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Just that a lot of programmers aren't necessarily known for their design aesthetic.
So you could 'not be a fool', and be very good at HTML/CSS, and yet not really understand or care about color, flow, layout.
But, to your point, surely they will absorb something in the process. But it is far from a given.
Isn't this the entire argument between Apple-Microsoft, Jobs-Gates?
Gates isn't a fool, neither are MS programmers, but they aren't known for good 'ux designs'
There are a lot more technology experts than good Design experts.
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Just that a lot of programmers aren't necessarily known for their design aesthetic.
So you could 'not be a fool', and be very good at HTML/CSS, and yet not really understand or care about color, flow, layout.
But, to your point, surely they will absorb something in the process. But it is far from a given.
Isn't this the entire argument between Apple-Microsoft, Jobs-Gates?
Gates isn't a fool, neither are MS programmers, but they aren't known for good 'ux designs'
There are a lot more technology experts than good Design experts.