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verdanicApr 25, 2007
Right. Windows does not have an equivalent, how silly would that be.
factotum218Apr 25, 2007
I would, but I can run Quanta+ and gftp just fine as is. That and spending $xxx.xx on an Adobe product for web graphics makes no sense to me. Then again you could just pirate it and start up a DeviantArt account.
flux1337Apr 25, 2007
Slicing images is sooo Web 1.0!!When was the last time you found a website with slices? Yeh, because its old, looks kinda crap, and doesnt work well (acctully, at all), with everything web 2.0Learning web developers - welcome.....but learn web 2.0, because thats where everything is heading....
codenexusApr 25, 2007
Re. Tables;In all my years of designing websites I've not yet heard a definitive reason for using CSS layouts only. In quite a few cases its just a bit of snobbery and no practicality. Sure I could spent the rest of my life will be spent trying to get a basic layout working across all browsers properly in CSS when it could be a simple table layout.However, don't get me wrong, I know there are some serious shortcomings when using tables. At the end of the day however if you have limited time and need to get something made from scratch that is pretty solid up quickly you have to seriously consider tables.I have had people say "Oh well you must be just a useless designer...". Sure could be but I point out their sites may not layout in all browsers as expected. Usually I go check and sure enough... *sigh*.So my advice. Learn CSS layout techniques but also know tables to fall back on. If you bow to peer pressure and go pure CSS it can be bad, ugly bad and such a time waster!There that should stir things up. :-)
coreybApr 26, 2007
www...Here's your ketchup. :P
smackheroApr 26, 2007
no, that's not hard, but that's also not a good design technique. defining your columns using percentages will inevitably make the layout look like crap on really high or really low resolutions. usually you want things like side columns to be fixed width, and have your main content column stretch to fill the screen (but have a minimum width also). that is more difficult to do in CSS than tables.
stylenationApr 26, 2007
If your not into coding you should stick to Fireworks. There is a reason that Adobe chooses to exclude Image Ready from Photoshop and keep Fireworks in the new suite. Export your slices as CSS layers from Fireworks and do some trim in Dreamweaver.
avengexApr 26, 2007Submitter
Or you could follow the fad of this man here: <a class="user" href="http://maddox.xmission.com.">http://maddox.xmission.com.</a> No tables, just pure text love!
ruhtarApr 28, 2007
I have to agree with aftk2 and it is pretty much the route of most engineering projects.1. Start from requirements, 2. create visual mock-ups, 3. create semantic mock-ups,4. code final functionality
sofomoApr 29, 2007
Was I the only person hoping here to learn better use of the knife in CS:Source?
bradpurchaseJun 27, 2007
Yes. You were.
gintyJan 22, 2008
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