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I have specified details of layout and had designers ignore them. The result was unusable because they did not listen. A case in point is providing a color head
by trevelyan 16y ago
I have specified details of layout and had designers ignore them. The result was unusable because they did not listen. A case in point is providing a color header graphic of fixed width instead of a (faster loading) white-based background design which could scale to variable width and still look good.
Someone who provides a layout is telling the designer what they need and asking for it to be improved. You get better results this way. If a designer told me this was bad for them, I would use someone else. Saves me from getting something unusable back. That said, I think this designer is in the minority. Most are more professional and realize design needs to be contingent on tech/usability factors they may not understand. So they want information and ask questions when they see ways to improve things.
- chc 16y agoYeah, I've known designers like that too. They're generally losers. Working with fixed-size elements is one thing, and being responsible for some limited part of a design is another, and those are both perfectly reasonable. I'm talking about managers and business owners who ask you to design a whole site, then draw up some design with their 13-year-old as a "project" and think it's pretty neat, so that should be your design. You can create something with it, but it's hobbled by the lack of thought that went into the initial design. And no matter how much you try to convince them and show them tests that changing certain parts would be good, they're emotionally attached to their idea. I'm sure this isn't how you work, so it's hard to imagine other people are like that, but just like there are some unreasonable contractors who ignore your specs, there are unreasonable clients who can't hold up their part of the professional relationship.