Introducing Avocado: A new toolbox for interaction designers

Introducing Avocado: A new toolbox for interaction designers(labs.ideo.com)

93 points by buza 11 years ago | 20 comments

psql 11 years ago |

It's nice to have a set of abstracted patches instead of having to build every goddamn thing from scratch.

joeld42 11 years ago |

Why does everyone build these on top of Quartz Composer? It seems like there's a huge demand for a prototyping tool that supports animations.

redindian75 11 years ago | |

Here is an interesting prototyping app which does exactly that. Downloaded the beta and playing with it. http://www.mitya-app.com/

snegu 11 years ago | |

Axure is able to illustrate quite a few animations, although it could certainly stand to include more. I'm hoping they'll make this a priority in future releases.

lstamour 11 years ago | | |

I'm just hoping Apple offers up a new release of Quartz Composer which incorporates the Origami patches and fixes a few more bugs. Speeding up live renders would be a bonus, and I'd cry tears of joy if they figured out a way to openly release their internal Core Animation prototyping tools.

posttool 11 years ago |

Oh no! Not another VPL :-) I am looking forward to seeing interesting applications.

rstoner 11 years ago |

See also: http://facebook.github.io/origami/ - Another QC-based UI/UX toolchain

aenean 11 years ago | |

Does Avocado play nicely with Origami? Am I correct in saying both act as QC plugins, adding patches and new default behaviors?

sampl 11 years ago | | |

According to the readme, Avocado is built on top of Origami: https://github.com/ideo/avocado

lstamour 11 years ago | | |

I see no reason why they're not compatible -- indeed the iPhone template employed comes from Origami.

mtriverio 11 years ago | | |

Avocado is an extension to Origami so, yes, they play really nicely together.

vadvi 11 years ago |

please do not auto play the videos.

livejamie 11 years ago |

Another design tool that ignores Windows users :(

lstamour 11 years ago | |

Don't worry. Apple ignores Quartz users too. :D

rch 11 years ago | |

At least you have Pro/E and Spotfire to keep you entertained :)

SoftwareMaven 11 years ago |

Probably not the best interaction I could have experienced: http://imgur.com/IlZD2sB (using iCabMobile on iOS7/iPad 2).

mtriverio 11 years ago | |

The server was temporarily having issues, it should all be fixed now!

lostInTheWoods3 11 years ago |

Avocado ... Also called alligator pear. a large, usually pear-shaped fruit having green to blackish skin, a single large seed, and soft, light-green pulp, borne by the tropical American tree Persea americana and its variety P. adrymifolia, often eaten raw, especially in salads.

What does this product have to do with Avocados? I know you had to call it something ... but why Avocado? Enough with the trendy product names!

fiatpandas 11 years ago | |

Avocado the tool is like a real avocado because there's a rich buttery filling over a nut in the center. The nut in the center is Quartz. Quartz is tough nut to crack and so are avocado nuts. But what Avocado the tool does is add a nice buttery layer of patches (like the avocado soft filling) over the tough nut to bring out the goodness. Hence the name Avocado. It's really that simple

grinich 11 years ago | |

There's a paragraph about this in the post. Did you read it?