Comments on: Nobody needs web designers.

By: Web Design Mauritius

Web Design Mauritius — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:34:38 +0000

Thanks for your great input Robyn. I’m not stating that we should be in “jump-start” mode for a run off everytime a client has to be educated but, as you spotted it, depending on some clients, it sometimes becomes veeeeerrrrrry difficult to bring them on. In my case, the only way to educate my stubborn client was to educate the people around him. He then felt that he was missing something and his curiosity is actually winning on him. There’s still a long way to go though.

By: Web Design Mauritius

Web Design Mauritius — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:30:25 +0000

Thanks Ludovic. I agree with you that building a website “professionally” calls for more serious things such as very well defined specifications and our own aim for client satisfaction. This is what I wanted to stress upon. Let’s look at our job from the other side of the mirror. We’re striving for a “better” Internet with better usability and functionalities but all the pondering that a call to action button has undergone just ends up being a trendy little thing on various websites. This shows that people are sometimes really fickle.

Anyway, client satisfaction will remain the main objective of our business as you clearly put it.

By: Robyn from Sam's Web Guide

Robyn from Sam's Web Guide — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:17:42 +0000

Great article Sachin.
It really was an inevitable fact that the end product of web development would become simpler since we are trying to create interfaces that simplify user experience. Yeah our job looks so easy but its something that we will have to work with and find unique ways of educating potential clients. We must admit that web development on a whole is becoming easier as we find more unique and efficient ways of creating designs.
I don’t completely agree with you about running away if you encounter a client who needs to be educated. With my experience, my clients normally welcome the additional knowledge. I guess it depends on the client’s personality.
The truth is that without talented web developers, the internet would go to the dogs.

By: ludovic

ludovic — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:41:56 +0000

Hi there.
I see some great points you have brought up and would like to add some comments to them.
Like you say people on the net with their templates and what not are making web design look so easy.
But for me when i design a web site it is a very long and involved process. I get a brief and spend a long time researching and asking the right questions to the client. I could easily just go and get a template and say i am done. But i do not i research how to best advice the client on what web site i can design to give him exactly what his looking for. some websites require mind blowing designs and animations and some need to just be simple and functional. a web template or inexperienced i surf the web so now i know how to web design will never give the client the same satisfaction that an experienced web designer can give a client.