Part 3: Getting Creative
Editors' Poll: Has the Web Changed How Designers Approach Their Work?
DR: Because of its interactive nature, the Web has forced designers to understand how users interact with information. It's no longer enough to create a piece based on how people passively view it; now, a design has to encompass the next step—how the viewer will go past the initial design, deeper into the piece. Web design is one of the most demanding kinds of design work.
ML: Designers have changed the way Webmasters approach their work. The Web used to be the place to get information quickly. Now it's a place to waste bandwidth and time waiting for large graphics and embedded multimedia files to load. Not everyone has a T1 connection to the Net. ...
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