Make the Most of Your Mockups – Here is How

Mockups, wireframes, and prototypes – all are an integral part of the UX design process. Firstly, let's understand the role wireframes and prototypes play without confusing them with mockups. 

Prototyping is making a draft version of your final product that helps you to get reliable user feedback. It’s like taking a test drive of the app design before the development cycle begins. 

On the other hand, wireframe, simply put, is just a blueprint for your mobile app or website. It helps in deciding different layouts including the content and functionality of a page on your app by taking into consideration user needs and user flow. 

A mockup is usually a medium to high fidelity representation of your upcoming product. It shows the basic functionality and visual details such as colors, typography etc. of the product. Along with that, it gives you a rough idea of how the app will look and work.  

By making mockups a part of your creative and development process, you can quickly ideate and iterate new designs or flows with the least effort and very small investment of time. Overall, a mockup is a great tool that helps you critically evaluate your own idea before you've invested in the actual coding process. 

However, creating mockup templates can get overly complicated. That's why we are here compiling 4 important points that you should consider when doing mockups.  

1. Leaving out Screens 

Your mockup is not complete if it still has missing screens. Because you are supposed to include representation of every screen that will be on your app. Whether it is the confirmation screen after the login or the reset password screen, you need to include it in the mockup.  

2. Non-functional buttons 

Imagine having buttons on an app that doesn’t take you anywhere. Sounds illogical, right? Therefore, try to be logical as much as possible and connect all of your buttons and screens in a logical way.  

3. Including inaccessible screens 

You need to think from a user’s point of view. Understand the logical presentation of your application. If you find a screen that you cannot reach, you need to add a button to access it. All these are important steps for your mobile app development.  

4. Unable to number pages  

Make sure you don’t forget to number pages in a sequence. It is a great way to organize your mockups and ensure logic and flow. Mockup screens should be numbered in the same order they appear to the user. For instance, if the homepage is the first screen displayed to the user, it should be numbered as 1.  

You can use these tips to build fabulous mockups to evaluate your app ideas critically and further refine them. Creating specific screen-by-screen mockups can also help you better understand your ideas.   

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