InVision is a collaboration and prototyping software designers use to create interactive design prototypes. The platform allows users to share their work easily, thus allowing for easier design collaboration. It also offers presentation tools and provides a platform by which people can easily provide feedback.
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone |
Training | Documentation |
Languages | English |
The simplicity and speed is great. I was able to learn this in less than a day
It has limited features so I'm moving to more complex prototype programs recently
We're able to quickly make prototypes to show clients. It's much more time efficient than trying to explain how something works. Showiong it is alway optimal.
I love that I can show a working demo to clients before they give approval. This allows us to make any design changes before the coding phase, which is the most expensive part of our process when it comes to making websites, email campaign and apps. I also love that they have the option to create desktop and mobile prototypes and the "hot spot" templates that allow you to carry over navigation links on multiple pages.
find anything to complain about! Truly my favorite prototype software out there.
Prototyping and presenting projects to clients without having to leave anything up to the imagination. With inVision, we never have to explain that some things will look or work differently.
Invision is great tool for prototyping from low fidelity to high fidelity with ease. Integration with Sketch makes the design process even more streamlined. It has been transformative to a distributed organization I managed and allow for stakeholders outside of the design process as well a new way to get concepts in the hands of customers before committing any engineering effort.
Speed and organization in large design functions can be problematic and time consuming.
Getting cross functional partners into the process early and often. Less asset management on offline and cloud storage since things are pushed directly to the Invision platform saving spend and time.
I love Invision. They make it super easy to collaborate and setup website prototypes that are clickable. Makes it really easy to review drafts with other members of the team and get feedback. The hotspot template was super useful as well, so I didn't have to duplicate work.
What can I say, I don't have any complaints. Great features. The were a couple issues with the hotspot template where I applied it but couldn't update it, I think they are just minor bugs.
Recently used it to share prototypes for updates to our website for feedback, super helpful.
Simplicity: I can use my own software to design screens, then in a very quick and simply way I can connect them and view in my smartphone as a native app
nothing, the webapp works very well, I wouldn't change anything.
Designing and trying an app without programming it.
It's so incredibly easy to use, and they've added a lot of helpful features over time (overlays, fixed header/footer/ etc). When used with Sketch or Photoshop, you can sync your files/assets with InVision so that your prototype stays up to date as your source file changes.
Lacking in realistic form prototyping (text areas/etc). It would be nice to be able to utilize realistic text areas for user testing purposes. Another benefit that is currently missing is a fixed sidebar. It would be nice to be able to take a small png and drag/drop that onto the current screen for quick reference.
Quick prototyping and user testing. We've been able to test business ideas with high-fidelity prototypes by uploading images and/or source files and easily setting up hotspots for user testing. This has allowed us to quickly iterate on user feedback and make big changes to business ideas that have saved clients thousands of dollars.
This program was amazing to use. The interface is straightforward yet powerful. Creating a wireframe has never been easier in my opinion!
There was nothing that I did not enjoy about InVision.
One of the most difficult part about creating an app is explaining to the client how it is going to work. This makes it fast and easy to create a prototype.
InVision knows what designers need to make the work created quicker, with less tedious tasks. I am able to actually used a plugin in Sketch to connect with my designs, sync them into InVision and then share my design with whoever I need to. The comment feature comes in handy to not waste time in meetings and allows others to comment about specific parts.
I cannot think of anything I dislike, honestly. InVision does everything perfectly, and their customer service is amazing too.
Handing off the design to the developer. InVision saves us time there and it's much more smooth.
I love being able to share interactive prototypes with clients without having to spend a ton of time building it.
I wish there was such a thing as a "responsive prototype," where the image changed with the screen width (currently have to build multiple prototypes for different screen sizes.
Sharing designs with clients. I've found that clients respond more favorably to designs that look more real (i.e. being able to interact with it)
- Ease of use - Feedback loop is solid - The ability to tailor the feedback is critical for designers - The Invision boards are an amazing way to organize mood boards - Fast prototyping is critical to communicate intention
- Sometimes clients complain about logging in to “another” application to make comments - It is yet another tool that we have to manage
- Internal feedback/collaboration - External feedback/collaboration - Rapid prototyping - Sprint reviews
I found InVision to be super user-friendly, well designed and very simple to pick up on in one evening, to demonstrate user experience of an app I designed the following morning!
