The fidelity spectrum for wireframes and prototypes is as vast as the menu at the Cheesecake Factory. Our UX design workflow typically includes everything from paper sketches and basic low-fidelity (lo-fi) wireframes to high-fidelity (hi-fi), interactive wireframes and prototypes. You name it, we do it all.
While lo-fi wireframes present big ideas in a simple way, hi-fi, clickable prototypes are more complete representations of the end product. We’ll use all the branding, copy, colors, logos, fonts, and graphics that will be part of your final product so you can get a teaser taste of what it’s going to look and feel like.
High-fidelity wireframes and prototypes are typically used towards the end of our discovery phase, just before the implementation stage. This is after we've identified and validated key problems, and made essential decisions about the layout, content, and expected functionality of the product.
Wireframes with hi-fi elements, but no interactivity, are called mockups. Once we add interactions, transitions, or animations, it becomes a prototype. With clickable menus and buttons, high-fidelity prototypes give a sense of the user experience so we can optimize usability before final design and testing.
Detailed interface elements, accurate spacing, and graphics mirroring a real app or website.
Incorporation of real or realistic content, ensuring the prototype aligns closely with the final design.
Highly realistic interactions that closely simulate the actual product experience.
Demonstrating how different pages and features interconnect within the product ecosystem.
Highlighting user experiences during various states, like initial usage, data-heavy scenarios, or error handling.
When you need to gather feedback and user validation, find and fix those pesky problems in your interface, and simulate system responses, it’s time to turn to our hi-fi clickable prototype services. There are three main advantages of using our hi-fi clickable prototypes during the UX design process:
Hi-fi prototypes look like the real deal, so users behave naturally during usability testing sessions.
Hi-fi interactivity makes it possible to test graphical elements, animated transitions, and micro-interactions.
It’s encouraging when the foundation is laid and stakeholders, investors, and users can see the product in full color.
If delivering a great user experience is the goal of your project — and it should be — then high-fidelity prototyping is a must. We’ve helped clients from all business types and industries incorporate this into their design process. Here are just a few of our hi-fi clickable prototyping success stories.
Hi-fi wireframes and clickable prototypes communicate your design vision to our Inventive team, who will build an end product that’s both useful and valuable to the target users. Learn more about the unique way we approach hi-fi clickable prototyping.
