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The key part of my point was "as long as the designer is aware of the constraints and opportunities of the medium they’re working in." Designers coming from pr
by mattkevan 8y ago
The key part of my point was "as long as the designer is aware of the constraints and opportunities of the medium they’re working in."
Designers coming from print often get caught out when designing for the web as they tend to think of a webpage as a fixed layout, rather than a flexible system of components.
It's also important to understand where the design and development budget should be effectively spent. For example, unless there's a real business or usability reason for doing so, there's little point in trying to custom-style form elements like selects as doing so is difficult and time consuming and system defaults look better and provide a more consistent experience.
We demand pixel-perfect accuracy at work between design and code – but the developers must approve the designs first to confirm that it's achievable.
I guess it comes down to what we define as 'pixel perfect'.
- DanBC 8y ago> I guess it comes down to what we define as 'pixel perfect'. When the customer hears "pixel perfect" they don't think "different on different browsers and on different OSs and on different devices", they think "the same everywhere".
- loa-in-backup 8y agoSometimes the target is a known browser version on a known OS (eg. intranet sites). Those are a lot simpler and (arguably) fun to make.
- mattkevan 8y agoThat should be one of the first conversations had with a client. It's all about managing expectations. During the pitch meeting we'd point at the big TV in the meeting room, their laptop and smartphones and (maybe) watch, and explain that while we could make their site look great on everything, it wouldn't look the same.