compliance that Axure's enterprise customer base can rely on. With several editions of the Axure Cloud product, including a public cloud solution, a privately hosted solution, and an on-premises solution, Axure can meet the security standards of companies across most industries. Today, Axure serves over 90% of the Fortune 500 in industries including healthcare, government, financial services, and education with their UX platform.",[13,36,37],{},"\"Security is a top priority for our enterprise customers,\" said Victor Hsu, President and Co-Founder of Axure. \"Axure is committed to meeting and exceeding their security standards so their UX and product teams can focus on delivering innovative user experiences.\"",[13,39,40],{},"Through the SOC 2 Type II certification, Axure outlines the operational requirements that support the achievement of the principal service commitments, relevant laws and regulations, and other system requirements. Information security policies define an organization-wide approach to how systems and data are protected. These include policies around how the service is designed and developed, how the system is operated, how the internal business systems and networks are managed, and how employees are hired, trained, and managed.",[13,42,43,44,48],{},"Learn more about our ",[17,45,47],{"href":46},"/enterprise","Enterprise offerings","!",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":52},"",2,[],[54,55],"Axure Cloud","What's New","2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","We're SOC 2 Type II certified and continuing our commitment to the high level of security and compliance our enterprise customers need. Check out the full press release to learn more. ","md",null,{"src":59},{},true,"/blog/security-soc2-type2",{"src":65},"/images/2021/04/SOC-2-Type-II-Certified.png",{"title":7,"description":57},"blog/security-soc2-type2","RkASZD1DavZ5uXFHQw43gnhMp854o71AI9jKhxjKMck",{"id":70,"title":71,"author":8,"body":72,"categories":166,"date":167,"description":168,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":169,"meta":170,"navigation":62,"path":171,"previewImage":172,"seo":174,"stem":175,"tags":59,"__hash__":176},"blog/blog/workspace-activity-feed.md","Keep Your Team on the Same Page with Axure Cloud's New Workspace Activity Feed",{"type":10,"value":73,"toc":164},[74,77,84,91,94,100,103,152],[13,75,76],{},"For UX professionals, product managers, and designers, it's important to know what your team is working on, especially when you're working on different pieces of the same project. When you have multiple team members working on multiple projects, how do you stay up-to-date?",[13,78,79,80,83],{},"The new Workspace Activity Feed for ",[17,81,54],{"href":24,"rel":82},[26]," allows you and your team to easily browse all of the latest activity within each workspace. Now you can quickly see when a new project was published, a client commented on a colleague's prototype, or if a design was updated.",[13,85,86],{},[87,88],"img",{"alt":89,"src":90},"Workspace Activity Feed","/images/2020/09/CAFB1.1.png",[13,92,93],{},"The activity feed is also a convenient way to quickly navigate to active content in Axure Cloud. For example, you can click on a project name within the feed to take you to a project's history or click on a comment to see the comment within the prototype. By viewing the feed, each team member can see what's happening and quickly check it out!",[13,95,96],{},[87,97],{"alt":98,"src":99},"Workspace Activity Feed Zoom","/images/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-04-at-3.28.22-PM.png",[13,101,102],{},"After navigating to a workspace on Axure Cloud, you'll find the Workspace Activity Feed to the right of the project list view. The activity is sorted with the latest activity on top, and you can scroll down to see older activity. These are the types of activity currently included in the feed:",[104,105,106,110,113,116,119,122,125,128,131,134,137,140,143,146,149],"ul",{},[107,108,109],"li",{},"Workspace created",[107,111,112],{},"Workspace archived",[107,114,115],{},"Workspace unarchived",[107,117,118],{},"User joined workspace",[107,120,121],{},"User left workspace",[107,123,124],{},"Project created",[107,126,127],{},"Project updated",[107,129,130],{},"Project renamed",[107,132,133],{},"Project moved",[107,135,136],{},"Project duplicated",[107,138,139],{},"Project deleted",[107,141,142],{},"Comment added",[107,144,145],{},"Reply to comment added",[107,147,148],{},"Comment resolved",[107,150,151],{},"Comment unresolved",[13,153,154,155,159,160,163],{},"We plan to add more types of activity to the Feed in future updates and continue improving the way teams stay up-to-date to deliver better user experiences. So what do you think? How will you use the new Axure Cloud Feed? Let us know at ",[17,156,158],{"href":157},"mailto:contactus@axure.com","contactus@axure.com"," or through the Feedback link in the Axure Cloud App. Sign in to ",[17,161,54],{"href":24,"rel":162},[26]," to see the Workspace Activity Feed in action!",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":165},[],[54,55],"2020-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","The new Workspace Activity Feed for Axure Cloud allows you and your team to easily browse all of the latest activity within each workspace. Now you can quickly see when a new project was published, a client commented on a colleague's prototype, or if a design was updated. ",{"src":59},{},"/blog/workspace-activity-feed",{"src":173},"/images/2021/04/Cloud-Workspace-Feedv1.png",{"title":71,"description":168},"blog/workspace-activity-feed","0Ne4eV8gV4LCXcZkKKo6sWv-1hSOhaqDhoQ-Q9Gm0Ck",{"id":178,"title":179,"author":180,"body":181,"categories":383,"date":386,"description":387,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":388,"meta":389,"navigation":62,"path":390,"previewImage":391,"seo":393,"stem":394,"tags":59,"__hash__":395},"blog/blog/prototyping-data-intensive-features.md","Finding the Balance When Prototyping Data-Intensive Features","lisa-dance",{"type":10,"value":182,"toc":373},[183,195,204,213,216,225,230,233,237,240,243,251,259,262,268,277,281,284,287,290,294,297,305,309,312,320,327,339,343,346,352,356,359,362,365],[13,184,185,189,190,194],{},[186,187,188],"strong",{},"Note from the editor:"," We are excited to share another article in our ",[17,191,193],{"href":192},"/blog?filter=User+Stories","User Stories",", a blog series highlighting industry stories from real Axure users. The UX industry is diverse and quickly evolving with software, web, and mobile applications dominating the modern landscape. Read these stories of UX projects in action to learn more about how the community overcomes industry and workplace challenges and what the future of UX may hold.",[13,196,197,198,203],{},"When prototyping a data-intensive feature like an interactive online calculator, there is a need to balance creating a prototype that simulates the real-world experience with not prototyping everything. According to the Genworth ",[17,199,202],{"href":200,"rel":201},"https://pro.genworth.com/riiproweb/productinfo/pdf/282301.pdf",[26],"Beyond Dollars Study 2018",", most people are not planning for long term care. One way we help people to take their first step in planning for long term care is through our award-winning interactive calculator.",[13,205,206,207,212],{},"I've developed several prototypes for ",[17,208,211],{"href":209,"rel":210},"https://www.genworth.com/aging-and-you/finances/cost-of-care.html",[26],"Genworth's Cost of Care Calculator"," (Image #1) which