Prototypes: Bring your mockups to life
The Prototypes app is a Mac App Store only program for bringing your iPhone scamps to life.
How well do these published prototypes function? The developers provide a sample working prototype that has been exported from the app, here is how you can try it out yourself:
- Go to http://ptyp.es from an iOS device
- Follow the onscreen instructions to bookmark the prototype URL to your iOS homescreen
- Enter PIN: 1467 5639
You’ll now be in a working app mockup of a fictitious ‘Garden Snap’ iPhone application, touch on elements and you’ll get a new screen demonstrating features just as you’d expect. Some things don’t seem to work, like scrolling through lists, but remember this is a UI/UX mockup viewed in Safari, not a full fledged working iOS application.
Its a great idea for iPhone developers and designers.
Now, my only gripe, and this is of course a my personal view, is the price tag - at $39.99. Its not loads of money, but app store programs are generally a little cheaper in my eyes. Still a great program non-the-less.
AlphaGov stuffs all UK Government content into one website
A proof-of-concept website which fits hundreds of the UK government’s websites into a single central hub.
Nothing too interesting at first, but basically acts as a search engine for everything you may want or need to know.
The site also offers up recent news and speeches, a database of bills and publications and a list of ministerial departments. Users can also input their location by dropping in a postcode to find local news and notifications.However, it’s worth noting that the website is far from complete and is billed on the numerous pop-ups and caveats as an “experimental prototype”, thus some notifications will be out of date and a lot of the information you might be after won’t yet be available.
Its worth noting that it is at prototype stage so may malfunction, but the cleanliness of the build of what potentially holds a whopping load of data can only be a good start.
