Sry all, a little out of topic title. To Paul: i have visited your mintleafstudio and see there'r some probs, i view within both FireFox 2.0 and IE 6.0 in Window but your content column dropped down (Resolution: 1024x768). I think it needs a little width there.
Cheers, Spirit. On 8/28/07, Paul Minty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tee, > > My understanding is that the tools being rolled out now are intended to > streamline the production of basic layouts. We've used the Yahoo UI > library to do that for a while; simple to be competitive on pricing. I > know the bigger studios spend a lot of time developing pixel-perfect > designs, usually on an elastic layout. We don't often attract the > projects and budgets that would justify that level of quality. > > There has been a couple of years where quite basic page layouts have > needed a lot of hours from experienced CSS developers to produce - I > reckon those years are over and advanced CSS skills won't be used as > often in smaller production teams. There will continue to be a place for > highly skilled and experienced front-end developers in the bigger > studios. This is a shift in the economics of website production; so > yeah, have another think about career path. > > Remember, these days any designer can create a complex PDF file that can > printed straight away - no need for the old technical skills to do > colour separations and prepare printing plates! Complex and repetitive > work will always be under pressure from engineering solutions. > Fashionable design will always be under pressure from younger and cooler > designers. I'm gonna get shares in Adobe and RMIT! > > Cheers > Paul > > > Paul Minty Director > > mintleaf studio > We design & create stylish websites > > Post: Box 6 108 Flinders Street Melbourne VIC 3000 > Level 2 108 Flinders Street Melbourne > T. 03 9662 9344 > F. 03 9662 9255 > M. 0418 307 475 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.mintleafstudio.com.au > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Tee G. Peng > Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 10:16 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] will Eric Meyer s CSS SCULPTOR put me out of job? > > Please don't be misguided by the subject :) > > http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/productdetails.asp? > PID=135&RID=930 > > I am just curious, what you do guys think of the dreamweaver extension > like this one and the PVll CSS layout Magic, and the Google Blueprint ? > Can they take over the carefully crafted CSS and structural markup you > deliver to your clients? There first one even take care of IE browsers. > > I notice fewer people ask me to do CSS and XHTML templates lately :) > > tee > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > -- http://spirit.q9-gaming.com/en/ Spirit's Inside: Blog & Design ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************