provides users with the cost of long term care services in their area. The sheer number of interactions you can produce with a calculator like this along with the extensive capabilities of prototyping software like Axure at your disposal, make the potential for prototyping more elements and interactions than you need for testing real. Too much time creating your prototype provides little time to resolves issues revealed in testing.",[13,214,215],{},"After three years of working on this interactive calculator, I've learned to find a workable balance. Here are some tips for focusing your prototyping and testing approach with data-intensive features.",[13,217,218],{},[219,220,221,224],"em",{},[87,222],{"alt":50,"src":223},"/images/2020/07/1-Genworths-Cost-of-Care-Image.png","1- Genworth's Cost of Care Calculator",[226,227,229],"h3",{"id":228},"_1-test-with-lower-levels-of-fidelity-when-possible","1. Test with lower levels of fidelity when possible.",[13,231,232],{},"Take advantage of paper prototyping, wireframes, and low fidelity mockups to test broader issues like information architecture, page layout, and page-to-page interactions early on. They don't have to require a lot of time. This allows you to get the content and layout decisions out of the way so you can focus your efforts on testing interactions with a high fidelity prototype.",[226,234,236],{"id":235},"_2-take-time-to-plan-exactly-how-you-are-going-to-approach-the-prototype","2. Take time to plan exactly how you are going to approach the prototype.",[13,238,239],{},"Software capable of producing highly realistic data-intensive prototyping can take time to learn. One of the biggest challenges I've found is there are several ways to produce the same behavior/interaction (Ex. Show/Hide vs a Dynamic Panel). So, it's important to decide before you start which method works best for a particular type of interaction and use it consistently throughout the prototype.",[13,241,242],{},"I typically use Show/Hide for simpler interactions where I want a page element to appear or disappear based on an action. For example, on the Cost of Care page, when a user clicks the information icon next to \"long term care\", a description for long term care is shown (Image #2). When the visitor clicks the information icon a second time, the description disappears (Image #3).",[13,244,245],{},[219,246,247,250],{},[87,248],{"alt":50,"src":249},"/images/2020/07/2-Show-Hide-Description-Not-Visible-Hide-Image.png","2-Show/Hide - Description Not Visible (Hide)",[13,252,253,256],{},[87,254],{"alt":50,"src":255},"/images/2020/07/image6.png",[219,257,258],{},"3-Show/Hide - Description Visible (Show)",[13,260,261],{},"I use dynamic panels frequently for more complex interactions. A core function of an interactive calculator is to display numerical data based on user input. Dynamic panels help simulate data changes smoothly. Dynamic panels are containers that allow you to set the look and interaction of several elements located in the same area of a page. Each version of the container is called a \"state.\" Because only one \"state\" of a dynamic panel can be seen at each time, dynamic panels can be used to change the data that appears on the page. With the Cost of Care tool, I rely on dynamic panels to simulate the change in costs based on the location, time period, year, and interest rate that a user selects. In this example, the costs of Care Services in the New Orleans Area, LA are displayed using a dynamic panel (Image #4). By using a new location (Fresno, CA), time period (Monthly), year (2029), and interest rate (3%) the data and appearance of the dynamic panel changes (image #5).",[13,263,264,267],{},[87,265],{"alt":50,"src":266},"/images/2020/07/4-Dynamic-Panel-%E2%80%93Cost-of-Care-Services-New-Orleans-Area-LA.-Bottom-data-table-is-a-dynamic-panel-Image.png","4-Dynamic Panel –Cost of Care Services (New Orleans Area, LA). Bottom data table is a dynamic panel._",[13,269,270,271,270,274],{},"_",[87,272],{"alt":50,"src":273},"/images/2020/07/map2.png",[219,275,276],{},"5-Dynamic Panel–Cost of Care Services (Fresno, CA). Choosing a different location, time period, year, and interest rate changes the data and appearance of the bottom data table (dynamic panel)",[226,278,280],{"id":279},"_3-test-with-real-data","3. Test with real data.",[13,282,283],{},"Using dummy data can work well with early iterations, but as you move to a high fidelity prototype, real data helps simulate a more realistic experience. Also, by using real data, you get an additional checkup on the visual design. You may find that you need to adjust the design to accommodate actual data output.",[13,285,286],{},"By using a subset of real data when prototyping the Cost of Care Calculator, we get to understand users' reactions to the data, what actions they take after seeing data, and what questions they have about the data.",[13,288,289],{},"Funny enough, it actually takes time to create realistic dummy data. Save yourself the time and include a subset of real data instead.",[226,291,293],{"id":292},"_4-test-for-functionality-and-understanding","4. Test for functionality and understanding.",[13,295,296],{},"At a basic level, it's always important to test the functionality of a tool. Does it work the way it was designed to work? You may also need to test if users understand the data. Unlike an online version of a handheld calculator where people generally don't need an explanation of the output, with the Cost of Care Calculator, most people are not familiar with the different types of long term care services nor with the costs associated with them. Therefore, including definitions of the different types of care services as tooltips is an important part of the prototype (Image #6).",[13,298,299],{},[219,300,301,304],{},[87,302],{"alt":50,"src":303},"/images/2020/07/2-Data-Driven-Prototyping-new.png","6-Tool Tip Provides Definition of Care Services",[226,306,308],{"id":307},"_5-find-a-prototyping-tool-with-the-right-capabilities","5. Find a prototyping tool with the right capabilities.",[13,310,311],{},"An important part of designing an interactive calculator is micro-interactions because they enhance the overall experience with a tool. Microinteractions provide the user with feedback that something on the user interface has changed based on the user's action (ex. clicked a button). The feedback can be an image, animation, sound, message, etc. With the variety of buttons, sliders, input fields, and dropdown lists, and more, available on an interactive calculator, micro-interactions help engage and reassure users that the calculator is responding to their input.",[13,313,314,315,319],{},"With the Cost of Care Calculator, an important micro-interaction I needed to evaluate was the feedback message from the new Autocomplete feature. As a user begins to enter a \"City, State or Zip Code\" into the input field, location suggestions appear as a dropdown list. When a user selects certain locations from the list, the following message appears below the input field \"The closest region for Cost of Care data is: ",[316,317,318],"span",{},"Name of a Nearby (MSA) Metropolitan Statistical Area",". (Image #7) In prototyping and testing this micro-interaction, I could observe whether users saw the feedback message and did it cause any confusion or questions. While there is definitely a learning curve to create complex interactions, a high fidelity prototyping tool that can create realistic micro-interactions will help you gain a level of insight on how users engage with your data-intensive