Thermo has basic drawing tools that can be used to wireframe an app, but what really makes Thermo special for designers is that it understands Photoshop images and uses layer data to capture information about various UI elements (the application also plays nice with images from Illustrator and Fireworks).

Adobe Demos “Thermo” RIA Design Tool to Delighted Crowd

Damn.

Edit: Posted this on Ajaxian.

I’ve gone through most prototyping tools that are currently out there, trying to find one that would let designers / IAs easily get their ideas on a screen.

All either require designers to learn how to develop in something (”learn HTML + JavaScript” or “learn mxml for Flex”) or create something too basic for us to use to collaborate on interaction design (”here are a bunch of boxes on a wireframe…look, they moved to the left”).

If this can translate a comp into something that we can work on together as an actual prototype, I’m all for it. If it works as advertised, it could really speed up and help an iterative creative process.

Tags: thermo, adobe, ria, prototyping

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