Hey Kay I wouldn't worry specifically about whether the designer currently up to speed on HTML & CSS. To the key character of a good web designer (apart from artistic talent) is that they respect their medium and their audience. If a designer shows any sign of getting upset about having their artist whims challenged by "browser limitations" or accessibility - don't hire them.
Photographers have to live & breath dark rooms, lenses, exposures and so on. They have to explore & understand all the limitations of the medium. Web design is no different - HTML, CSS & the web browser are the medium. The other aspect is audience - designers are there to do a job, not to stroke their artistic egos. The job is to communicate a client's message to an audience. Zeldman hits the nail on the head: http://web.archive.org/web/20030402131344/http://www.adobe.com/web/features/ zeldman20000821/main.html I've always been tempted to get potential graphic artists to write a 500 word commentary on this article before giving them an interview :) Cheers Mark ------------------ Mark Stanton Technical Director Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 http://www.gruden.com ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