tool.",[13,321,322],{},[219,323,324],{},[87,325],{"alt":50,"src":326},"/images/2020/07/3-Data-Driven-Prototyping-new.png",[13,328,329],{},[219,330,331,334,335,338],{},[87,332],{"alt":50,"src":333},"/images/2020/07/4-Data-Driven-Prototyping-new.png"," ",[87,336],{"alt":50,"src":337},"/images/2020/07/5-Data-Driven-Prototyping-new.png","7- Autocomplete Feature & Feedback Message",[226,340,342],{"id":341},"_6-name-all-interactions","6. Name All Interactions",[13,344,345],{},"With an online calculator, data changes based on users entering information or interacting with page elements like buttons, text links, sliders, carousels, input fields, dropdown lists, etc. When building these interactions, it is important to name the interaction itself as well as every element that either moves or triggers a movement. As you can see from this example below, it's time-consuming and frustrating to look for a specific page element when it doesn't have its own unique name. (Image #8)",[13,347,348,351],{},[87,349],{"alt":50,"src":350},"/images/2020/07/6_data_driven_prototyping.png","8- Unlabeled Page Elements_",[226,353,355],{"id":354},"_7-avoid-prototype-overload","7. Avoid prototype overload.",[13,357,358],{},"Just because you can include a page, task, or interaction in your prototype doesn't mean you should. Use your user research and metrics, if available, to identify the key tasks most users need to accomplish. This helps you focus your prototype efforts. While there are edge cases to consider, focus on prototyping the key tasks first.",[13,360,361],{},"Remember the purpose of rapid prototyping is to quickly simulate a realistic experience for testing and iterating. You need time to gather and incorporate feedback from users.",[13,363,364],{},"Prototyping data-intensive experiences can be fun as well as challenging. These tips have helped me create effective, high fidelity prototypes that provide a rich understanding of how users interact with the Cost of Care Calculator. I hope they will help you on your prototyping journey.",[13,366,367,368,372],{},"Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author only and in no way represent the views, positions or opinions – expressed or implied – of Genworth Financial, Inc. So get prototyping! Embrace data-intensive prototyping and ",[17,369,371],{"href":370},"/download","download your trial"," of Axure RP to get started!",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":374},[375,377,378,379,380,381,382],{"id":228,"depth":376,"text":229},3,{"id":235,"depth":376,"text":236},{"id":279,"depth":376,"text":280},{"id":292,"depth":376,"text":293},{"id":307,"depth":376,"text":308},{"id":341,"depth":376,"text":342},{"id":354,"depth":376,"text":355},[384,193,385],"prototype","user story","2020-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","Prototyping data-intensive experiences can be fun as well as challenging. These tips have helped an Axure user create effective, high fidelity prototypes that provide a rich understanding of how users interact with the Cost of Care Calculator.",{"src":59},{},"/blog/prototyping-data-intensive-features",{"src":392},"/images/2021/04/Finding-Balance.png",{"title":179,"description":387},"blog/prototyping-data-intensive-features","G_m835D0zzgwNxY-9Q_QoCefMFKQ1G9pMwXIH2P2nk8",{"id":397,"title":398,"author":8,"body":399,"categories":492,"date":494,"description":495,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":496,"meta":497,"navigation":62,"path":498,"previewImage":499,"seo":501,"stem":502,"tags":59,"__hash__":503},"blog/blog/embed-axure-prototypes-in-confluence.md","Embed Axure Prototypes in Confluence",{"type":10,"value":400,"toc":490},[401],[402,403,407,410,418,423,426,462,472,481],"prose-button",{"link":404,"open-in-new-tab":405,"text":406},"https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223048/axure-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview","true","Get Axure for Confluence",[13,408,409],{},"Confluence pages can be a great place to record and distribute high-level project information like requirements, key collaborators, relevant customer research, and more. As a project progresses, prototypes that illustrate that progress are also a great addition to this central source of truth.",[13,411,412,413,417],{},"With the new ",[17,414,416],{"href":404,"rel":415},[26],"Axure for Confluence",", you can embed Axure Cloud–hosted prototypes directly into your Confluence pages. Embedded prototypes are fully functional and always up-to-date with changes you publish to Axure Cloud.",[13,419,420],{},[87,421],{"alt":50,"src":422},"/images/2020/07/Prototype-in-Confluence.png",[13,424,425],{},"Here's how to get started:",[427,428,429,437,459],"ol",{},[107,430,431,432,436],{},"Install the ",[17,433,435],{"href":404,"rel":434},[26],"Axure for Confluence app"," through the Atlassian Marketplace or your Confluence admin settings.",[107,438,439,440,445,446,451,452,454,455,458],{},"Start editing a Confluence page, and paste ",[17,441,444],{"href":442,"rel":443},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-cloud/basics/axure-rp-projects/#sharing-axure-rp-projects",[26],"the shareable link for an Axure RP prototype"," or ",[17,447,450],{"href":448,"rel":449},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-cloud/reference/sharing-artboard-projects/#enabling-the-public-link",[26],"artboard project"," directly onto the page. (Alternatively, you can use the ",[186,453,416],{}," option in the ",[186,456,457],{},"Insert"," menu.)",[107,460,461],{},"In the modal that appears, set your desired height for the embedded prototype.",[13,463,464,467,468,471],{},[186,465,466],{},"Tip:"," To embed a specific page from the prototype, open that page in your web browser and copy the URL from the navigation bar. The same goes for the prototype panes: If the ",[186,469,470],{},"Comments"," pane is open when you copy the link, it will be open when you embed the prototype in Confluence!",[13,473,474,475,480],{},"Once the prototype is embedded, anyone with access to the Confluence page can interact with it and ",[17,476,479],{"href":477,"rel":478},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-cloud/basics/discussions/",[26],"leave feedback right on the prototype",". Use the icons at the top-right of the embedded prototype to expand it or pop it out into another browser tab.",[13,482,483,484,489],{},"Does your team use Jira as well? Make sure to snag ",[17,485,488],{"href":486,"rel":487},"https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221645/axure-for-jira",[26],"the Axure app for Jira"," to embed prototypes in Jira tickets!",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":491},[],[54,493,55],"Plugins","2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","With the new Axure app for Confluence, you can embed Axure Cloud–hosted prototypes directly into your Confluence pages. Embedded prototypes are fully functional and always up-to-date with changes you publish to Axure Cloud.",{"src":59},{},"/blog/embed-axure-prototypes-in-confluence",{"src":500},"/images/2021/04/Confluence-Plugin-Graphic.png",{"title":398,"description":495},"blog/embed-axure-prototypes-in-confluence","NZf3Ns8A0LBsUwliLLwClUAK4r0PHvF-UCI9cVSglDg",{"id":505,"title":506,"author":8,"body":507,"categories":586,"date":587,"description":588,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":589,"meta":590,"navigation":62,"path":591,"previewImage":592,"seo":594,"stem":595,"tags":59,"__hash__":596},"blog/blog/surevx.md","Launching a Software Startup With No Code, Just Prototyping: Benjamin