Archive for the ‘Web Design’ Category

Design and Surprise

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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The first line of defense should be good enough to demonstrate that you respect your client’s intelligence. For some clients, a simple statement is enough to convince them and for some others, you need to scratch your head to assemble your thoughts and still it doesn’t work.

When it comes down to live wire, every client and the projects are different, and this Practice Study is intended not as a recipe for success, but rather a list of ingredients. Ultimately the ball goes in the court of design firms and the businesses they work for to structure & synthesis the projects in such a way to ensure timely and effective decision-making and design refinement. Success, then, depends on design firms’ ability to be entirely transparent with clients during the pre-sales and post sale process i.e. the delivery phase. If we the designers can understand the value of time constraints, zeal to deliver great granular work, then we can feel confident that our clients will make the decision that best meets their business needs and no doubt they will get surprised with our creativity..!!

Web Standards

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

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There are no excuses for ignoring web standards. And no real professional would ignore the basic requirements for doing a good job. Using standards can help us in the future, by limiting the number of “adjustments” made for each and every browser. You can’t do everything right, but there is a good point in trying doing some stuff. And about the accessibility – a person ignoring it should be living inside a closed room with no connection to the real world.

It is frustrating to see so many “web designers” ignoring standards. I think we need to do a better job of spreading the message and convincing these people that standards compliant design methods are worth learning. There are millions of people selling web design who don’t even seem to know what professionalism means, and Standards are just a small part of that.

Validation isn’t an end result or a final deliverable; it’s an ongoing process that continues long after a site launches. If we don’t put the proper tools and commitment in place, our work will start looking like a late ‘90s throwback, and if we don’t provide guidance and education on validation, the polished, perfect pages we produced will be of little use.

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