• …and actually anything which keeps your readers far from understanding your design concept. To cut it short: No ornaments allowed, keep only the essentials on board. Consider this story: one of the UX Designers that I know used abbreviations on every placeholder (a crossed rectangle) to mark what type of image he was expecting. This had a certain meaning to him, but couldn’t be understood by any outsiders. Is it ok to use such secret signs just for yourself? No, not if you’re going to share this documentation with your team and clients. These abbreviations distracted readers and disturbed their perception of the design.
2. Use colors carefully There’s a lot of misunderstandings when considering colors. Should wireframes be a black & white only, visually harsh, set of boxes? Or should they perhaps be colorful endeavors to suggest the visual design? Neither. Why? Because neither black&white nor rainbowish things, can clearly communicate the design. I’d rather suggest that you follow these simple rules: • Use shades of grey for the wireframe structure of the interface and the content, • Visually suggest a hierarchy and set an order in your wireframe by using different shades of grey, • Always set any images and icons to grey (you don’t want them to visually stand out), • Use an appropriate contrast between elements (especially in the case