Stanley and SureVX",{"type":10,"value":508,"toc":584},[509,512,515,526,529,532,557,560,569,572,575,578,581],[13,510,511],{},"High interactive fidelity prototypes like those you can create with Axure RP have a variety of uses, from user testing new product features to creating interactive design specs for developers. But what about building a minimum viable product to get a startup off the ground? That's exactly what SureVX founder Benjamin Stanley did: He used the Axure platform to make his idea a reality without having to invest crucial early-stage capital into software development.",[13,513,514],{},"SureVX is a fintech startup doing collateral management on blockchain. At the pre-seed stage, the company needed to generate traction with potential clients to secure investment and bring its product to market without the cost of full software development. Their goals were straightforward:",[104,516,517,520,523],{},[107,518,519],{},"Validate the mission of SureVX",[107,521,522],{},"Generate buzz and sales prospects",[107,524,525],{},"Do it all without spending too much time or money on software development too early on",[13,527,528],{},"The challenge was that they couldn't accomplish these goals without building something. According to founder Benjamin Stanley, \"talk is cheap in blockchain world, so we needed to get something real in front of customers without risking our precious capital on building a full product.\"",[13,530,531],{},"They found their solution in high interactive fidelity prototyping with Axure RP. SureVX chose Axure as their prototyping platform for three main reasons:",[427,533,534,540,546],{},[107,535,536,539],{},[186,537,538],{},"Axure RP lets you build complex interactions without writing code."," \"SureVX is a complex B2B fintech solution, so creating simple stylized forms would not have achieved the credibility and traction with our clients that we needed.\" Ben knew they would have to prototype realistic workflows in order to accomplish their goals, and Axure RP enabled them to do that with a graphical interface that the team found \"very accessible\" even for beginners. (No code required!)",[107,541,542,545],{},[186,543,544],{},"The Axure platform supports fluid collaboration between UX, design, and development teams."," Ben worked with just one other collaborator, a remotely based visual designer, to build the SureVX MVP. Ben built out an interactive wireframe to the project's requirements, and the designer gave it the visual polish needed to make it look professional and engaging. \"All of this was done directly on the Axure platform.\" Ben and the designer were able to work together on the prototype through multiple rounds of rapid iteration before finally handing it off to a software developer once UX validation was done.",[107,547,548,551,552,556],{},[186,549,550],{},"Axure Cloud makes it easy to share prototypes with potential clients."," Once the team was ready to show the SureVX MVP to potential clients, they published it to ",[17,553,54],{"href":554,"rel":555},"https://app.axure.cloud/",[26]," and distributed its share link publicly to cast a wide net. \"We took the prototype one step further and added a link to it from our website. This staging of the MVP meant we could market SureVX online and reach many more potential clients via Twitter and LinkedIn.\" This strategy allowed interested parties to give themselves a self-guided tour of the product in its current form and to request additional information by clicking links right inside the prototype itself.",[13,558,559],{},"The results of these efforts were big wins for SureVX:",[561,562,563],"blockquote",{},[13,564,565,568],{},[186,566,567],{},"By creating and deploying the MVP on Axure, we were able to reach 5x more clients than one-to-one interviews."," We had performed around 20 meetings with potential clients in the month before the product went live. We captured almost 100 email addresses the following month by leveraging the online MVP. The traction we generated allowed us to move to the next phase in SureVX's development.",[13,570,571],{},"All that with a team of only two people and a net spend of just around $500. The next steps for Ben are to raise funding and turn the SureVX prototype into a fully realized software product.",[13,573,574],{},"Like Ben, many entrepreneurs and designers — from individuals to fortune 500 teams, from Axure veterans to UX beginners — use Axure RP to create high fidelity prototypes. This helps them save time and money as they test out new features, products, websites, and even new ideas for companies. When the costs of experimentation are low, innovation can thrive.",[13,576,577],{},"Benjamin Stanley: \"I was extremely impressed with Axure. It helped us get traction and present a credible MVP to our clients without the usual headaches of software development.\"",[579,580],"hr",{},[13,582,583],{},"Benjamin Stanley is a Franco-British entrepreneur and an alumnus of Accenture, BNYM and FiS. He created SureVX to help organizations secure their trades from default by leveraging the awesome power of blockchain.",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":585},[],[],"2020-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","Can you use a high fidelity prototype as a minimum viable product to get a startup off the ground? 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We're hard at work on integrations for other tools as well, so make sure to ",[17,756,759],{"href":757,"rel":758},"https://eepurl.com/qXgtz",[26],"subscribe to our newsletter"," for updates on all things Axure.",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":762},[763,764],{"id":629,"depth":51,"text":630},{"id":675,"depth":51,"text":676},[54,766,493,767,55],"Axure RP","Tips and Tricks","2020-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","Attention Figma users! \u003Ca href=\"https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/837098402230990991/Axure\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Install the new Axure plugin for Figma\u003C/a> to import your designs into Axure RP or export them directly to Axure Cloud!",{"src":59},{},"/blog/import-figma-designs-into-axure",{"src":774},"/images/2020/05/Figma-3.png",{"title":599,"description":769},"blog/import-figma-designs-into-axure","Bwnu-2pSELHL5uD8x-GktPRaBbwHUQeHFJEM2A8tIEw",{"id":779,"title":780,"author":8,"body":781,"categories":889,"date":890,"description":785,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":891,"meta":892,"navigation":62,"path":893,"previewImage":894,"seo":896,"stem":897,"tags":59,"__hash__":898},"blog/blog/working-remote-with-axure.md","Working Remote with Axure",{"type":10,"value":782,"toc":884},[783,786,790,798,803,806,813,816,821,830,836,840,845,854,869,872,878],[13,784,785],{},"Working remote right now? Check out these Axure features that make remote collaboration a little easier.",[627,787,789],{"id":788},"team-projects","Team Projects",[13,791,792,793,797],{},"With ",[17,794,796],{"href":795},"/team","Axure RP Team edition",", multiple people can co-author prototype files simultaneously, all with version control built in.",[13,799,800],{},[87,801],{"alt":50,"src":802},"/images/2020/03/team-projects-workflow.png",[13,804,805],{},"Whether you're working side-by-side or time zones apart, Axure RP Team Projects give you a simple and safe way to collaborate.",[13,807,808],{},[17,809,812],{"href":810,"rel":811},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-rp/reference/creating-and-sharing-team-projects/",[26],"Learn More about Team