Posted by the red dot on 12/06/06 00:53

"David Segall" <david@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> "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.

but then again most of us are homer simpson not bertoni.

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