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> too often, non-designers underestimate the work and design considerations involved. The story of my life! In my entire career as a web developer, the hardest
by k3n 13y ago
> too often, non-designers underestimate the work and design considerations involved.
The story of my life! In my entire career as a web developer, the hardest non-technical task I've ever faced is convincing management that we need a designer. I guess they think all they do is come up with some colors or something, because there is never any value given to having someone on-hand that actually knows what they're doing. So frustrating.
- danso 13y agoNot just design work though, but also content and features work, which pulls in product development and sometimes, infrastructure people. Responsive/mobile design necessarily makes content disappear or moved around, which can substantially change the function of the site. For example, in Adioso's implementation: http://adioso.com/us/new-york-new-york-to-rome-it-next-month-for-7-to-10-days http://adioso.com/us/new-york-new-york-to-rome-it-next-month... ...resizing to the mobile width hides the "Lock Flight" buttons that are normally placed in the far right. So someone had to agree/argue that hiding those buttons was a worthwhile compromise (as opposed to stacking them on the bottom).
- k3n 13y agoFully agree. At least 'graphic design' is easier to explain than 'information design', which most here at work probably think is a farce or a figment of imagination.