Prototype page for simulating navigation in computer programs

Computer software, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, for providing a prototype page capable of simulating navigation between objects in a computer program, the software comprising instructions to perform operations comprising:

• receive a selection of a distribution of presentation areas to be used in a computer program, the distribution comprising a layout configured to be used in building versions of a prototype page for simulating successive navigations;
• receive a placement of first and second icon symbols in at least one of the presentation areas, the first and second icon symbols representing first and second objects, respectively, of the computer program, the first and second icon symbols corresponding to respective first and second pictures to be displayed in the at least one of the presentation areas;
• receive a placement of a navigation symbol that graphically links the first and second icon symbols, the navigation symbol representing a simulation of a navigation between the first and second objects in the computer program in which a first version of the prototype page includes the first picture and not the second picture, the first picture comprising a navigation link for causing a second version of the prototype page to be presented in which the second picture is added;
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• provide markup language code for the prototype page, the markup language code including location indicating code corresponding to the distribution of presentation areas, picture code for the first and second pictures, the picture code being combined with the location indicating code, the markup language code further including interaction code corresponding to the navigation symbol, wherein the prototype page is capable of simulating the navigation between the first and second objects in the computer program.

Computer software, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, for providing a prototype page capable of simulating navigation between objects in a computer program, the computer-readable medium comprising:

• program instructions comprising an interaction module that, when executed by a processor, receives a selection of a distribution of presentation areas to be used in a computer program, the distribution comprising a layout configured to be used in building versions of a prototype page for simulating successive navigations, receives a placement of first and second icon symbols in at least one of the presentation areas, the first and second icon symbols representing first and second objects, respectively, of the computer program, the first and second icon symbols corresponding to respective first and second pictures to be displayed in the at least one of the presentation areas, and that receives a placement of a navigation symbol that graphically links the first and second icon symbols, the navigation symbol representing a simulation of a navigation between the first and second objects in the computer program in which a first version of the prototype page includes the first picture and not the second picture, the first picture comprising a navigation link for causing a second version of the prototype page to be presented in which the second picture is added;
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• program instructions comprising a code providing module that, when executed by a processor, provides markup language code for the prototype page, the markup language code including location indicating code corresponding to the distribution of presentation areas, picture code for the first and second pictures, the picture code being combined with the location indicating code, the markup language code further including interaction code corresponding to the navigation symbol, wherein the prototype page is capable of simulating the navigation between the first and second objects in the computer program.