5 Pet Peeves Developers Have With Designers (and How to Avoid Them) | Webdesigner Depot

Interesting article. I rarely butt heads with either... I know how the web works and always always always look for solutions that promote my clients needs. Designers who design for themselves are as interesting as developers who develop for themselves.

Simply... they're not.

5 Pet Peeves Developers Have With Designers (and How to Avoid Them) | Webdesigner Depot:

"The website is a mere button and some text, but the designer insists on using Flash, even if it triples the downloading time.

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For some designers, using core web technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) to create a web page can feel like the death knell of innovation. They limit their creativity and force them to depend on the developer to realize their vision.

Flash gives designers potentially unlimited design possibilities, and they can retain far more control over the final product, especially if they know ActionScript. With Flash, designers can choose from any typography, tilt and skew elements, add animation and create special effects that are just impossible in boring ol’ HTML."