Projects",[627,814,618],{"id":815},"axure-cloud-discussions",[13,817,818],{},[87,819],{"alt":50,"src":820},"/images/2020/03/axure-cloud-discussions.png",[13,822,823,824,829],{},"Axure Cloud Discussions allow you, your teammates, and your stakeholders to provide and respond to feedback directly on your projects' screens. Anyone with access to a project can participate in discussions, even if they don't have a license for Axure RP! To make sure you're always up to date on the conversation, you can choose to ",[17,825,828],{"href":826,"rel":827},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-cloud/reference/notifications/",[26],"receive notifications via email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams"," when there's discussion activity on your projects.",[13,831,832],{},[17,833,835],{"href":616,"rel":834},[26],"Get Started with Axure Cloud Discussions",[627,837,839],{"id":838},"embed-axure-prototypes-in-jira","Embed Axure Prototypes in Jira",[13,841,842],{},[87,843],{"alt":50,"src":844},"/images/2020/01/jira2@2x.png",[13,846,847,848,853],{},"Align your design and development teams by sharing your latest Axure RP ",[17,849,852],{"href":850,"rel":851},"https://www.toptal.com/designers/prototyping/why-use-axure",[26],"prototypes"," and Sketch or Adobe XD artboards directly in Jira. 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Did you get the type of feedback you were looking for? Or did you get something along the lines of, \"I'm not in love with the color of that button...\" High visual fidelity designs certainly have their place in the UX professional's toolkit, and it's amazing how real we can make prototypes look these days. But sometimes you need your audience to forget the visuals and just focus on how the thing ",[219,919,920],{},"works",". That's where Axure RP's new Low Fidelity mode comes in. Turn this mode on to instantly drop the visual fidelity of any design and facilitate conversation about its functionality rather than its looks. 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Below are four of our favorite ways to use Low Fidelity mode.",[226,976,978],{"id":977},"wireframe-and-prototype-with-the-same-components","Wireframe and Prototype with the Same Components",[13,980,981],{},"Chances are, you have a handful of component libraries you use for prototyping. And it's likely that those components were designed at a medium or high level of visual fidelity. With Low Fidelity mode, you can use those components right from the very beginning of your projects without having to worry about all that visual polish getting in the way of stakeholder feedback. Just drop the fidelity of your designs before presenting.",[226,983,985],{"id":984},"multiple-goals-different-needs-one-prototype","Multiple Goals, Different Needs, One Prototype",[13,987,988],{},"Regardless of which stage of the design process you're at, some contexts will always benefit from visually impressive designs. Think of when you need to get buy-in from stakeholders like executives, vendors, or clients. They will often want to see something that looks like a real application so they can better envision the final product. When you're presenting a prototype with a different goal in mind, though, you may want to work with a lower fidelity version to put the focus on functionality and structure. This might be when you're discussing user flows with a business analyst or determining technical feasibility with a developer. Rather than maintaining two versions of a prototype, one for each goal, you can build a single medium or high-fidelity prototype in Axure RP and drop the fidelity on the fly as needed.",[226,990,992],{"id":991},"user-test-at-high-fidelity-evaluate-at-low-fidelity","User Test at High Fidelity, Evaluate at Low Fidelity",[13,994,995],{},"If you want users to interact with a prototype as though it were a real application, it's helpful to show them something that looks like a real application. But after a user testing session, when you want to evaluate the flow and structure of the prototype in light of the data you collected, you may find it easier to do that work with a low-fidelity version. With Low Fidelity mode, you can easily toggle between high fidelity for user testing and low fidelity for evaluation. Using the same prototype and visual assets for both activities greatly lowers overhead, and it makes iterative design a snap!",[226,997,999],{"id":998},"visually-consistent-wireframes","Visually Consistent Wireframes",[13,1001,1002],{},"Even when you're working at lower levels of visual fidelity, it can be hard not to feel that you need to make your wireframes visually pleasing, either to satisfy your own expectations or others'. Time spent on wireframe visuals, however, is often better spent elsewhere. Low Fidelity mode handles all of that for you, applying the Axure Handwriting font to any text on the page and converting all colors to grayscale for a standardized look and feel. That way you don't have to worry about maintaining visual consistency during the low-fi phase of your design process, freeing you up to focus on the UX work and nothing else.",[579,1004],{},[13,1006,1007,1008,1010,1011,372],{},"So what do you think? How will you use the new Low Fidelity mode? Let us know at ",[17,1009,158],{"href":157},". ",[17,1012,1013],{"href":370},"Download your trial",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":1015},[1016,1017],{"id":924,"depth":51,"text":925},{"id":970,"depth":51,"text":971,"children":1018},[1019,1020,1021,1022],{"id":977,"depth":376,"text":978},{"id":984,"depth":376,"text":985},{"id":991,"depth":376,"text":992},{"id":998,"depth":376,"text":999},[766,767,55],"2020-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","It's amazing how real we can make prototypes look these days, but sometimes you need your audience to forget the visuals and just focus on how the thing \u003Cem>works\u003C/em>.\n\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\nThat's where Axure RP's new Low Fidelity mode comes in. 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",[17,1043,1046],{"href":1044,"rel":1045},"https://adobe.com/go/xd_plugins_discover_plugin?pluginId=2d46a4a0",[26],"Download the new Axure plugin for Adobe XD"," to import your designs from XD into Axure RP. Now you can take designs and diagrams started in XD and transform them into rich, interactive prototypes with the power of Axure RP.",[13,1049,1050,1051,619,1054,625],{},"You can also export artboards from Adobe XD directly to Axure Cloud for easy sharing and handoff. Use ",[17,1052,618],{"href":616,"rel":1053},[26],[17,1055,624],{"href":622,"rel":1056},[26],[627,1058,1060],{"id":1059},"copy-and-paste-from-adobe-xd-to-axure-rp","Copy and Paste from Adobe XD to Axure RP",[427,1062,1063,1069,1082],{},[107,1064,1065],{},[17,1066,1068],{"href":1044,"rel":1067},[26],"Download and install the Axure plugin for Adobe XD.",[107,1070,1071,1072,645,1074,649,1077,1079],{},"In XD, select the elements you want to copy and go to ",[186,1073,644],{},[186,1075,1076],{},"Copy All Artboards for RP",[651,1078],{},[87,1080],{"alt":50,"src":1081},"/images/2020/01/copy-from-adobe-xd.png",[107,1083,658,1084,1086],{},[651,1085],{},[87,1087],{"alt":50,"src":1088},"/images/2020/01/paste-from-xd-to-axure-rp.png",[13,1090,1091,1092,672],{},"Imported Adobe XD layers are converted to Axure RP widgets, and the structure of the layers is maintained with RP ",[17,1093,671],{"href":669,"rel":1094},[26],[627,1096,1098],{"id":1097},"export-from-adobe-xd-to-axure-cloud","Export from Adobe XD to Axure