Sam Tregar writes: >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.
Well, at Cellmania the interface was done in HTML by the HTML designer, typically. I think it helped us get things done more quickly. --Bill. -- William R Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wards.net/~bill/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
