Posted by on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 9:32 am.
For just about any seasoned Web Designer, it’s likely that at some point you’ve had to battle with the joys of older internet browsers to make your fancy j-query functionality work as intended, or you’ve had to work with a difficult client, reworking you design until it ‘pops’ more.
Of course, these are just a couple of elements which makeup the more relatable side of the Web Designers culture, and it’s resulted in a number of amusing web design viral videos and witty online comics over the years.
If you work for an agency, you’ll be sure to get a kick out of the below, which reflect on everything from the gripes of client communication, post-budget design revisions and the never-ending browser-war.
‘How a Web Design goes Straight to Hell’
http://www.theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell
The Oatmeal parodies the often-found situation of where a Web Designer goes from being the artistic consultant, to just a mere development drone.
‘Make my Logo Bigger Cream’
http://www.makemylogobiggercream.com/
Agency Fusion takes a look at common client design revisions in the format of a hilarious infomercial video, no longer will you have to enlarge that vector logo, as the client can now alter it with ease themselves.
‘Go Home Internet Explorer 6’
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotjohnny/3629069606/sizes/l/
Internet Explorer 6 needs no explanation when it comes to destroying web development dreams and wasting hours to make it work with modern web standards. RobotJonny takes a look at IE6 and simply requests that it just goes home.
‘Kopozky Web Solutions’
Kopozky is a regularly published comic about typical life in a website design agency, featuring the stereotype designer, content writer, bosses and of course, clients themselves.
Further Reading
For more interesting looks at the Web Designers culture, make sure to check out my blog post on Google Chrome Experiments or alternatively, watch our latest web design video on creating a Fading Image Slideshow in Flash.
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on February 17th, 2010 Says:
love this section, made me laugh for hours
on March 18th, 2010 Says:
this is very funny, especially the virals.
get some more.. please