Thanks for the responses thus far. I think that one of the reasons for this situation, is that the company I work for has been around for 9 years, and has never had a designer of any sort. They are still learning about what I do and how I can contribute. Some developers have seen how I can make things easier for them, but there are some that have not had the epiphany just yet.
Thanks for your list of comments David, the only thing that is not quite accurate is that Flex does not produce AJAX/HTML code, it is a Flash application development platform. Applications are served up as a swf file. You can go to http://flex.org/showcase/ to see some sample applications. It is not I may just need to press forward and gradually show the advantages of good design to the groups that David mentions, and get more people involved in the process. I totally agree with Jeff's comments. I guess part of my headache is that it is just so plain and simple to me to go in that direction, that it is hard to understand why others do not see it. Grady Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gradykelly.com On Nov 12, 2007 4:00 PM, Steve Baty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This about sums up my experience working with code-level developers: > excellent advice. > > I absolutely can't emphasise enough the difference #1 makes to a > development > project. Get your development lead working side-by-side with the 'design' > team as early as possible and you'll get a much smoother ride through the > rest of the project. Encourage them to go and do small proofs-of-concept > around those features that may or may not work in a particular technology > option - incorporate the results back into the design documents. > > Regards, > Steve > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:17:23, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Grady, the answer is "YES". > > > > Few things: > > 1. Collaborate w/ Tech on design. Don't over the wall something to > > them. You'll get dinged every time. > > 2. Don't avoid the question of technology during the design process. > > By doing #1 you want to make assumptions with engineering buy-in so > > that if they pull a "we want to work in Flex, now" on you can point > > to previous agreements in the design. > > 3. If you get great feedback that affirms your design decisions, > > document them, get buy-in that everyone agrees and use them > > throughout. > > 4. KNOW the technology. What in the world about Flex would make your > > designs not work? Flex creates AJAX/HTML code. It is just a > > development environment and server runtime engine. > > 5. There is a 3rd party here, no? Where's the business? Who has the > > business' ear? Are they part of the collaborative process? If not, > > why not? If so, why are they agreeing with engineering? And why > > haven't you made your case. > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA > Director, User Experience Strategy > Red Square > P: +612 8289 4930 > M: +61 417 061 292 > > Member, UPA - www.upassoc.org > Member, IxDA - www.ixda.org > Member, Web Standards Group - www.webstandardsgroup.org > Contributor, UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 > ________________________________________________________________ *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
