I find myself musing once again about elimnating design-to-dev handovers. Visual #UI #design tools certainly have their place, but I think they are used far more than they need to be.

I see so many cases where a wireframe (even a doodle on a whiteboard) would be... ...perfectly sufficient to explore ideas and convey the designer's intent.

And if "realistic" mock-ups or prototypes are really needed, tools that let you visually assemble actual code components (e.g. UXPin) are better suited. Their output is inherently more true-to-life as...

I see a few replies along the lines of "it doesn't behave the way the author expects". That may well be true, but I suspect the root cause goes deeper.

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I think nowadays a lot of product teams expect websites and apps to look and behave the same everywhere. They often...

https://twitter.com/jensimmons/status/1452374028249862147

...want the finished product to be a "pixel perfect" match to design mock-ups. Anything less than the ideal target experience is considered wrong.

There's an expectation that all parts of the experience need to be controlled and predictable.

(aside: I think this visual-first..