Glorified graphics artists do not do markup, they create nice mockups in Photoshop, which adore big bosses, who tell those unglofied ones to implement unearthy coolness in code. And those implementing this fancy stuff better know [at least about existence of] Javascript, XHTML, CSS, XML, DOM, XSLT, Flash and other buzzthings along with Photoshop.
I don't argue that snowed-over bosses tend to tell those who do not get the glory yet do all the work to implement unearthly coolnes in code :)
But, seriously, many environment have a high degree of separation, as Shihgian said. *I* don't happen to work in such an environment, we our a shop full of jacks of all trades, but even we are moving to the specialization end of the spectrum. In such a situation, there really is a very rigid set of requirements for each job. Page designers deal in CSS and HTML and that's it. They expect that any code that needs to go into a page will be inserted as a result of using the tags they are given.
I personally can't imagine how that actually works, but I'm told it does in some places :)
Those who do not know, create pages which look ok with single window and font size, at best.
No question about that :)
The separation between "server-side programmers", "Javascript coders" and "graphic artists" is a wrong thing. Ok, the initial visual design is done by artist in Photoshop, but everyting else is programmed. Javascript is the same part of the toolbox, as Struts tags or JDBC.
I don't think saying it is wrong is accurate... It is just an environment you are probably not used to. Some argue it is better that way and many say that's the way we should be moving. Not sure I agree, but some say that.
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com
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