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Re: Great (web) designers write code

Gino — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:50:23 -0000

Eh. There are many different kinds of designers out there. Every client has different needs. And it's extremely difficult to coordinate multiple disciplines because at some point you decide where you spend your time: kids & family, learning/mastering existing things, picking up new skills. I'm against the laziness and fear of design staff who don't take time to pick up the tools though, who think this is exactly like print, and developers who believe that because they can code a website that they are automatically interactionists or design school grads.

Re: Great (web) designers write code

Chris Messina — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:56:32 -0000

So are you going to be able to make it down? We'll need your heckling to keep us honest! ;) 
 
Great post.

Re: Great (web) designers write code

Scott — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:24:12 -0000

David, as always, you make some excellent points & while a great designer knows the ins and outs of communicating and problem solving, since ultimately that's a huge part of what we do, having a solid interest in more of the things that happen behind the scenes or under the 'paint job' of a web site/application has clear benefits to both the designer and their clients. 
 
Digging into producing good, accessible, standards-compliant sites is an great place to start for those not already on-board before moving into the realm of programmers-looking at Javascript, PHP, Perl, Rails, etc. 
 
As a side note, I'm humbled to be mentioned alongside so many other great designers in the web world. Cheers!

Re: Great (web) designers write code

Frederick Townes — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:07:22 -0000

Hey David, this is a great post. I actually had some challenges with past designers not wanting to at least be aware of web standards and 'best' practices in CSS or at least proven techniques. I'm happy to see that designers are becoming more verstatile and embracing the fact that they don't need to know how to build a web server to get their hands dirty in producing usable and consistent interfaces. We've got to be aware and embrace the tools at our disposal in order to be effective.

Re: Great (web) designers write code

Joe Clark — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:53:46 -0000

I deny being a designer.