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It's a great idea in theory, the problem is that corporate designs go through ten different committees each wanting something different, so you end up with an u
by kaveri 17y ago
It's a great idea in theory, the problem is that corporate designs go through ten different committees each wanting something different, so you end up with an unusable mess.
- dmix 17y agoExactly, the first design mockup is the easiest part of the process. From my experience, getting feedback from a small team in 20 person startup can drastically change the site from the designers original vision. At the bigs companies there are many different stakeholders who need to be appeased. Some of the changes may seem illogical to the average consumer, but they might be well justified by management. For example trying to keep a few big corporate clients happy by including a large cheesy marketing message on the homepage. Edit: But I admit, DHL is in desperate need for a redesign. Their website is awful.
- snitko 17y agoI absolutely agree that big companies would dramatically slow down the development process. And that's why I put a disclaimer on each page saying it takes consulting and understanding of the problem domain to produce a final result. Mockup is definitely just a first step, but I figured it's the step that attracts an attention.
- wglb 17y agoAnd it is interesting how different, huge, departments own various pieces of the web page--menu bar, right margin, left links, and so on. And fight for changes of any sort to their piece of real estate.
- olegkikin 17y agoThis. Plus people making UI decisions rarely have any experience in it. Yet they feel like they know everything.
- NathanKP 17y agoThe process is described in vivid detail in the following comic by The Oatmeal: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell - How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell