Make a version.
Learn from the interaction.
A prototype gives a discussion something concrete to examine. The scope should explain which question it is meant to answer.
One small interface.
A few useful choices.
Change a sample resource layout, show or hide descriptions, and choose an accent. The preview updates locally, with a configuration you can copy.
Open the interaction playgroundA question,
made visible.
The lab shows how a modest browser interaction can make a design discussion more concrete. A working example helps a visitor understand the relationship between a choice and its visible result.
The playground is an illustrative local tool. It uses sample content and does not connect to a product service or collect a project request. Its purpose is to demonstrate an interaction, not to imply a finished commercial product.
For an engagement, the prototype boundary should be equally clear: what is real, what is simulated, and what would be needed to turn the result into production software.
Which route is easier to understand?
A focused selector can compare two ways to explain an option without building the rest of a product.
What information needs to appear first?
A small layout prototype can reveal whether the important distinction survives a change of screen size.
How should a control respond?
A working component can make focus, selection, and feedback observable rather than leaving behavior in a static image.
Read the decisions
behind the interface.
Three complete guides connect the prototype to its purpose, the keyboard route, and the technical boundary.
The right fidelity for the question.
A prototype can be rough, polished, or partly functional. Its usefulness depends on the uncertainty it is meant to examine.
NOTE 02 / InteractionA keyboard is a design tool.
Following an interface without a pointer exposes the order, clarity, and control of the experience.
NOTE 03 / Small toolsWhat belongs in the browser?
A local tool and a connected service can look similar. Their responsibilities and promises are different.