Comments on: Designers vs Developers

By: Steve O

Steve O — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:02:58 +0000

Good point Simon, although I am guilty of designing in Photoshop until the client agrees to the design and only then switching to the browser. I keep it clear in my head what I can get away with in the browser and let the client know there may be small changes and I’ve had no problems yet, but I know I should be doing more browser side first. Blame my print background!

We couldn’t actually disagree with the question, “Designers who don’t understand technology can’t design for the web”. It is a whole other area of understanding and some print trained designers just don’t see that. As such the client ends up with a poorly produced site. I saw a site designed by a copywriter a few weeks ago – great copy, bloody awful site.

By: Simon R Jones

Simon R Jones — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:54:26 +0000

Ah yes, that’s automatic formatting in WordPress for you. I read this old article on EM dashes and other characters at ALA recently – http://www.alistapart.com/articles/emen/

By: Rob Chant

Rob Chant — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:33:22 +0000

(And just to be cheeky and extreme pedantic, from a designer’s point of view, I notice your comment system automatically converts en-dashes to em-dashes. That’s great, although a em-dash should have i-spaces to either side, not full spaces, of if i-spaces are unavailable, no spaces at all. They’re also usually only used with serif typefaces, but that’s just a matter of taste…)

By: Rob Chant

Rob Chant — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:30:14 +0000

Good point about designing in the browser — I should have stuck my hand up and said this too! I don’t think I’ve ever once (or, at least, for many, many moons) designed a site in flat files and then got stuck into the mark-up. I always do everything straight in HTML/CSS. Obvious benefits are:

a) It’s much quicker.
b) Your working with the actual destination system (rather than against it or in ignorance to it).