On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, William R Ward wrote: > >Ah, I see why we're on opposite sides of the fence - I generally do just > >the reverse. After the functional spec is done, including mockups from > >the interface designer, I produce a working version of the application. > >This means I do some bare-bones template work to make the thing do its > >job. The end result is ugly but functional and testable. Then I pass it > >off to the designers who make the thing pretty by editing the templates. > > That is making the designers do their job twice, once for the mockup > and once for the real app. I don't think that's very efficient...
Often the HTML designers are not the interface designers. I prefer interface design to be done through paper-prototyping[1] by the project managers. Sometimes artists get involved to make pretty versions of the prototypes but these are usually just images rather than HTML. [1] See http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/usability/library/us-paper/ for an excelent summary of the process. -sam --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
