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@Fast-Nop huh?
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@Lensflare If the screen doesn't work, then you can ignore it - and that's about the only valid reason.
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@Fast-Nop well, devs and designers have a different idea of what "works" means ^^
At least in the concept phase.
After the actual implementation, I bet both would agree that clipped content doesn’t count as "works".
The hard part is to convince designers why a design won’t work. -
@Lensflare Hopefully not the Todd Howard "It just works." Where crashing is acceptable.
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@Lensflare I don't mean that the website works. I mean that the screen works. As in, it's not defect.
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Dev: This content might be too large to fit into this area on mobile.
We might need to add scrolling or design it differently.
Designer: It fits perfectly in the design.
Dev: But the user might have a smaller screen size than in the design.
Designer: We don‘t optimize for small screens.
Dev: But we still need to handle it somehow.
Also, the text might be longer for other languages.
Designer: No problem, we will provide short text for all translations.
Dev: We have 30 languages and the translations are made by a third party. We can not control it.
Designer: We‘ll manage somehow.
Dev: Also, the user might be using an accessibility setting on the device which makes the font size larger.
Designer: Unlikely
Dev: Also, the available screen size might be reduced by the on-screen keyboard.
Designer: … Ok then.
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It‘s always a conversation like this. It repeats indefinitely.
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