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UX specialists and UI architects/designers discuss things like thickness of lines. Also don't discount the sheer size of their website, making "simple" changes

by maigret 16y ago

UX specialists and UI architects/designers discuss things like thickness of lines. Also don't discount the sheer size of their website, making "simple" changes a whole different thing than on a private small website. You also forget testers, project managers, and lawyers etc. Blaming execs and managers is just too simple I think. That would be easy to fix.

rorrr 16y ago
> UX specialists and UI architects/designers discuss things like thickness of lines You wish. I'm yet to see a company where (often clueless) executives don't override decisions of professionals. I know a huge company where the CEO spent five weeks changing the curve of one of the letters in the logo, there were something like 25 iterations. Want to calculate how much that cost?
- ThomPete 16y ago
  My guess is unfortunately zero USD. Iterations often end up costing the designers their margin. Especially if the company has a good name.
  - nuxi 16y ago
    CEO presumably spent five weeks doing something that was NOT his job, and was paid for it. I'm guessing the cost was substantial.
    - ThomPete 16y ago
      That's his choice.
    - lsc 16y ago
      You are assuming that positive value is generated when the CEO does things that are his job. Now, when a good CEO does his or her job, that is probably a good assumption. But a CEO who is willing to spend that much time on graphic design is not a good CEO. If he was that incompetent when it came to everything else, most likely the company was better off having him tied up on a project where he couldn't do that much damage.
      - nuxi 16y ago
        Upvoted - I agree on the first part. As for his incompetence, the worst thing that a company can do is "promote" someone to a position where one "can't do much damage". It's damaging for morale of employees who are competent and hard working, but not properly rewarded for their work when compared to "non-damaging" ones.

by maigret 16y ago

rorrr 16y ago

> UX specialists and UI architects/designers discuss things like thickness of lines You wish. I'm yet to see a company where (often clueless) executives don't override decisions of professionals. I know a huge company where the CEO spent five weeks changing the curve of one of the letters in the logo, there were something like 25 iterations. Want to calculate how much that cost?

ThomPete 16y ago
My guess is unfortunately zero USD. Iterations often end up costing the designers their margin. Especially if the company has a good name.
- nuxi 16y ago
  CEO presumably spent five weeks doing something that was NOT his job, and was paid for it. I'm guessing the cost was substantial.
  - ThomPete 16y ago
    That's his choice.
  - lsc 16y ago
    You are assuming that positive value is generated when the CEO does things that are his job. Now, when a good CEO does his or her job, that is probably a good assumption. But a CEO who is willing to spend that much time on graphic design is not a good CEO. If he was that incompetent when it came to everything else, most likely the company was better off having him tied up on a project where he couldn't do that much damage.
    - nuxi 16y ago
      Upvoted - I agree on the first part. As for his incompetence, the worst thing that a company can do is "promote" someone to a position where one "can't do much damage". It's damaging for morale of employees who are competent and hard working, but not properly rewarded for their work when compared to "non-damaging" ones.