Prototyping and web interface design

Following my use of Powerpoint to produce a storyboard I decided to do a quick skim search of the web for articles and papers. This posting is simply a collection of sites as I trawled around looking at design tools for web interfaces.The tools break down into several key areas:

- Non computerised i.e.paper based (a favourite amongst the articles below)
- Diagramming methods e.g. DENIM, Visio, Smartdraw
- Graphic design tools e.g. Photoshop, Paintshop pro
- Presentation e.g.powerpoint
- HTML generator e.g. frontpage, dreamweaver
- Multimedia generator e.g. Authorware, director
- Software development e.g.visual basic

Sites visited include:

a) Website Development Philosophy is a company into developing.
b) This survey is quite useful.
c) DENIM a product we have met before. Its predecessor is mentioned in sketchhing storyboards to illustrate interface behaviours.
d) Paper as design article discusses disadvantages of passing across to 'expert'. This is also supported in an article entitled paper prototyping in interfacing and web site design .
e) User Experience Resource Collection amongst other links has a prototyping section which lists numerous links to other sites - lots listing paper as a preferred method.
f) The Art of UI Prototyping discusses the reasons for protoyping and the methods to undertake it.
g) Prototyping With Style is an article in a magazine asking What tools should I use for prototyping?.
h) SAP design site has several articles on prototyping including one on using prototypes.
i) Perils of prototyping.
j) This Topics in usability - prototyping page lists various resources including one on protyping using visio. Another article on visio is at
Visio - the interaction designer's nail gun.
k) Web design
l) Using Paper Prototypes as Interface Design Tools
m) This article talks about high fidelity prototyping
n) Short description of storyboarding multi-media