I don't have a hardened process, but for projects that need to build on what I've done (long term), I tend to deliver the following: Functioning DHTML prototype connecting all of the graphic assets together Documented CSS explaining what the key styles are Palette file listing the colors used in the CSS Bulleted list of common and unique graphic elements, plus names of their master files (PNG from Fireworks) and prod files (GIF or JPG) PNG files containing the last iteration of wireframes or mockups (whichever is most relevant to the prototype)
I'd say I probably have time to do ALL of the above for about 10% of projects. Another 30% get the basic gist of the above, missing one or two items here or there. I did most of the graphics for my last company's enterprise portal, so I finally built a web index of all translated buttons, styles and graphic elements relevant for portlet developers. It turned out to be pretty popular, and survived about five years. To my knowledge, they're still using it. Since I quasi-managed most of the redesigns over the years, I tried to avoid having to replace all of the translated elements we built over time. It really illustrated how prior planning could have reduced our being locked into one goofy rounded rectangle button style (which I hated after about...a month). Something that would be handy is a little utility that could take a nested folder containing all of the above and let you document each one in a tabular form layout, then deliver to the customer in web or PDF form. I'd pay for that =] Bryan http://www.bryanminihan.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Richman Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements? So, does anybody on this list create a deliverable of this nature? If so, are there specific conditions under which you would do this? Most of my colleagues just create the wire frames and let them speak for themselves. Thanks Mark Richman Product Designer Intelliverse ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
