Chief Architect at AVIV Group
"Know your code! The unexamined code is not worth maintaining!" Socrates (399 BC)
Sketchlet is an open-source toolset for sketching of novel classes of user interfaces, originally developed by Željko Obrenović at the Concept Lab of the Eindhoven Technical University. Sketchlet extends the concept of paper and pencil sketching to a more generic concept of rapid manipulation of interaction material. Interactive material is any piece of software/hardware that represents or simulates a part of user interactive experiences, such as inputs from sensors, output of audio tools, interaction with Web services, or simple drawings. Through manipulation of interactive materials, designers create “interactive sketches”, which in rough terms illustrate interaction scenario or interaction techniques. Our tool gives a designer freedom to combine elements of traditional freehand sketching and with numerous extensions, such as end-user programming (spreadsheets and scripts), and links to existing software functionality.
Sketchlet build on the results of the Adaptable Multi-Interface Communicator (AMICO) project developed by Zeljko Obrenovic at the Interactive Information Access group at CWI in Amsterdam.
Web site: sketchlet.sourceforge.net
Photo: Ed Louwers