Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 15:45:15 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About FreeBSD.org visitors Message-ID: <20131006154515.01c14ded@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <5251094E.2030800@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAF6rxgmZL7-kagQ=Sed_cPsgwCV4YxxWTErQ0UAFbh_DpRnZ=Q@mail.gmail.com> <201310031535.r93FZ6D1095088@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20131003153825.GB1581@oldfaithful.bebik.local> <5250BA2E.3030409@FreeBSD.org> <20131006102955.4191e4a4@X220.ovitrap.com> <CAF6rxgnBQ1QmAVxquQJbZJR8xT5dx1avedPJfNZRy2xHcY1yuA@mail.gmail.com> <20131006120117.183b20ce@X220.ovitrap.com> <5251094E.2030800@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi, On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:55:10 +0100 Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 06/10/2013 05:01, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > this type is called 'design'. As an engineer I do the software > > behind an website but I do not dare to make the design. Ok, I tell > > the designer, when I think the design could be improved but I do > > not dare th change it myself. > > The trick is to realise that site design is simply another form of > engineering, albeint with rather different contexts and constraints > than writing software. > > Writing a website so that the users can interact with it readily, find > and understand what they wat, avoid frustration and have a pleasant > overall experience is conceptually much the same sort of thing as > writing a website so it doesn't hog server resources or continually > fail ungracefully or have a badly indexed sub-optimal database schema. > Basically you want it to do it's job efficiently and smoothly, whether > 'it' is the back-end server code, or the on-screen presentation. > > Granted, optimizing sites for human interaction is a whole different > skill set, but it's not some holy task that only some annointed > designer with the mandate of heaven can undertake. yes, it is not rocket science but - as you said - a different skill set. Erich
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