Hi, On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 05:06:02 -0400 Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanlit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:45 AM, Erich Dollansky > <erichsfreebsdl...@alogt.com > > wrote: > > > On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:55:10 +0100 > > Matthew Seaman <matt...@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 > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering > > The first sentence : > > *Software engineering* (*SE*) is the application of a systematic, this is the mistake made here. We - at least me - talk about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_design Nobody mentioned the software behind. Only the search function is mentioned very often as being behind current standards. Erich > disciplined, quantifiable approach to the design, development, > operation, and maintenance of software > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software>, and the study of these > approaches; that is, the application of > engineering<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering>to > software.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering#cite_note-BoDu04-1> > > > Thank you very much . > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