A few things were not immediately obvious but I was able to search around online and quickly figure out.
I did not need to utilize a developer to create a prototype! This saves designers time and helps free up developers' time!
I upload the designs to the website for easy design reviews, to prototype it in the browser and for the devs to use inspect for easy front end questions. Inspect really changed the game for us!
The prototyping tools are hard to use and if you are constantly changing the art boards (as I am) then you are breaking all your clickable elements all the time. So i never make anything clickable, which suck becasue that would be so great. If I was working with clients and not an internal team this would be a dealbreaker for me.
We are a start up making a tech product. We use invision for all our designs and every version we have ever made. I really like using invision on mobile, gives you a really good sense of how the app is going to feel.
I love how you can show the ux of a design mock up and allows the client to hover,, click and show the potential interaction of a web design. I also love the 'mood board' feature to show a client your idea for their branding and also receive mood boards for inspiration from clients.
When I upload a PDF to the board, it does not render correctly.
When showing a client a design, sometimes receiving feedback is difficult knowing what part of the design the client is referring to. When using the commenting section it makes it easy and seamless for me to see what the client is referring to when providing feedback.
It's honestly hard to remember how we used to do digital work before we used Invision. At first, it changed just the way we presented final designs to clients. Then, it became the core way we test wireframes and designs during user testing. I'm very impressed by constant iterative improvement to the core product, screen design prototypes, as well as amazing newer features such as Inspect, which has recently revolutionised our development handovers.
Honestly, very little at all. My only (hopefully irrational) dislike isn't really a dislike — it's a fear that Invision will be bought by Adobe and absorbed into their software meat grinder in the future.
Showing clients websites and apps in a realistic fashion — on a big screen for presentation, or on mobile devices for testing. Before Invision, websites were often shown to clients in unrealistic PDF or Powerpoint presentations — nothing was scaled correctly and they certainly weren't interactive. This means that clients have a better understanding of the designs early in the project, and are less likely to brief in last minute changes late in development.
The editing tools make it easy for pros and beginners to navigate and complete projects from remote locations.
It's sometimes difficult to navigate a project if you are not familiar with the tools and how they work (e.g. moving page, mouse clicks, etc.)
I use InVision with our web development team to work on wireframes and workflows that require visual references and real time edits.
I love how clean the UX is, the ease of set up and interactivity
Only gripe is that when using for user testing I often hear or watch users have difficultly finding the page/slide arrows. Could simply just be a lighter color.
It's been integral for our user testing and understand how customers use our products
Incredibly simple to learn, a beautiful UI/UX
It crashes more often than I would like (but sometimes it's a browser issue).
Redesigning software, creating a mobile application prototype, and web design layout.
Its integration with Sketch via the Craft plugin is seamless. The ease-of-use within the app is also very easy to pick up and understand. Adding screens and hotspots enables the creation of quick, testable prototypes.
Every so often the service goes down (due to its large userbase). And some power-user features UX issues tend to not get fixed (like selecting a screen for overlays among 50+ screens is cumbersome).
InVision enabled the company to get away from sending JPGs and PDFs and preview designs in a much more realistic format — whether it's in the browser or an app window. This has been a huge benefit to the company in itself. Seeing things in context changes how clients and colleagues interpret and interact with the design — feedback is much more helpful.
I love how it allows the client to see the designs as they would look in a live environment so feedback is more accurate.
Sometimes uploading screens is slow or it freezes mid upload. Also, I have no idea how much storage space I have left at any time and must contact customer support if file uploading is slow to see if file storage is the issue.
It's a much more efficient way to share designs across the company and with clients. Feedback loop is much more quick and accurate. It allows for more collaboration across teams. Removes the old way of emails with screen shots.
I use Invision actively - we don't just use it for UX purposes, but for general design. I love the near-instant updates, GDrive syncing, and the share-ability of the product.
Sometimes syncing is a little off and the onboard learning curve was a bit steep for me with minimal support. I've heard they've rolled out onboarding materials since. Large projects can become very slow.
Less business waste, tracking contributions, and more. Able to be shared to outside dev easily and updated on the fly.