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If graphic designers were collaboratively editing images where change management was critical and every pixel had to be manually inserted to generate a very spe
by upofadown 5y ago
If graphic designers were collaboratively editing images where change management was critical and every pixel had to be manually inserted to generate a very specific meaning I suspect that they would come up with their own format and associated applications.
- james_in_the_uk 5y agoProbably not, actually. Why? They are not developers, they're artists. They will learn and use the tools available to them. If even a fraction of the effort that developers put into improving their own tools actually went into improving others', then we wouldn't be stuck with such terrible software out here in the real world. But I understood why it is more rewarding and engaging to focus inwards.
- wvenable 5y agoLawyers writing documents is much less like factory composing data than you seem to think. They very much treat it like writing and editing any other kind of written composition. Heck, a lot of lawyers actually dictate their work instead of typing themselves.
- pseingatl 5y agoIt actually reminds me of plumbing more than anything else, especially appellate briefs. Unless and until you get the hang of dictating, your documents will be twice as long. And who is going to do this typing? Someone in Bangalore? Good luck with that.
- wvenable 5y agoBig law offices used to have after-hours typing pools that transcribed dictation into documents. Now they have hardware and software to do the transcription as well as staff to look it over. Dictation is not an obscure thing in law offices.