Comments on: One Reason Why the "Devigner" Workflow is Important – Designer Shortage http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2006/12/one-reason-why-the-devigner-workflow-is-important-designer-shortage/ Ryan Stewart on the Flash Platform Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:39:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam Kinney, Devigner at Work http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2006/12/one-reason-why-the-devigner-workflow-is-important-designer-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Adam Kinney, Devigner at Work Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:45:28 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=593#comment-1466 <strong>What do I mean by “Devigner at Work”?...</strong> ... What do I mean by “Devigner at Work”?…

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]]> By: John Milan http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2006/12/one-reason-why-the-devigner-workflow-is-important-designer-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 John Milan Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:31:08 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=593#comment-1465 The shortage of designers able to work with developers goes way beyond just workflow and really reflects a problem in the current software industry as a whole. IMHO, we are at a transition point where the features of a program are taking a backseat to the experience of a program. Much like all cars have, more or less, the same feature set and style\cachet becomes a differentiator, so to will better designed (for the user experience) software begin to differentiate and add value. In fact, maybe I can teach this old dog a few new tricks.... or maybe I should hire a young kid who's never seen a c:\ prompt. The shortage of designers able to work with developers goes way beyond just workflow and really reflects a problem in the current software industry as a whole.

IMHO, we are at a transition point where the features of a program are taking a backseat to the experience of a program. Much like all cars have, more or less, the same feature set and style\cachet becomes a differentiator, so to will better designed (for the user experience) software begin to differentiate and add value.

In fact, maybe I can teach this old dog a few new tricks…. or maybe I should hire a young kid who’s never seen a c:\ prompt.

]]> By: Geof Harries http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2006/12/one-reason-why-the-devigner-workflow-is-important-designer-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Geof Harries Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:07:41 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=593#comment-1464 I've only just started to use Flex in a production environment, with nothing to show at present. Posts from guys like Shane make me regret my long hesitation in trying something new. Here's hoping it's not too little, too late, because after so many years in the page paradigm, I'm bored and unchallenged with plain ol' HTML and Javascript. I’ve only just started to use Flex in a production environment, with nothing to show at present. Posts from guys like Shane make me regret my long hesitation in trying something new.

Here’s hoping it’s not too little, too late, because after so many years in the page paradigm, I’m bored and unchallenged with plain ol’ HTML and Javascript.

]]> By: mike chambers http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2006/12/one-reason-why-the-devigner-workflow-is-important-designer-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 mike chambers Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:08:06 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=593#comment-1463 Well, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if there was a glut of designers who could work with Microsoft technologies. However, there is a large pool of designers who have been creating rich content, and applications leveraging Adobe / Macromedia technologies for years. Now, that doesn't mean that demand won't go up, but even it does, working with design tools that designers are already familiar with (Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash), will be a huge advantage, and make it much easier to to "get over the hump" and start working on RIAs. Of course, you need to learn how to build and design Rich interactions, but at least you can do that without having to worry about learning a completely new toolset at the same time. Btw, a great workflow between tools is completely moot if no one uses one or all of those tools. mike chambers mesh@adobe.com Well, I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if there was a glut of designers who could work with Microsoft technologies. However, there is a large pool of designers who have been creating rich content, and applications leveraging Adobe / Macromedia technologies for years.

Now, that doesn’t mean that demand won’t go up, but even it does, working with design tools that designers are already familiar with (Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash), will be a huge advantage, and make it much easier to to “get over the hump” and start working on RIAs.

Of course, you need to learn how to build and design Rich interactions, but at least you can do that without having to worry about learning a completely new toolset at the same time.

Btw, a great workflow between tools is completely moot if no one uses one or all of those tools.

mike chambers

mesh@adobe.com

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