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The visual representation of something is integrally linked with how it works. Thinking of that as just something graphic designers do to make it pretty is in m
by dhh 16y ago
The visual representation of something is integrally linked with how it works. Thinking of that as just something graphic designers do to make it pretty is in my opinion the crux of the disagreement here. I don't think that this division should exist.
I've certainly seen it performed like this. In fact, I believe it's the norm. But I also think it's the cause of many bad experiences.
The perfect flow, in my opinion, is to have the same person responsible for how it works and how it looks because the best interfaces and applications merges those two together.
Also, I largely consider wireframes and flow charts to be poor substitutions for designers capable of jumping straight from ultra-rough paper sketch to HTML. The more layers of indirection, the worse.
- jeromec 16y agoI know graphic artists who are extremely talented visually, but certainly couldn't beat me for putting together Web applications. They may been drawing since they could hold a pencil, and know how to use Photoshop, but simply don't have the thinking I do when it comes to UX. In the past I built a large web application for a business that went head-to-head with a top industry version, and the owner was blown away with how much better my app was, saying it cut his training time for new employees down by around 85%. I don't think this is a black and white issue. I think, like most anything, there are many things that come down to the individual doing the job.