Cloud",[13,1100,1101],{},[87,1102],{"alt":50,"src":1103},"/images/2020/01/publish-from-adobe-xd.gif",[427,1105,1106,1111,1119,1124,1131],{},[107,1107,1108],{},[17,1109,690],{"href":688,"rel":1110},[26],[107,1112,1113,1114,1118],{},"Launch the app and install ",[17,1115,1117],{"href":1044,"rel":1116},[26],"the Axure plugin for Adobe XD"," when prompted.",[107,1120,1121,1122,625],{},"In XD, select the artboards you want to publish to Axure Cloud and go to ",[186,1123,701],{},[107,1125,1126,1127,708,1129,712],{},"Select the workspace and artboard project you want to publish your Adobe XD assets to or select ",[186,1128,707],{},[186,1130,711],{},[107,1132,715,1133,1135],{},[186,1134,718],{}," to publish your Adobe XD assets.",[13,1137,722,1138,727,1141,733,1144,625],{},[17,1139,726],{"href":622,"rel":1140},[26],[17,1142,732],{"href":730,"rel":1143},[26],[17,1145,738],{"href":736,"rel":1146},[26],[13,1148,1149,1150,744,1153,625],{},"All of these features are available for ",[186,1151,1152],{},"free on Axure Cloud",[17,1154,749],{"href":747,"rel":1155},[26],[579,1157],{},[13,1159,1160,1161,760],{},"We hope you're as excited about this new Adobe XD integration as we are! We're hard at work on integrations for other tools as well, so make sure to ",[17,1162,759],{"href":757,"rel":1163},[26],{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":1165},[1166,1167],{"id":1059,"depth":51,"text":1060},{"id":1097,"depth":51,"text":1098},[54,766,493,55],"2020-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","Attention Adobe users! \u003Ca href=\"https://adobe.com/go/xd_plugins_discover_plugin?pluginId=2d46a4a0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the new Axure plugin for Adobe XD\u003C/a> to import your designs into Axure RP or export them directly to Axure Cloud!",{"src":59},{},"/blog/import-adobe-xd-designs-into-axure",{"src":1175},"/images/2020/01/xd-plugin-announcement-featured-image.png",{"title":1036,"description":1170},"blog/import-adobe-xd-designs-into-axure","yPij3zOwEJ9RxBsFoxaHH0JMMU8d3tgSl6_SkjK_gqo",{"id":1180,"title":1181,"author":1182,"body":1183,"categories":1312,"date":1313,"description":1314,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":1315,"meta":1317,"navigation":62,"path":1318,"previewImage":1319,"seo":1321,"stem":1322,"tags":59,"__hash__":1323},"blog/blog/fail-fast-with-prototyping.md","Fail Fast with Prototyping","gaby-kenyon",{"type":10,"value":1184,"toc":1305},[1185,1193,1196,1203,1206,1209,1213,1222,1225,1229,1232,1241,1252,1255,1259,1262,1265,1269,1272,1275,1278,1281,1284,1287,1290,1294,1297,1300],[13,1186,1187,1189,1190,1192],{},[186,1188,188],{}," We are excited to introduce ",[17,1191,193],{"href":192},", a new blog series highlighting industry stories from real Axure users. 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The organization I work for celebrates mistakes like this, believing they are our greatest opportunities to learn from our customers. So I wasn't embarrassed that my solution didn't work out, and I felt safe to try again.",[13,1207,1208],{},"Many companies strive to create a culture of psychological safety, and prototyping can be an essential part of this effort at product development organizations.",[627,1210,1212],{"id":1211},"what-is-psychological-safety","What is Psychological Safety?",[13,1214,1215,1216,1221],{},"Amy Edmondson, in her paper ",[17,1217,1220],{"href":1218,"rel":1219},"https://www.jstor.org/stable/2666999?seq=1",[26],"Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams",", defines psychological safety as \"a shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.\"",[13,1223,1224],{},"In other words, individual members of the team are able to take risks without fear of social retribution. In psychologically safe environments, people feel empowered to ask for help, admit errors, and seek feedback because they know they won't be ridiculed or demeaned.",[627,1226,1228],{"id":1227},"why-psychological-safety-matters","Why Psychological Safety matters",[13,1230,1231],{},"So, what's the big deal? Taking risks is scary, and embarrassment is a normal reaction when admitting a mistake, right?",[13,1233,1234,1235,1240],{},"Well, it turns out that psychological safety makes a big difference in how well teams work together. In a study of what makes teams great, Google determined that ",[17,1236,1239],{"href":1237,"rel":1238},"https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/",[26],"psychological safety tops the list of what makes Google teams successful",":",[561,1242,1243,1249],{},[13,1244,1245,1248],{},[186,1246,1247],{},"Psychological safety was far and away the most important of the five dynamics we found — it's the underpinning of the other four"," …",[13,1250,1251],{},"The safer team members feel with one another, the more likely they are to admit mistakes, to partner, and to take on new roles. And it affects pretty much every important dimension we look at for employees. Individuals on teams with higher psychological safety are less likely to leave Google, they're more likely to harness the power of diverse ideas from their teammates, they bring in more revenue, and they're rated as effective twice as often by executives.",[13,1253,1254],{},"Think about it this way: When a team member is afraid to ask a question, they may decide that it's better to make a guess instead, meaning they may potentially move forward with a fundamental misunderstanding. Not only that, but mistakes are an inevitable part of exploration and innovation. When teams are able to share their thoughts and discuss new ideas uninhibited, they are more likely to be successful.",[627,1256,1258],{"id":1257},"making-mistakes-quickly-and-efficiently","Making Mistakes Quickly and Efficiently",[13,1260,1261],{},"Prototyping is widely accepted as a tool that increases the efficiency of product development teams. Prototypes help teams test out new ideas quickly and cheaply, allowing them to catch potential usability issues before engineers spend valuable time building flawed features or products. It is through finding out where our assumptions fall short that we create the best products.",[13,1263,1264],{},"In order for prototypes to do their job, however, we have to be comfortable with the fact that they simply won't be perfect. I like to tell people that a big part of my job as a User Experience Designer is to be wrong. Every time I share a prototype with our users, I am hoping they will show me what I've done wrong because I don't think I will ever get it 100% right on the first try. Once I know what's wrong, I can make the appropriate edits to fix it.",[627,1266,1268],{"id":1267},"i-make-mistakes","I Make Mistakes",[13,1270,1271],{},"So what are some of the mistakes I've discovered through prototyping? Let's go back to that \"brilliant\" idea I mentioned at the beginning.",[13,1273,1274],{},"I've been working on a specific project with my development team for about 8 months. Mainly, we're working to increase efficiency and reduce human error in some complicated accounting-related tasks in our software. At a basic level, our customers told us they wanted to be able to pay a vendor and then get reimbursed.",[13,1276,1277],{},"With information from our initial discovery conversations, our team did some brainstorming on potential solutions, and then I got to work in Axure. The next day at stand-up, I told everyone, \"I've got it! It's not nearly as complicated as we thought — look, we can do it in just one step!