So what of the view that CSS-based design inhibits creativity? We can of course see many exceptions to this, but some years ago (think BlueRobot) CSS designs were significantly more blocky than table layouts of the same era.
I'm not sure if I subscribe to this thinking or not -- but, playing the devil's advocate, there is evidence to suggest that _more_ designers are capable of coming up with something creative and aesthetically pleasing when working in design view without regard for code. I'm not suggesting CSS designers aren't capable of this (though that is a thought aired by others in the past), just that design without regard for feasibility in a particular framework is inherently more prone to yielding creative solutions. And yes, this is _web_ design, so we should bear the medium's limitations (and advantages) in mind when designing, but perhaps starting with establishing boundaries in the form of what is "most easily coded up" is more constraining than building your layout, then going back and altering [the design] if things just aren't possible in the medium. Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 21:52 -0400, Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: > As a one-man show, I disagree with that statement as I find it > advantageous for me to do it all as even in the early design stages I'm > thinking about how this design can be used in a page most effectively > and most easily coded up. > > Joe Taylor > http://sitesbyjoe.com > > Thierry Koblentz wrote: > > >Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > > > > >>It's probably a bigger problem if one person does both - design and > >>markup - as you will get new ideas while you do the coding. > >> > >> > > > >Good point! > >;) > > > >Thierry | www.TJKDesign.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 ******************************************************
