Comments on: Feeding Clients - Part 1

By: Mahangu

Mahangu — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 04:53:24 +0000

Very good point. I learnt this during my (short) tenure in the ad industry. And hey, it seems to work - so why not? :)

By: John Oxton

John Oxton — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:22:47 +0000

Nice write up. Looking forward to Part II :)

By: Prabhath

Prabhath — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:29:07 +0000

Wow. When Mr. Oxton says he looks forward to hearing from you, you really want to do better next time :D

By: Kev

Kev — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:42:40 +0000

Getting clients involved from the beginning of a project is essential in meeting their requirements.

I 100% agree. This is so basic thats its frequently overlooked. Good reminder.

By: Prabhath

Prabhath — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 03:51:26 +0000

In our Software Engineering lectures at uni, there was this talk about development processes and having the client in the development team etc. I never realised how important that lesson was until a client came up with requests to have a bigger logo and an intro page to his site, after sending him the mock-ups.

By: patrick jackson

patrick jackson — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:50:53 +0000

Good write up. Also, nice job on revamping the layout - I see you ditched the Flash nav. Was that motivated by usabilty issues?

Thanks again for the help via CSS Discuss.

By: Prabhath

Prabhath — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:03:34 +0000

Yes, I was using sIFR on the nav, but the problems it caused far outweighed the sexiness :D

By: Patrick Haney

Patrick Haney — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:39:12 +0000

Great thoughts, though I was hoping for more ideas and information. I agree with you though, and have found that using Basecamp for project management helps get the client more involved throughout the entire process rather than just at certain steps.

Here’s to part II.

By: Prabhath

Prabhath — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:37:19 +0000

Thanks Patrick, I kept it short so that savvy designers like you don’t get offended :o)

I’ve tried Basecamp and, as can be expected from 37Signals, it’s a great tool. We use dotproject - a free and opensource application you might want to check out.