> -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Heal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 12:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review > > Design is how something *works* not how something *looks* (read that > again, slowly). The look of a web page is only another layer to the > page (as an informational entity). A layer that can change depending > on platform, device, user - screen, print, handheld, search engine, > custom styles etc. The page has to work on several levels - > usability, accessibility, appeal. > > It seems to me, the further apart coders and designers are the less > likely either are able to achieve their respective goals. >
Hmmm... You make some interesting points there. We might have to define a bit more what we are talking about: Let's say we have got an Interface Designer and a Graphic Designer. The Interface Designer does the job of planning functionality of a page and how it *works*. The Graphic Designer takes the ideas of the Interface Designer and makes them *look* nice. Then there's the "Mockup Dude" (for the lack of a better title). He grabs the stuff the Graphic Designer has created and puts it all together in HTML and CSS. I agree with you that all three probably need to have at least some kind of knowledge in Web Standards to consider the limitations at all times. But does the Graphic Designer have to be the same person as the Interface Designer and the Mockup Dude? In our organisation the Interface Designer and Mockup Dude are the same person, while the Graphic Designer is located far far away (down in Tasmania). As long as the Graphic Designer has got a certain amount of knowledge in regards to the limitations that Web Standards set, I don't see any reason why they should be the same person. As you mentioned: "the look of a Web Page is only another layer". Let the Graphic Designer build one layer, the Mockup Dude the next, the Programmer creates another one, everything based on an Interface Design... it works fine! And everybody can specialise on what they are best at. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
