UI vs UX bullshit!
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- mg330
hehehe— I just upset some UI / UX people. mmmmm— tasty downvotes
(sorry- but I find UI/UX folks to be worthless - you get in the way most of the time)--
Alright, for the sake of a good discussion, lets talk about this. What do you actually mean here? Are you saying that, as a visual designer, a person is great enough at just designing the site or application without the benefit of what a focused UI / UX expert can accomplish? What do they "get in the way of?"
I'm sure we both have good and bad stories and it depends on the context, but I don't work with visual designers whose role involves UX research, concepting UI patterns, making flows, working with business stakeholders, helping BA's create requirements, working with devs to understand tech complexities, usability, etc. I don't know of what visual designer would do all of that.
And, just for my own context, I consult with and work on web applications with a large national insurance company. There's not a chance they wouldn't have UX professionals involved in their projects. Our agency wouldn't either.
Like I said, I'm sure we have had different experiences.
- It's all in context of course— I too have had good and bad experiences. I'm pretty bitter as of late (if you couldn't tell). i work on the national shit too...PonyBoy
- ... I'm grateful for useful input... but I can't tell you how often 'we've' run into absolutely useless or no-brainer feedback that actually stalls projects...PonyBoy
- ... or even worse— confuses clients. Mind you— I'm talking about the kind of bullshit going on in the main post. I've experienced that kind of useless jabber...PonyBoy
- ... in more than one meeting where once good design (damn near ready to go into development) gets shut down or confused cuz somebody felt...PonyBoy
- ... a need to inject their uselessness. :)PonyBoy
- All backed up by some UX article about best practice they read on some shitty blogChimp