The New Link Between Designer and Developer

Scott Kinder writes "Ryan Stewart of ZDNet discusses the importance of the workflow between designers and developers. Both Adobe and Microsoft have a lot at stake in their respective software projects. Given how important experience is in making software, ensuring that it is easy for designers and developers to work together is more important than ever." From the article: "The key here is going to be the workflow between designers and developers and making sure that the tools support both types of content creators. Creating world class RIAs simply will not be possible without an efficient workflow between the two areas. Adobe has focused a lot on incorporating Adobe and Macromedia products, making sure that designers can easily move between both companies software. But they haven't quite perfected the designer/developer workflow, and I think Microsoft has a bit of a head start here. The Expression Suite seems built from the ground up to work well with their developer tools. The question will be whether or not designers will use these new tools."

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[Randolpho]

Those a little confused about the separation of concerns between designers and developers should read the following blog entry from one of the MS Expression developers. Designers. Whatever. Just read it:

http://lostgarden.com/2006/02/software-development s-evolution.html

Re:How about a link between developers and users?

[WilliamSChips]

I've never seen somebody told to fuck off unless they say stupid and illogical things in the development(NOT user support) channel multiple times, and even after having everything carefully explained to them they just come back and do the same thing. Everywhere else I've seen people be way too nice to people who should be sterilized to prevent the propagation of their sterility.