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Posted by the red dot on 12/05/06 00:08
"Ikke" <ikke@hier.be> wrote in message
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> mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote in
> news:pan.2006.12.04.06.09.39.372897@xmbstevensx.com:
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> > On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:01:20 +0000, Ikke wrote:
> >
> >> At my previous workplace, the designers always started out in
> >> Photoshop, creating the site until all the details were finished,
> >> after which they handed the result to the developers.
> >
> > They had people who knew the most about web design implementing the
> > designs of people who knew the least.
>
> I'm afraid I have to disagree on this one - please read on to see why.
>
> > The photoshop design was a picture. A web page may appear to be a
> > picture on one browser and display. However, it will actually be
> > viewed on many browsers, and different displays, under many visitor
> > preferences; so it is not, in fact, one picture at all. A good web
> > page is adaptive, the design of a picture is not. The program must be
> > able to convey the information of the page in many different
> > environments, from hand-held devices and text browsers to huge
> > wide-screen monster displays.
>
> You are correct in stating that a web page is something entirely
> different from a picture, given the variety of screens, browsers,
> settings and even the devices itself that connect to the internet.
>
> But where I work, taking all that into consideration is the task of the
> developer. A designer creates a picture of what the site *should* look
> like, to present to a customer in order to show him what the final result
> will look like.
>
what car company would allow people who know nothing about cars or how they
are built/work design a car?
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