Re: [css-d] How do you identify a capable UI designer?

2010-08-15 Thread Norman Fournier
Hello, I agree with Philip Taylor, xhtml and css, raw by hand, is necessary, fundamental knowledge. How can it not be with what you are trying to accomplish, in other words, how can one write code without being able to read it? Norman On 2010-08-13, at 10:35 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster,

[css-d] How do you identify a capable UI designer?

2010-08-13 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
Hi all, At the start-up where I work, we've been trying to find and hire a UI designer but it's proving to be rather challenging. We are using Scrum for our Agile development and I'm looking to hire someone to do pair programming with. (I'm a Java developer with rudimentary HTML/CSS skills so I

Re: [css-d] How do you identify a capable UI designer?

2010-08-13 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Hilco Wijbenga wrote: My colleagues suggested that perhaps front end people only use tools? I.e. nobody actually writes HTML by hand anymore? Speaking as a former webmaster, I would not consider employing anyone who could not write HTML CSS using Notepad (or the platform equivalent). I may

Re: [css-d] How do you identify a capable UI designer?

2010-08-13 Thread David Laakso
Hilco Wijbenga wrote: At the start-up where I work, we've been trying to find and hire a UI designer but it's proving to be rather challenging. Cheers, Hilco This list deals primarily with specific CSS questions. You might post your question to: web design list l...@webdesign-l.com

Re: [css-d] How do you identify a capable UI designer?

2010-08-13 Thread Eric A. Meyer
At 1:45 PM -0400 8/13/10, David Laakso wrote: Hilco Wijbenga wrote: At the start-up where I work, we've been trying to find and hire a UI designer but it's proving to be rather challenging. You might post your question to: web design list l...@webdesign-l.com That would, in fact, be the