Posted by David Segall on 12/05/06 02:19

"the red dot" <red@dot.spot> wrote:

>
>"Ikke" <ikke@hier.be> wrote in message
>news:Xns988FEC9C613ECikkehierbe@195.130.132.70...
>> mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote in
>> news:pan.2006.12.04.06.09.39.372897@xmbstevensx.com:
>>
>> > 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?
The best ones. Bertoni was originally a sculptor. Great designs come
from a fusion of creative and engineering talent and those are almost
never found in the one person.

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