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nockergeek) wrote2002-10-18 01:39 pm
nockergeek) wrote2002-10-18 01:39 pm
Part 5: Okay, this has gotten ridiculous.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have hit a new low in client-developer relations.
Given a 225 x 112 pixel graphic and the following instructions:
"Store - We will remove the demo button on the home page and put this graphic there instead - it will link to Risk Free url "
Looking at the demo button in question, I see that it's 115 x 40 pixels. It's also got a light blue background, while the graphic I've been provided with has a white background. I'm also up to my ears trying to get the backend of this project to work, so I do the sensible thing -- give it to our graphics guy Doug to handle. Within an hour, he's got 4 alternate versions of the graphic that fits the color scheme and size, so I send them off to our client rep.
I get a response back...
"Doug wasn't supposed to work up store buttons. XXXXX wants to use the same one that is on YYYYY. The one our art director did. Won't it work. I can't pay Doug for the work he did. That wasn't part of my instructions."
So, taking a bigger graphic, editing it to make it fit, and providing 4 versions for the client to choose from weren't in the instructions of "remove graphic and replace it"?
It boggles the mind.
Given a 225 x 112 pixel graphic and the following instructions:
"Store - We will remove the demo button on the home page and put this graphic there instead - it will link to Risk Free url "
Looking at the demo button in question, I see that it's 115 x 40 pixels. It's also got a light blue background, while the graphic I've been provided with has a white background. I'm also up to my ears trying to get the backend of this project to work, so I do the sensible thing -- give it to our graphics guy Doug to handle. Within an hour, he's got 4 alternate versions of the graphic that fits the color scheme and size, so I send them off to our client rep.
I get a response back...
"Doug wasn't supposed to work up store buttons. XXXXX wants to use the same one that is on YYYYY. The one our art director did. Won't it work. I can't pay Doug for the work he did. That wasn't part of my instructions."
So, taking a bigger graphic, editing it to make it fit, and providing 4 versions for the client to choose from weren't in the instructions of "remove graphic and replace it"?
It boggles the mind.