>> Amen to this! I can't count the number of times I've seen a beautiful >> design get completely hosed
I am sure that this has never happened to any of us. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell G! On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Jason Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah, clients are always going to want to know what it's going to "look > like." However, I've found it extremely helpful to segregate > > the wireframing from the design. > > > In my experience, most clients put the cart before the horse, > concentrating way too much (or too early, or both) on the aesthetics > > without giving much thought to how their site/app/whatever needs to work, > how information will be delivered, etc. But what they > > don't realize is that it is, in fact, the information/content/etc. that > should be driving the design, not the other way around. > > Amen to this! I can't count the number of times I've seen a beautiful > design get completely hosed because the client decided at the last minute > that half a dozen app functions should suddenly get Top Nav treatment. > Nailing down the functional requirements first can be really helpful in > determining what needs to be included in the design and how it needs to be > treated (what's important, what's 2nd level, etc). > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341005 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
