6 ms·

By this description they weren’t actually good UX Designers. A true professional will take all constraints into account, particularly in what seems to be a cust

by eecc 5y ago

By this description they weren’t actually good UX Designers. A true professional will take all constraints into account, particularly in what seems to be a custom display for an appliance/kiosk/dashboard. It’s like that guy that said: “it’s easy to be a good investor in god times, it’s when recession hits that the pros really shine”

bluefirebrand 5y ago
> By this description they weren’t actually good UX Designers. A true professional will take all constraints into account, particularly in what seems to be a custom display for an appliance/kiosk/dashboard No true Scotsman would ignore the technical specs! The fact is that many UX designers are designers first and foremost and maybe even entirely non-technical when it comes to specs. The existence of "true professional" UX designers does not mitigate the vast quantities of average skill UX people most teams will encounter.
- nicoburns 5y ago
  > The fact is that many UX designers are designers first and foremost and maybe even entirely non-technical when it comes to specs I don't think that's much of an excuse. A graphic designer needs to know about page bleed and colour spaces. A product designer needs to understand the strengths (literally sometimes) and weaknesses of the materials they are working with. And a UX designer for a tech product needs to understand the technical constraints of the medium they designing for, or be able to talk proficiently to someone who does. How can you design a user's experience (lest we forget what UX stands for) if you don't understand to at least some level the medium through which it will be conveyed. Designing something that a user will never see because the colour depth of the display they be using can't convey it is not designing the user's experience at all.
  - bluefirebrand 5y ago
    > How can you design a user's experience (lest we forget what UX stands for) Right. Most designers are not UX designers, they are graphic designers hired to do UX because they can make pretty pictures in Illustrator.

by eecc 5y ago

bluefirebrand 5y ago

> By this description they weren’t actually good UX Designers. A true professional will take all constraints into account, particularly in what seems to be a custom display for an appliance/kiosk/dashboard No true Scotsman would ignore the technical specs! The fact is that many UX designers are designers first and foremost and maybe even entirely non-technical when it comes to specs. The existence of "true professional" UX designers does not mitigate the vast quantities of average skill UX people most teams will encounter.

nicoburns 5y ago
> The fact is that many UX designers are designers first and foremost and maybe even entirely non-technical when it comes to specs I don't think that's much of an excuse. A graphic designer needs to know about page bleed and colour spaces. A product designer needs to understand the strengths (literally sometimes) and weaknesses of the materials they are working with. And a UX designer for a tech product needs to understand the technical constraints of the medium they designing for, or be able to talk proficiently to someone who does. How can you design a user's experience (lest we forget what UX stands for) if you don't understand to at least some level the medium through which it will be conveyed. Designing something that a user will never see because the colour depth of the display they be using can't convey it is not designing the user's experience at all.
- bluefirebrand 5y ago
  > How can you design a user's experience (lest we forget what UX stands for) Right. Most designers are not UX designers, they are graphic designers hired to do UX because they can make pretty pictures in Illustrator.