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- ukit0
Maybe you should worry about yourself instead of other
- Glitterati_Duane0
Steve Jobs doesn't do EVERYTHING at Apple but by the way he runs it people think he's the "All Knowing God". I relate that to design. I think having a general understanding of how development works but letting the developers focus on that so you can focus on design is the best way to work.
- mydo0
my meaning was not being inhibited by how complicated you're going to make someones day. not an issue if it's not your department. you may have otherwise not chosen to put the video in the background of a non flash site.
moreover, design and concept should come first, then worry about if it's possible or not. next thing you know some boffin has worked out what to do.... just like back in the day man.
- Hombre_Lobo0
Mydo I agree.
KnowIng how to develop it, code and put it together is a negative when designing (if this knowledge influences deaign).
Much like any program, if you let the tools of that program influence rhe way you design it then your designs are not going to be as creatively free as they would have if you had known nothing.
Don't let software determine your designs. Design freely to achieve the best/most appropriate/clear design for that purpose. The design is the important thing.
- It's not software though, it's the medium you are working in. Totally differentukit
- ukit0
Oh cmon guys, its definitely not a negative. Taking what you said above and applying it to other media, would you really call it an asset for a designer to not know anything about the printing process if they are working on a print job? Knowing everything is not required either, but clearly the one who knows the most is going to get the best technical result and make the fewest mistakes.
IMO web typography, CSS, etc, should be all viewed as an extension of the design and not some kind of afterthought. I enjoy writing the styles and code and putting as much thought into them as the visual design.
If you have someone you can hand it off to, great, but that's not always the case. It totally depends on the organization though, and designer not needing to code really isn't unusual for many jobs. So whatever, but in an age where 14 year old kids can put a website up, its kind of dumb not to know anything.
- PIZZA0
Know how CSS works and the limitations of Javascript/Canvas/Flash so you can design correctly, but no way should designers be wasting their time fucking around with CSS inconsistencies in IE all day.
Our studio couldn't function like that because as soon as the designs are done we need to start designing something else.
- ukit0
- CodenameAM0
I once joined an agency this, and although a few of the designers knew about CSS and Flash, etc, etc our main focus was the design.
It's amazing once you take out all the elements and really focus on one aspect how more focused you become of the design, user experience and detail. So I can understand why someone would use Photoshop all day, but it would be wrong not to talk to development as designing something that cannot be built, or built how yo want it, would be an awful lot of wasted time!
- i_monk0
So web designers are finally starting to specialize in different aspects?
Woo?
- Mr_Right0
"The thing that got me worried is what happens to the design people when they leave the company and try and get a job in web design again, I don't know many companies out there who will give someone a job designing website on PS all day, and don't know how to build them using XHTML and CSS."
I think these designers will do just fine if they leave their job. If they are good at design they will always be in demand IMO.
"The people who know HOW to do something will always have a job, the people who know WHY you do something will always be their boss."
- Mr_Right0
Oh, I meant to add that any designer who has knowledge of CSS and XHTML, and designs with the development in mind, is way ahead of the game.