: Re: [WSG] hiring a standards-savvy designer
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I agree Leo, programming takes a logical mind. Art takes a creative mind.
However there is a grey area, and I believe that
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Subject: Re: [WSG] hiring a standards-savvy designer
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My reply didn't show the full quote... so here it is for those who will
accuse me of taking it out of context.
Art is best left
to people that have a knack for it. But again, anyone can learn to
program.
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I'm the guilty party Leo. Well it was 2am and I guess that came out
convoluted.
I meant to say it would be easier to learn coding than to learn good art.
Both are talents in their own realms, but if you are forced to
transition from one into another, I'm sure Design into HTML would be
easier
Hi Kay,
I wouldn't worry too much even if your designers think Fireworks output
is a good way to go. For years, we used table-based sites. All of our
designers were taught Fireworks/Dreamweaver.
Starting January 2004, we completely abandoned Fireworks. All of our
new sites are being produced
Have they ever used Dreamweaver without going into the WYSIWYG.
Do they KNOW HTML? Could they code a site with nothing but notepad?
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Jeremy Flint
www.jeremyflint.com
Kay Smoljak wrote:
Hi guys,
At work, we're about to hire a new graphic designer, as our guys are
flat out. We're looking
Hi guys,
[snip]
So what am I actually asking? I'm interested in what you guys consider
reasonable to expect from a graphic designer who also does some
overflow html. What would you be looking for? What would you ask in
the interview?
Thanks for any ideas,
K.
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Kay Smoljak
You should make up a test that starts with typical graphical elements that
your company uses and perhaps a hand drawn mock up of a page. Have them
design first in fireworks or whatever your graphic design tool of choice
is the layout and then ask them to create a rough HTML of it. Then you can
The only way to find a designer that is sensitive to what's required
with standards, accessibility, CSS-based layouts, valid XHTML, etc is
to find a web designer with ALL these skills, even if you don't take
advantage of them all.
They must be able to hand-code valid XHTML in order to have an
Warning: rant.
The very fact that this is even in question with any designer is an indication of how degraded the title has become since computers hit the industry. Design was and has always been about communication and functionality - my degree in 84-88 was 'Visual Communications', not 'web
Amen to that brother.
I agree with Christine and most of the others. Even if I take a billion
art classes and devote the rest of my life to honing art skills, I will
still be horrible compared to a slew of others whose design is
immaculate but whose technical side is lacking. You can teach
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