\" We had a few customer calls scheduled, and I was excited to show them my prototype.",[13,1279,1280],{},"The customers we showed were unimpressed, to say the least.",[13,1282,1283],{},"I'd missed something: The person who paid the vendor and the person who submitted the reimbursement were different people. They had access to different information and different processes. They were in completely different departments of our customers' organizations. There was no way, without asking our customers to completely reorganize their business, that this task could be done in a single step.",[13,1285,1286],{},"I'll admit I was a little disappointed at first that my so-called \"simple solution\" wasn't going to work. But guess what? The next prototype was even simpler. Once I realized we were dealing with two tasks, the cognitive load for each individual user became drastically lower.",[13,1288,1289],{},"A few days later, we came back to one of the customers most unhappy with our first solution, and they were delighted with the changes we had made! They were happy that we listened to them, and we were happy to know we would be building something of value.",[627,1291,1293],{"id":1292},"contributing-to-a-culture-of-psychological-safety","Contributing to a Culture of Psychological Safety",[13,1295,1296],{},"Sharing mistakes publicly reminds team members that everyone makes mistakes. I'm lucky to be working in an organization that highly values psychological safety. Whenever the topic comes up, the VP of Engineering is the first to share mistakes he's made to help everyone feel comfortable. Our engineering team even has a practice of sending out \"Today We Learned\" emails to help others in the department understand and learn from mistakes individuals have made (without shaming said individuals, of course).",[13,1298,1299],{},"Prototype testing should be deeply embedded in the product development process. It allows us to be comfortable making mistakes and learning from those mistakes early before we've invested too much time into the \"wrong\" idea. As UX Designers, we must embrace the discomfort of being wrong in order for our teams to succeed.",[13,1301,1302,1303,372],{},"So get prototyping! Embrace the discomfort of being wrong and build better products for your users. ",[17,1304,1013],{"href":370},{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":1306},[1307,1308,1309,1310,1311],{"id":1211,"depth":51,"text":1212},{"id":1227,"depth":51,"text":1228},{"id":1257,"depth":51,"text":1258},{"id":1267,"depth":51,"text":1268},{"id":1292,"depth":51,"text":1293},[384,193,385],"2020-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","Digital prototypes help teams test out new ideas quickly and cheaply, allowing them to catch potential usability issues before engineers spend valuable time building flawed features or products. It is through finding out where our assumptions fall short that we create the best products.",{"src":1316},"/images/2020/01/cloud_blog_post-1.png",{},"/blog/fail-fast-with-prototyping",{"src":1320},"/images/2020/01/cloud_blog_post.png",{"title":1181,"description":1314},"blog/fail-fast-with-prototyping","85DT8yLYTXhKUtImkEwB82-ayGsqxSmYcsXzcqOjScA",{"id":1325,"title":1326,"author":8,"body":1327,"categories":1396,"date":1397,"description":1398,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":1399,"meta":1400,"navigation":62,"path":1401,"previewImage":1402,"seo":1403,"stem":1404,"tags":59,"__hash__":1405},"blog/blog/embed-axure-prototypes-in-jira-tickets.md","Embed Axure Prototypes in Jira Tickets",{"type":10,"value":1328,"toc":1394},[1329],[402,1330,1332,1344,1378,1386],{"link":486,"open-in-new-tab":405,"text":1331},"Get Axure for Jira",[13,1333,1334,1335,1339,1340,1343],{},"Does your team use Jira? Us too. And we know how much a prototype can clarify a ticket, especially if it's embedded directly in the page. That's exactly what the new Axure Cloud app for Jira lets you do: Paste a ",[17,1336,1338],{"href":442,"rel":1337},[26],"prototype's shareable link"," into a ticket to embed the fully functional prototype right in Jira. ",[87,1341],{"alt":50,"src":1342},"/images/2020/01/embed-jira-tickets-axure.svg"," Pretty neat, huh? Here's how you get started:",[427,1345,1346,1353,1356],{},[107,1347,1348,1352],{},[17,1349,1351],{"href":486,"rel":1350},[26],"Install the Axure for Jira app through the Atlassian Marketplace"," or your Jira instance's admin settings.",[107,1354,1355],{},"Go into a ticket and click the Axure icon at the top.",[107,1357,1358,1359,445,1363,1366,1367,625,1370,1372,1374,1375,1377],{},"Paste ",[17,1360,1362],{"href":442,"rel":1361},[26],"the shareable link for your Axure RP prototype",[17,1364,450],{"href":448,"rel":1365},[26]," into the text field that appears, and click ",[186,1368,1369],{},"Attach Prototype",[651,1371],{},[186,1373,466],{}," To embed a specific page from the prototype, open that page in your browser and copy the URL from the browser's navigation bar. The same goes for the prototype panes. If the ",[186,1376,470],{}," pane is open when you copy the link, it will be open when you add the link to Jira!",[13,1379,1380,1381,1385],{},"Once the prototype is embedded, anyone with access to the ticket can interact with it and ",[17,1382,1384],{"href":477,"rel":1383},[26],"leave feedback right on the page",". Use the icons at the top-right to unlink the prototype, expand it, or pop it out into another browser tab.",[13,1387,1388,1389,1393],{},"If you're migrating from Jira Server to Jira Cloud, our team is here to ensure a smooth migration. Please contact us at ",[17,1390,1392],{"href":1391},"mailto:support@axure.com","support@axure.com",", and we'll assist you with migrating your prototype links attached to Jira issues.",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":1395},[],[54,493,55],"2020-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","Does your team use Jira? Us too. And we know how much a prototype can clarify a ticket, especially if it’s embedded directly in the page.\n\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\nThat’s exactly what the new \u003Ca href=\"https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221645/axure-for-jira\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Axure Cloud app for Jira\u003C/a> lets you do: Paste a prototype’s shareable link into a ticket to embed the fully functional prototype right in Jira.",{"src":59},{},"/blog/embed-axure-prototypes-in-jira-tickets",{"src":844},{"title":1326,"description":1398},"blog/embed-axure-prototypes-in-jira-tickets","1IYFBv6xtvFUmwy0iXpW2hGL2pU05DyFfuqK_aJKMFg",{"id":1407,"title":1408,"author":8,"body":1409,"categories":1713,"date":1714,"description":1715,"extension":58,"featuredImage":59,"mainImage":1716,"meta":1717,"navigation":62,"path":1718,"previewImage":1719,"seo":1721,"stem":1722,"tags":59,"__hash__":1723},"blog/blog/making-an-animated-holiday-card-in-axure-rp.md","Making an Animated Holiday Card in Axure RP",{"type":10,"value":1410,"toc":1708},[1411,1428,1442,1460,1464,1485,1515,1529,1541,1551,1555,1578,1629,1633,1638,1670,1675,1692,1694],[13,1412,1413,1414,1417,1418,1010,1423],{},"The holidays are a wonderful time of year, full of friends, family, food… and ",[219,1415,1416],{},"prototyping?"," This year we're wishing you happy holidays with a snowflake holiday card made in Axure RP. We hope you've had a terrific year and that you have a great start to 2020! Continue reading if you'd like to see how we made the endlessly falling snow animation for ",[17,1419,1422],{"href":1420,"rel":1421},"https://58vj5j.axshare.com/#id=gqg3nz&p=happy_holidays&c=1",[26],"Axure's 2019 holiday