Re: The difference between designers and developers

Todd R. Warfel said:
> Designers concentrate on look-and-feel.

> Developers concentrate on core functionality.

Actually, I'd rephase this to say that typically designers look at a
system from the outside-in and developers look at the system from the
inside out.

Both can focus on making sure things get done. Ideally, that means
designers help ensure users can do what they need to do with the system,
and developers ensure that the system what needs doing "behind-the-scenes"
to accomodate the users' requests of the system.

Both can get sidetracked on "ain't it cool" tangents -- those tangents
just get expressed differently. Developers usually end up making
functionality nobody really needs, designers tend to make up interfaces
nobody really needs.

George

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