[Sigia-l] What am I missing...

[Ziya Oz]

Paola Kathuria:

> Indeed, I don't. But that doesn't stop graphic designers
> fumbling with JavaScript and PHP to build sites by themselves
> whilst having no clue how to write reliable, readable,
> flexible or maintainable code.

And shouldn't that tell you to let the professionals do what they do best?
:-)
  
> No, umm, my point was that programmers aren't useless.

They are paid to code, which is what they should keep on doing.
  
> Design is a fundamental process that happens from
> day 1 of a project and has little to do with graphic design.

It's so nice to agree wholeheartedly.
  
> I'm a psychology/computing hybrid, wishing that (graphic)
> designers and programmers would realise that they need each
> other.

The problem with your post was that you made it sound like it was the
designers who needed the programmers.

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Ziya

Usability >  Simplify the Solution
Design >  Simplify the Problem