The Snarky Designer

Graphic Design with a joyfully sarcastic point of view.

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

“Every time I post a link to a page I haven’t published yet it says the link is missing!”
“…repeat that back to yourself. Slowly.”
#clientprobs #designprobs #design #webdesign #ux

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

You know what's better than one client sub-product manager disliking your sitemap and giving you one they made?
TWO sub-product managers disliking your sitemap and giving you one they made! This one took off the other department's content. #clientprobs #webdesign #designprobs #ux

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

“Never use Lorem Ipsum for wireframes. It’s lazy design.”
Okay, so I’m lazy but the past-deadline copywriter isn't? #givemecopyorgivemedeath #webdesign #design

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

@jimmyfallon *said while sitting in her recliner, watching TV as I, an 8yo, mop*
"You need to do a good job cleaning so our guests don't think I'm a bad housekeeper." #momquotes

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

@jimmyfallon "I saw that you're an aviatrix in your next play. I had to google aviatrix because I thought it was another word for dominatrix." #momquotes

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

"The design is done when the problem goes away."—Jason Fried
I’m pretty sure by "problem" he means "client" #design #graphicdesign #designprobs #clientprobs

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

*client sub-product manager while going over new site nav*

“I don’t like this. Just give me your files and I’ll rearrange it.”


…Um, no?

#uxdesign #webdesign #ux #contentstrategy #clientprobs

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

Clients who think they can do your job better than you. And then try to. #clientprobs #uxdesign #Webdesign

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

"We can't use tabbed navigation. No one will be able to tell they're on a different website from other sites."
My confused life makes sense now. All of my problems stem from thinking all tabbed/mega menued sites are the SAME WEBSITE! #clientprobs #webdesign #uxdesign

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

"I want you to write code that will prevent users from bookmarking our website."
"What?"
"And I want it to remove the bookmarks of everyone who previously bookmarked our site."
"So... You want us to code you a virus?" #clientprobs #webdesign

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

"This page is only half in Spanish. This inconsistency is unacceptable, replace all remaining English with Spanish!"
"...That's not Spanish, that's Lorem Ipsum. It's Latin."
#agencylife #Webdesign #clientprobs

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

The client moved up the web launch date.
And didn't tell us.
We found out on social media. #agencylife #Webdesign @clientsfh

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

When since January the timeline was for site launch in November and the Dev team casually tells you it's scheduled to launch in February and they just started development in October. #webdesign #agencylife #thinkcalmthoughts

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

Dev last week: "Can we take the social share off this quote until post-launch?"
Dev this week: "Since you said we could take the share functionality off the entire site until post-launch..."
#lostintranslation #agencylife #webdesign

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

Hey. Hey. You forgot to post the new logo. #designprobs #logodesign

[WebDesignerDepot.com @DesignerDepot]

New #Logo for Smithsonian Institution by Fisk Studio https://t.co/LmSg2Gnmj0

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

Wait. That's not how it works?
Who's gonna tell my boss? #design #designprobs

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

#UXDesign: Where "Let's user test Mark because he thinks differently" means "Let's use test Mark because he couldn't think his way out of a paper bag." #agencylife

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

Wow, great name change, Library Library of Congress!
Really drives home that whole, what is it, “Library” concept.

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

"Make sure to use #Pantone colors on the website. Yes, we mean Pantone, not hex." #design #webdesign #clientprobs

[The Snarky Designer @DesignerSnark]

"The image was blurry so I uploaded it at 300dpi and now it's not loading."
*checks image. It's 17,624px x 12,256px.*
#webdesign #designprobs #clientprobs #design #agencylife