Design and Development Process

[michelle.dsouza at utoronto.ca]

Hi everyone,

In preparation for the summit, I've been thinking about how we as the  
Fluid community can better integrate designers and developers. My  
original thoughts, based on what we've done so far in Fluid led me to  
create this page on design and development process for Fluid.

http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Design+and+Development+Process

It didn't take very long for me to realize that although this process  
would result in a great user experience, it wasn't very practical. At  
this point in the Fluid project we have the luxury of lots of design  
resources but of course this is not the reality for our projects where  
designers are difficult to come by. As a developer, I've always found  
this to be a difficult position to be in. I want to create better UIs  
but have never been very clear on what constitutes 'better'. I don't  
have a lot of time to spend on UI so I'd like to spend that time well.  
To this end, I've done some research and put together a *short* list  
of design tips for developers. I've kept the list to 5 points because  
I know that I'm not likely to have the time for more then that.

http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Design+Tips+for+Developers

This is a work in progress and I welcome your feedback and  
suggestions. This may make for an interesting conversation at one of  
the joint sessions at the summit.

Michelle