His user interface is pastede on yay.

[azurelunatic]

Darkside is bad at UI. I know I consider his Web Design class web page an instant loser in design. Apparently he does too.

Darkside's father, Malfoy Senior, is worse at UI, given that Darkside immediately called his page to my memory, and then dismissed it as the lesser of two evils.

Darkside is designing a database. The client is his father.
The client insists that

1. the thing look professional
and that

2. he pick the color scream scheme himself

Now. We can have one of these things, but not both. Darkside has said this. Repeatedly. But. The old man insists "The client is always right!"

The designer, meanwhile, has developed notable strands of white in his dreadful haircut. (Given that UI is a major source of debate now, instead of just a minor one, looks like the actual operating issues have been solved.)

Comments

[sraun]

Would it be possible to design it using a reasonable color scheme, and then map it to his father's color scheme? Maybe with a command-line or config option to choose which color scheme to use? You could make it default to the reasonable one, and install & configure for father really quick.

[azurelunatic]

I think that once the color scheme is in place, the thing is done. Darkside's father could stand learning the "This is what happens when you don't listen to your designer!" lesson.

[azurelunatic]

I'm not sure if I've ever told him that I consider that site of his the lead standard against which I judge all bad web design. I think I have, but I can't be sure.

He admits his flaws in this case, naturally. I consider him an entry-level DB guru in the making, and I think he knows that too.