card",[17,1424,1427],{"href":1425,"rel":1426},"https://docs.axure.com/samples/axure-holiday-card-2019.rp",[26],"Download the RP file to follow along",[13,1429,1430,1432,1433,1441],{},[186,1431,466],{}," With all those snowflakes falling — 17, to be exact — it's a bit tough to see what's going on. ",[17,1434,1437,1438],{"href":1435,"rel":1436},"https://58vj5j.axshare.com/#id=bwnfsi&p=one_snowflake&g=1",[26],"Open the page named ",[186,1439,1440],{},"One Snowflake"," to see the animation play out on a single snowflake.",[13,1443,1444,1445,334,1448,1453,1454,1459],{},"Each snowflake follows a loop that keeps it falling, rotating, and fading — forever! When a snowflake resets, it gets resized based on a randomly generated value. Further, the rate at which a snowflake falls and rotates is based on its size, so the larger ones move faster than the smaller ones, creating an illusion of depth. Let's take a closer look at each step of this interaction loop. Open the ",[186,1446,1447],{},"Snowflake",[17,1449,1452],{"href":1450,"rel":1451},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-rp/masters/creating-and-using/",[26],"master"," and select the ",[17,1455,1458],{"href":1456,"rel":1457},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-rp/widgets/repeaters/",[26],"repeater"," to get started.",[627,1461,1463],{"id":1462},"_1-setting-the-snowflakes-size","1. Setting the Snowflake's Size",[13,1465,1466,1467,1470,1473,1474,1476,1479,334,1482],{},"[su_row]",[316,1468,1469],{},"su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"",[87,1471],{"alt":50,"src":1472},"/images/2019/12/holiday-card-01.png","[/su_column]",[316,1475,1469],{},[87,1477],{"alt":50,"src":1478},"/images/2019/12/holiday-card-02.png",[316,1480,1481],{},"/su_column",[316,1483,1484],{},"/su_row",[13,1486,1487,1488,1490,1491,1494,1495,1498,1499,1502,1503,1507,1508,1510,1511,1514],{},"The repeater in the ",[186,1489,1447],{}," master has a single row, which creates a single snowflake. The repeater's ",[186,1492,1493],{},"Item Loaded"," interaction starts with a ",[186,1496,1497],{},"Set Size"," action that multiplies the snowflake's starting size by the value in the repeater's ",[186,1500,1501],{},"SizeFactor"," column. (This value is set to ",[1504,1505,1506],"code",{},"1"," by default, but it gets randomized to a value between ",[1504,1509,1506],{}," and ",[1504,1512,1513],{},"10"," in Step 3.) The following equations are used to set the snowflake's width and height:",[13,1516,1517,334,1520,1523,334,1526],{},[186,1518,1519],{},"Width:",[1504,1521,1522],{},"[[Target.width * Item.SizeFactor]]",[186,1524,1525],{},"Height:",[1504,1527,1528],{},"[[Target.height * Item.SizeFactor]]",[13,1530,1531,334,1534,1537,1538,1540],{},[186,1532,1533],{},"Note:",[1504,1535,1536],{},"Target"," refers to the snowflake since it is the target of the ",[186,1539,1497],{}," action.",[13,1542,1543,1544,1546,1547,1550],{},"The ",[186,1545,1493],{}," interaction ends by firing the snowflake's ",[186,1548,1549],{},"Moved"," event to kick off its falling and rotating loop.",[627,1552,1554],{"id":1553},"_2-moving-and-rotating-the-snowflake","2. Moving and Rotating the Snowflake",[13,1556,1466,1557,1559,1473,1562,1564,1565,1567,1568,1573,1574,334,1576],{},[316,1558,1469],{},[87,1560],{"alt":50,"src":1561},"/images/2019/12/holiday-card-03.png",[316,1563,1469],{}," The snowflake's ",[186,1566,1549],{}," interaction has two cases that use ",[17,1569,1572],{"href":1570,"rel":1571},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-rp/interactions/conditional-logic/",[26],"conditional logic"," to determine what happens when the snowflake is moved. ",[316,1575,1481],{},[316,1577,1484],{},[427,1579,1580,1615],{},[107,1581,1582,1583,1586,1587,334,1590,1595,1596,1599,1600,1603,1604,1510,1607,1610,1611,1614],{},"The first case, ",[186,1584,1585],{},"Fall and Rotate",", keeps the snowflake moving down the page as long as it's above the Y value stored in the ",[186,1588,1589],{},"SnowflakeFadePoint",[17,1591,1594],{"href":1592,"rel":1593},"https://docs.axure.com/axure-rp/interactions/variables/",[26],"variable",". (The variable value is set to 75% of the browser window's height with the ",[186,1597,1598],{},"Happy Holiday"," page's ",[186,1601,1602],{},"Window Resized"," interaction.) Notice that the ",[186,1605,1606],{},"Move",[186,1608,1609],{},"Rotate"," actions use ",[1504,1612,1613],{},"[[This.height]]"," in their values. This is how I got the snowflakes to fall and rotate faster or slower based on their size. The bigger the snowflake is, the faster it goes.",[107,1616,1617,1618,1620,1621,1624,1625,1628],{},"Once the snowflake falls below the ",[186,1619,1589],{}," value, the ",[186,1622,1623],{},"Fade Out"," case hides it with a fade animation, which triggers its ",[186,1626,1627],{},"Hidden"," interaction.",[627,1630,1632],{"id":1631},"_3-resetting-the-snowflake","3. Resetting the Snowflake",[13,1634,1635],{},[87,1636],{"alt":50,"src":1637},"/images/2019/12/holiday-card-04.png",[13,1639,1640,1641,1643,1644,1647,1648,1657,1658,1663,1664,1666,1667,1669],{},"The snowflake's ",[186,1642,1627],{}," interaction starts out with a ",[186,1645,1646],{},"Wait"," action of 500ms, allowing enough time for the fading animation to be completed. It then ",[17,1649,1652,1653,1656],{"href":1650,"rel":1651},"https://docs.axure.com/tutorials/repeaters/deleting-rows/",[26],"deletes ",[186,1654,1655],{},"This"," repeater row",", which deletes the snowflake. Finally, it ",[17,1659,1662],{"href":1660,"rel":1661},"https://docs.axure.com/tutorials/repeaters/adding-rows/",[26],"adds a new row to the repeater",", which creates a new snowflake. This is where the ",[186,1665,1501],{}," value from Step 1 gets randomized. The new repeater row is added with the following equation in the ",[186,1668,1501],{}," column:",[13,1671,1672],{},[1504,1673,1674],{},"[[Math.floor(Math.random() * SnowflakeMaxSizeFactor) + 1]]",[13,1676,1677,1678,1680,1681,1684,1685,1687,1688,1691],{},"This generates a random number between ",[1504,1679,1506],{}," and the value stored in the ",[186,1682,1683],{},"SnowflakeMaxSizeFactor"," variable, which is set to ",[1504,1686,1513],{},". (You can change this value by going to ",[186,1689,1690],{},"Project → Global Variables"," in the application menu.) Once the new row is added to the repeater, the loop starts over back at Step 1.",[579,1693],{},[13,1695,1696,1697,1700,1701,1704,1705,1707],{},"There's a lot more happening on the ",[186,1698,1699],{},"Happy Holidays"," page to create the snowfall that you see, of course. This interaction loop is just the basic building block. Check out that page's widget setup, its ",[186,1702,1703],{},"Page Loaded"," interaction, and its ",[186,1706,1602],{}," interaction to see how everything else works.",{"title":50,"searchDepth":51,"depth":51,"links":1709},[1710,1711,1712],{"id":1462,"depth":51,"text":1463},{"id":1553,"depth":51,"text":1554},{"id":1631,"depth":51,"text":1632},[766,767],"2019-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","This year we're wishing you happy holidays with a snowflake holiday card made in Axure RP. Continue reading to see how we made the endlessly falling snow animation for \u003Ca href=\"https://58vj5j.axshare.com/#id=gqg3nz&p=happy_holidays&c=1\" target=\"_blank\">Axure's 2019 holiday card\u003C/a> and try to build it yourself.",{"src":59},{},"/blog/making-an-animated-holiday-card-in-axure-rp",{"src":1720},"/images/2019/12/axure-holiday-card-2019-half.gif",{"title":1408,"description":1715},"blog/making-an-animated-holiday-card-in-axure-rp","ay6RbtF2s3t7O_RP7BM8GFLXMYv89tgZmZFyXZwhUI8",126]