I've never had a problem with designers glossing over features, or polish items because the designers have worked from an interaction specification detail level set of wireframes.
That being said, all I'm doing is pushing the problem described further down the chain to the interaction designers - however, boxes and arrows are much more easily approachable to discuss by coders who think they can't design (yes, you can). So I'd suggest getting involved when the site is wireframed, and as Michael suggested get involved during design. J On 24/11/2010, at 11:15 AM, Michael Gall wrote: > I think the only way to manage it is be involved throughout the design > process. I make sure they realise that there are certain UI elements > that are important and they should be sure to include them in their > mockups. I've found that most designers just brush over error messages > and notification panes (read: flash) yet they are some of those little > polishes that turn a nice looking app into something that feels right. > > > Cheers, > > Michael > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:07 AM, dnagir <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am just wondering how you guys deal with working from having UI >> design to the actual Rails implementation? >> (e.g.: 37signals - Interface First) >> >> Sometimes we get the design of a web site from a "professional >> designer" which (in 99.999%) of cases looks very nice and usable. >> (And way better that I could possibly come up with). >> >> Unfortunately such designs often do not follow a lot of Rails >> conventions (REST is ignored, Flash messages are not used, Validation >> errors presented in an absolutely different way etc). >> >> This is often a barrier to using some Rails goodness (for example, >> form builders - formtastic, simple_form). >> >> So I, as a developer, either have to change the design bits to fit >> into the Rails conventions or try to live with the design as-is. >> >> Unfortunately I am pretty bad at UI design and prefer to trust the >> designer. >> >> What are your opinions on that? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Dima. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > Checkout my new website: http://myachinghead.net > http://wakeless.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
