More Pet Peeves at Webdesigner Depot

Posted on July 15th, 2009 by jason

My second post for Webdesigner depot is up, and already has almost 40 comments in less than 24 hours. Last time I talked about pet peeves that web designers have with web developers, and this week it’s the developers turn to vent.

The most popular peeve I point out, seems to be #2:

PEEVE #2:”Has the designer even heard of HTML CSS?”

The designer has created a great design using Photoshop, but the web just doesn’t work that way.

Issue

Some designers seem to be willfully ignorant of even the most fundamental aspects of web technology. This can result in designs that are plain unrealistic or extremely difficult to recreate on the web, that rely too much on images for simple typography or that lead to a subpar user experience.

Solution

CSS is the language of web design, and designers working in the medium really have no excuse not to understand its basics. I liken this to my earlier work in print design. I didn’t have to know how to run one of those mammoth industrial printing presses, but I did have to know about trapping, half-tones and CMYK.

I had to understand the fundamentals of the printing process if I wanted to achieve the best results with my designs. The same is true for web design. Designers don’t need to know how a server works, but they should have basic knowledge of line height, padding, background images and the other factors that make up the web development process.

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