Posted by dorayme on 06/24/07 21:38

In article
<1182717425.863258.252680@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
John <phasereverse@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious to hear others opinions as to why using Photoshop and
> Imageready to slice up a layout and export as an xhtml/css based
> webpage is a bad idea. It seems like it's be a time saving practice
> for designers who are working with graphic layouts.

Think about why you are bothering to slice things up? Compare the
complicated slicing and HTML that often results with simply:

<img src="myLovelyBigWebPageRasterImage.jpg" ...>

Think what the slicing is trying to achieve that the plonking of
a whole image does not achieve?

If part of the reason for the slicing is get text scalable, think
what this is going to do with the relationships you were seeing
in the image you started with. It is going to play havoc with
them basically. You will try to control this havoc, scroll bars
will appear, you will make all sorts of compromises, you will end
up wondering whether it was so useful and time saving after all.

Go ahead and try it or use a PS html export generator and post
the page and we can talk about it. Do it quickly in time saving
manner. I guarantee you will find the problems that result on
different browsers for different people with different eyesights
and capacities and different internet access speeds will make you
start wondering if there might not be a better way altogether.

You will be hearing about this better way.

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dorayme

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