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Comment on Simplicity as Innovation by Prakash

Prakash — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:14:50 +0000

Great post! Couldn’t agree with you more. I really believe people complicate things to make it look sophisticated.

Edward Bono has a book called ‘Simplicity’ that gives great insights how we can achieve complexity through simplicity. He believes chess is a complex game cause it achieves it’s complexity through a large number of pieces so he designed a board game with just 4 pieces.

Comment on Twitter App – Critikr by Twitter Search

Twitter Search — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:46:03 +0000

thats great that you are talking about the twitter api,a good example of searching with the twitter api is on twiogle.com because you can search on twitter and google at the same time.

Comment on Simplicity as Innovation by viva

viva — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:33:30 +0000

Yes I think that is key when doing any product design. Although minimilist can’t be categorised as simple either, and a lot of people don’t think about that. You could have a minimalist site which is just as hard to use as a complex site.

I think no matter what we create as designers, we should have UX at the center. Whether a minimalist design suits the project or not is a whole other decision to be made.

Comment on Simplicity as Innovation by Ethan

Ethan — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:18:32 +0000

This is true for me. I love minimalism, like your site. Sometimes less is more.

Comment on Should Designers Do Their Own HTML/CSS by Steve D

Steve D — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:50:21 +0000

I would never expect a developer to understand the ins and outs of typography, just as I wouldn’t expect a web designer to build their own custom CMS.

For a designer, busting headlong into PHP is rarely inspiring, and less often is it productive. I feel that in many cases things like PHP, Content Management and the building of more complex functionality is left to a designer who may not understand the power of the language they are dealing with. Designers can run through a tutorial or use a library like jQuery to add more complex code too, but anything more is going to take experience and expertise.

Likewise I have seen sites designed by developers and the problem is reversed. Sure they can make it work, and sure the coding is great, but visually they tend to leave a lot to be desired. Again this is due to a lack of understanding from the developer about the power of the medium they are dealing with.

The two jobs were always intended to go hand in hand, and it can work. The designer should be able to design, code the front of the site, and concern themselves with any issues that involve user experiences. Any functionality such as complex back end coding, scripting languages or systems should be dealt with by a proper developer.

I think web designer and web developers like to have the “all in one” approach as their customers will get their website with one person/company. However I’d like to see more developer/designer teams springing up to give the clients better and more realized solutions by drawing on the expertise of both.

Comment on The Laws of Simplicity by Paul

Paul — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:57:07 +0000

While I do love designing creative graphics, I’m also becoming more and more a fan of simplicity in regards to web design (have always been an advocate of simplicity in logo design). Haven’t read the book, so thanks for the tip; I may have to pick a copy up :)

Comment on Should Designers Do Their Own HTML/CSS by whcs

whcs — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:21:34 +0000

Well…. I agree that designers should be able to code their own. First off, learning XHTML, CSS, a choice of your server code – PHP or AJAX for example, and Jscript are not by means hard. They were written to be understood easily, and are among the most basic of computer languages. Any respectable designer should be able to do a simple site – portfolio/web forum/blog/etc. Compared to what programming-heavy professions have to go through (real languages: C++, C#, Java, etc.), site and server coding is a piece of cake.

A great (WEB) designer must know both design and… basic coding.

Comment on Should Designers Do Their Own HTML/CSS by D.A.

D.A. — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:18:24 +0000

As I’ve lived and worked in many different situations from operating equipment to writing PHP functions for mySQL queries, I know it’s better to not have weaknesses that your afraid of. Meaning that your best asset is your ability to use your confidence to accomplish a design that’s better than what the client expects, and know that you can see it through without an ignorance of how it’ll be coded.
Knowing the entire work-flow and having a versatile understanding of the closest processes outside of your own gives you the upper hand, and confidence that makes you valuable.

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Comment on Work by Showcase Of Clean And Minimalist Designs | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine

Showcase Of Clean And Minimalist Designs | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:21:12 +0000

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